It has not happened since January of 2013, but on Tuesday night, Louisville basketball will hit the hardwood as the top-ranked team in the country. The KFC Yum! Center will be rocking, and the crowd will be brimming with white. Louisville avoided disappointment on Black Friday by going to Nashville and handling Western Kentucky in a 71-54 win.
There were stretches of the game where it looked like the Hilltoppers were coming back and going to make it close, but the Cards never folded. Louisville jumped out to an early 9-0 lead in the first few minutes of the game, and they continued to keep WKU at bay en route to a 37-23 halftime lead.