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Friday, April 26, 2013  The Louisville coach followed through Friday on his promise to get a tattoo if the Cardinals won the NCAA championship, adorning his left shoulder blade with the school's old-English `L' emblem in red. He got it done at Tattoo Salvation, a parlor east of campus, and the emblem is perpendicularly surrounded by the words `2013 NCAA champions, 35-5.'

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Freshman Breanna Stewart scored 23 points and Connecticut won its eighth national championship with a record 93-60 rout of Louisville on Tuesday night.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Luke Hancock made all five of his 3-pointers and led Louisville to its first NCAA men's basketball championship since 1986 with a 82-76 victory over Michigan on Monday night.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Full interview with Breanna Stewart's high school coach Eric Smith

Saturday, April 06, 2013  Luke Hancock came off the bench to score 20 points, walk-on Tim Henderson sparked a second-half rally with a pair of monster 3s and Louisville advanced to the NCAA title game Saturday night, escaping with a 72-68 victory over Wichita State.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Watch: The Orange practice for the Final Four at the Georgia Dome.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Watch the Syracuse Orange news conference LIVE at 1:40p.m. Jim Boeheim and the Orange are preparing to face Michigan in the Final Four in Atlanta on Saturday night.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  The SU men's basketball team had a 16 point lead over Louisville in the second half of the Big East Tournament Championship, but behind Tournament MVP Peyton Siva's 11 points and eight assists, Louisville won their second Big East Tournament Championship in a row, defeating Syracuse 78-61.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  The fifth seeded Orange lost to the second seeded Louisville Cardinals tonight.

Monday, March 04, 2013  With the win, Syracuse finishes the regular season at 23-6 and has earned a double-bye in the Big East Tournament by finishing 3rd in the conference standings---only behind #2 UConn and #3 Louisville.

Monday, January 21, 2013  The Syracuse Orange have climbed back into a top three national ranking after their upset win at Louisville on Saturday.

Monday, January 21, 2013  Coming off a big win over the #1 team in the nation on Saturday, the Syracuse Orange look to continue their winning ways and defeat another conference foe in a rare weekday afternoon matchup today.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  For the first time since 2006, Syracuse has defeated the #1 team in the nation.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Louisville, taking advantage of weekend losses by Duke and Michigan, is number 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  The Louisville Cardinals came from behind to beat Rutgers 20-17 in the final Big East game of the season, allowing the Cardinals, Rutgers and Syracuse to finish with a 5-2 Big East record, and a three-way share of the Conference title.