How Louisville Can Make History
By Michael Schneid
In 2012-13 seasons, Louisville won the Big East regular season title in both football and basketball, and won the Big East basketball tournament as well.
In football, the Cardinals also won their BCS bowl game, the Sugar Bowl against Florida. In basketball, they ran through the NCAA tournament, ending the season on a 16 game winning streak and winning the National Championship.
In 2013 the Big East will split and the "Catholic 7" will keep the Big East name and the conference will become basketball only. Louisville is schedule to join the ACC in 2014, but before that will spend one more year in the
re-branded Big East, now known as the American Athletic Conference.
The American, as it is called in its shorter version, will feature old Big East holdovers Louisville and Rutgers, before both depart for the ACC and Big Ten, respectively, as well as Uconn, Cincinnati, and South Florida, and will add a handful of Conference USA teams.
Louisville returns most of their starters in 2013 from their Sugar Bowl championship football team, the biggest returnee being quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. With all their fire power coming back, and the competition not nearly as strong, Louisville is the favorite to win the American Athletic Conference football championship in 2013.
In basketball, they will lose Peyton Siva. Gorgui Deng and Russ Smith might be back. Chane Behanan will certainly be back. Louisville will have another good team for 2013-2014 and with teams such as Syracuse, Georgetown, and Marquette no longer in their conference, Louisville might have a much easier time winning another conference championship. Cincy, Uconn, and Memphis figure to be the top contenders.
As mentioned, in 2014, Louisville will join the ACC in all sports. It is tough to project which players will remain with the school through then, but it is not far fetched to at least think about the possibility that Louisville can win 3 straight conference championships in both football and basketball, in three different conferences.
That, would be impressive!
In 2012-13 seasons, Louisville won the Big East regular season title in both football and basketball, and won the Big East basketball tournament as well.
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| Louisville celebrates winning the Big East championship |
In 2013 the Big East will split and the "Catholic 7" will keep the Big East name and the conference will become basketball only. Louisville is schedule to join the ACC in 2014, but before that will spend one more year in the
re-branded Big East, now known as the American Athletic Conference.
The American, as it is called in its shorter version, will feature old Big East holdovers Louisville and Rutgers, before both depart for the ACC and Big Ten, respectively, as well as Uconn, Cincinnati, and South Florida, and will add a handful of Conference USA teams.
Louisville returns most of their starters in 2013 from their Sugar Bowl championship football team, the biggest returnee being quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. With all their fire power coming back, and the competition not nearly as strong, Louisville is the favorite to win the American Athletic Conference football championship in 2013.
In basketball, they will lose Peyton Siva. Gorgui Deng and Russ Smith might be back. Chane Behanan will certainly be back. Louisville will have another good team for 2013-2014 and with teams such as Syracuse, Georgetown, and Marquette no longer in their conference, Louisville might have a much easier time winning another conference championship. Cincy, Uconn, and Memphis figure to be the top contenders.
As mentioned, in 2014, Louisville will join the ACC in all sports. It is tough to project which players will remain with the school through then, but it is not far fetched to at least think about the possibility that Louisville can win 3 straight conference championships in both football and basketball, in three different conferences.
That, would be impressive!
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