Louisville basketball learned its path to the National Championship Sunday evening. The Cardinals are an 8-seed in the South region and will be going up against the Creighton Bluejays in the first round.
Louisville basketball secured a historic season and an impressive 27-7 record, including the ACC Tournament. The Cardinals are 1-2 against Creighton and are 1-1 in the NCAA Tournament as an 8-seed.
The Cardinals fans are all over social media, letting the nation know how disrespectful the seeding is. The Cardinals entered the NCAA Tournament with the No. 23 NET rating and ranked No. 13 by the AP polls, and from over 100 experts were predicted to be a five or 6-seed.
Now, Louisville's nightmare draw has them in a loaded region, and they will have to go up against some of the best teams in the nation if they want to play deep into March. Due to the fact of their seed and draw, the Cardinals' odds to make it to the Final Four and win the National Championship took a massive hit.
Louisville basketball title hopes takes a tremendous hit
The Cardinals are set to have a fierce battle with Creighton in the first round, and then if the Cardinals can advance into the round of 32, it gets much more difficult.
Due to the Cardinals' robbery of a seed, Louisville basketball will now have to face the No. 1 overall seed, the Auburn Tigers, in the second round. The War Eagles are one of the best teams in the nation. Auburn was the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament, as the Tigers had a 28-5 record in the regular season, including impressive wins over Houston, Iowa State, North Carolina, Purdue, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and many more. They are led by forward Johni Broome, who averages 18.9 points per game.
According to FanDuel, Louisville basketball now has +11000 odds to win the National Championship and +1900 odds to make it to the Final Four. The Cardinals have the fourth-best odds to win the South region.
The only teams ahead of Louisville to represent the South region in the Final Four are the No. 1 through No. 4 seeds, Auburn (+100), Michigan State (+490), Iowa State(+500), and Texas A&M(+1300). The Cardinals have better odds than the Big 10 champion, Michigan Wolverines, as the No. 5 seed in the South region has +2300 odds.
Other notable teams in this region include the No. 6 seed Ole Miss, who has +2100 odds to make it to the Final Four, and Marquetter, the No. 7 seed, who has +2300 odds to go to the Final Four.
Louisville basketball fans were not happy about their 8-seed and because of the disrespect the committee gave to the Cardinals their odds and path to a Final Four or National Championship took a a massive hit.
Louisville basketball will tip off with Creighton on Thursday, March 20 at 12:15 p.m. local time.