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Hailey Van Lith on people doubting No. 1 seed Louisville: 'We don't need Jimmy Fallon'

Louisville snatched the final No. 1 seed in the NCAA women's basketball tournament bracket, but it was No. 2 seed Baylor that most scribbled in to advance.

That doesn't faze Hailey Van Lith.

"We don't need the people picking the brackets," the sophomore point guard told reporters on Friday. "We don't need Barack Obama's bracket, we don't need Jimmy Fallon. We don't need none of that, OK?"

No. 1-seeded Louisville will play in its fifth consecutive Sweet 16 when it faces No. 4-seed Tennessee in the Wichita region on Saturday (4 p.