FINAL SCORE: Louisville Cardinals win 82-76! They are your NCAA Men's Basketball National Champions!
Siva going for the dunk. CLEAN BLOCK BY BURKE!!!! It's called a foul!! HOW!?! It was all ball!
Michigan miss fastbreak points. Siva able to strip the ball out of bounds. Albrecht has been missing in this half.
Siva goes to the floor instead of focusing on making the shot. Burke pushes it! Alley !!!
6:36 in the game--- 1-2 for Burke... Siva then drives and gets a pass from Hancock. Then Hancock forces a turnover.
Dieng called on the foul. Burke falls on right side of his body hard. Limping a bit. Will head to the free throw.
Refs miss an easy travel call on Dieng. He misses layup. Burke rebounds. Behanan strips. Burke falls on it out of bounds. Smith gets ball after inbound and misses three
7:19 Turnover Michigan
Dieng with the jumper!
Burke and-1 FT good!
8:11 in the game-- TURNOVER! Siva lost the handle.
Hancock 1-3... Russ Smith with short jumper.. Hardaway is hogging the ball. Gets removed from the game.
9:11-- Hancock gets McGary in the air and draws fourth foul. Three shots coming for Hancock.
HARDAWAY WITH THE NASTY DUNK!!!!!! He took it to the air!
Hardaway with easy bucket. Dieng misses three! Here comes Michigan. Siva stepps into passing lane! Takes it to the hoop!
10:27-- 7 seconds for Wolverines to shoot as Louisville forces inside pass out of bounds.
Siva with two straight layups! Siva wide open for the layup.
11:09 to play-- second free throw coming
Refs continue with bad calling. Louisville over the limit.
TIME-11:42 remaining in the game---
BURKE WITH A BOMB!! Smith long with the three. Siva with third timeout. No discipline on his behalf.
Smith called for foul away from the ball 12:20 to play
13:05 remaining in the game-- Behanan with the tip back!
Press causes turnover! Smith wide open! Three goood!
13:50- Behanan 1-2 from the line...... 2-2
14:49- Burke at the line. Misses first--- Makes second
Four quick points for Louisville. Dieng to Behanan again for the easy layup. And Siva drive to the basket
15:57 on the clock--- It will be Louisville ball
Louisville had a turnover-- Russ Smith dribbles too much and turns it back.
TIMEOUT Louisville!
17:19- Behanan travels
17:30 reamining--- BURKE WITH A 3!!
Behanan with the shot over McGary
Quick scoring in the second half. Russ Smith not starting... Smith comes in. 2 fouls already. Hancock picks up his third.
It's still halftime! We'll bring the action as soon as it begins!
SIVA MISSES THE HALF COURT SHOT! Just barely
END OF THE FIRST--- Wolverines take the lead on free throws
Louisville takes the lead!
Hancock with four threes and he has 16 points! WOW! We are in for a treat. Hancock forces the steeal. HARRELL WITH THE ALLEY OOP DUNK!!!
Three is missed by Louisville... Offensive board. And the tides look like they habe turned OH NO!!! FOUR IN A ROW!!
2:12 remaining in the half WOOOOW! Another three! And suddenly it's a four-point game!
Uh oh! Hankcock with another three!
Hancock with huge three! Full court press.. Hancock commits foul. 1&1. Good. Second shot coming up
TIMEOUT Louisville as they were scrapping for loose ball. 3:02 to play in the first-- Let's get another image.
Full court press. OH! No foul called as Hardaway shoves Handcock and sinks the layup.
Pause in the action was a foul. Hancock 2-2 from three
3:33 timeout on the floor. Heres a picture. If Wolverines win, they can thank this guy.
TIMEOUT LOUISVILLE! 3:51 to play in the first
4:24 left to play. No shots in over a minute. 2 more for Albrecht!!
5:19 on the clock-- Refs sloppy. Cardinals sloppy. Wolverines sloppy.
Petino upset about foul call. Visibly upset on the sideline... Dieng with a foul. McGary called for the foul.
6:06-- Michigan still about to inbound. ALBRECHT WITH THE THREE!! 15 points already!
Dieng with a block. Michigan and Louisville scramble for loose ball. Michigan ball.
7:00 1st Half- Louisville tunover... Smith drives to the hole. Gets the shooting foul called.
Behanan with the jam! Deng faster than the zone!
Biggest lead of the game. Albrecht at the line. Misses first free throw. 1-2 feom the line.
9:46 remaining Louisville inbounds.5 unanswered points by Wolverines!! Albrecht with the floater and then throws a pass down court to McGary who finds the open man for the three!
Louisville able to force turnover. Can they score? No. they turn it over... Another turnover. Louisville pushes ball up. No luck.
Hancock draws the foul! Bench players from Wolverine didn't think so. Pretty sure a few are saying "Ball don't lie" as Hancock misses first free throw.
11:42 left to play in the first half-- McGary misses on first shot after the short break.
Siva with a beautiful move to penetrate and finish at the basket!! What a play. But why does he always finish on the floor? Is he the Derrick Rose of college ball?
Spike Albrecht with three 3-pointers!! He's on fire. Michigan leading.
Smith misses three... Albrecht bounces back with a three!!! 7-7 from three in the tournament.
McGary with a bucket. Dieng with a score and Albrecht with a three.
Behanan with the jam over about two Wolverines!
15:15 to play in the first half. Wolverines with offensive board
TIMEOUT-- Foul on Louisville--
Smith gets greedy! Had wide open Behanan under the basket and chose to go for challenged shot.
Blackshear with five of Louisville points.
17:18 Burke with another layup. Uses beautiful pick at the top of the key to penetrate. Scored all of Michigan points
Hardaway long with the three.
Dieng with the block after Louisville sinks the three
Smith can't knock down shot. BURKE WITH THE THREEEE!!
19:15- Burke with the first basket of the game! Layup
Miss layup
Louisville wins tipoff!
Who sang national anthem at the game?
Travis Tritt
Teams are being announced! -- Michigan Wolverines announced since Louisville Cardinals will be considered home team.
Let's keep it neutral. As they announce Michigan team, here's a Louisville picture of some Cardinal fans.
The Louisville Cardinals face the Michigan Wolverines in the 2013 National Championship game in Atlanta. Game time is at 9:23 p.m. ET and we have live coverage of this game available. Check out the score and play-by-play with up to the minute updates of the action.
The Cardinals and Wolverines meet in the final game of March Madness. After three weeks following conference tournaments and the NCAA Basketball Tournament brackets, the action comes to a conclusion as Louisville, from the Midwest Region faces Michigan out of the South Region. Both teams are trying to win their first national championship since the 80's.
For Louisville, it could be their third, one they will win for teammate Kevin Ware, who has provided the team motivation through his mishap. The Wolverines, well, they want to bring glory back to Michigan as the school hasn't made any noise since the 1990's when the Fab 5 dominated the courts of Men's NCAA Basketball.
The Cardinals had to survive early struggles in their game against the 2013 Cinderella team, Wichita State Shockers. They won that game 72-68 clinching a chance to win the National Championship. For the Wolverine, they had to survive a late surge from the Syracuse Orange. Michigan spoiled the chance of having a Big East National Championship as they bounced Syracuse from contention.
Players to watch in both teams are Russ Smith, Peyton Siva and Luke Hancock. For the Wolverines, Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke and Mitch McGary control the offensive contributions.
If you can't watch the game, check out live scoring updates as we bring you stats, play-by-play and more importantly, color commentary. This game could get chaotic and dramatic if the Louisville Press dominates the tempo and flow of the game.
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