Rick Pitino coached Louisville to the 2012-13 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. More importantly the Cardinals won the National Championship. While in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome for a pair of games Saturday and Monday Night respectively. Louisville came back from double digit deficits. Saturday vs. Wichita State in the National Semifinals, then Monday vs. Michigan in the National Championship Game. Meanwhile John Calipari saw his Kentucky Wildcats not make the NCAA Tournament and lose in the 1st round of the NIT Tournament to Robert Morris. It was an up and down season for the defending National Champions. Losing Noel their freshman front court player to a torn ACL now to the NBA. Noel declared for the NBA Draft and could be the top overall selection. The young Wildcats struggled with inconsistency and a lack of chemistry all season long. Coach Cal is back at it, he'll have the number one rated recruiting class for the 2013-14 season. College Basketball experts already have UK as the odds on favorites to cut down the nets at Cowboys Stadium next April. In the Bluegrass State / Commonwealth college basketball royalty is where the rich continue to get rich. Coach Pitino has also be voted in to join the Class of 2013 to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
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