The Louisville Cardinals and Tennessee Lady Volunteers both advanced to the Sweet Sixteen on Monday. Here are our recaps of their second-round games:
No. 5 seed Louisville Cardinals over No. 4 seed Texas Longhorns, 73-51
Louisville and Texas both lost in their conference tournament’s championship game, but Louisville won two blowouts to get there, including a still-impressive-with-Olivia-Miles-missing one over a very good team Notre Dame team, while Texas struggled at times against Kansas State and Oklahoma State before losing to Iowa State.
In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, fortunes changes, as Texas dominated No. 13 seed East Carolina 79-40 while Louisville barely snuck past No. 12 seed Drake 83-81.
Through one quarter of their second-round matchup against each other, Louisville and Texas were tied at 16. However, Louisville cruised from there, winning the second 21-7 and the third 19-12 en route to the 22-point win.
It was an impressive win for a No. 5 seed over a No. 4 seed and was also the preseason No. 7 team beating the preseason No. 3 team. So disappointing for the Longhorns to not even make the Sweet Sixteen after starting the season ranked that high. Meanwhile, the Cards have salvaged their season after falling to a No. 5 seed and have a good…
