LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- At halftime of Saturday's game against Duke, Louisville honored its 1986 NCAA championship team with an on-court ceremony.
The current Cardinals wore the same style uniforms as the '86 guys while beating the No. 20 Blue Devils -- Louisville's same opponent in the championship game 30 years ago -- 71-64 at the KFC Yum! Center. Yet there's no chance this group will be showered with a similar celebration on some anniversary in the distant future.
This Louisville team will miss March Madness because of a tournament ban the school imposed on itself earlier this month.