Spring Break
38 down, one more to go
Louisville only obstacle remaining between Huskies and perfect season
Mike Northup
Issue date: 4/7/09 Section: Sports
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UConn and Louisville will get one more chance to square off against one another with a championship on the line, when the two familiar foes meet up in the NCAA Tournament's championship game tonight at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis (8:30 p.m. ESPN).
"It's kind of a mashup of all the big games we've had so far this season," said UConn forward Maya Moore. "In the regular season, we were competing with Louisville and in the Big East tournament we were competing against them. They're not a different team, but it's still a big game for us and something that our team is looking forward to."
Both teams have plenty riding on the game, which will mark the first time two Big East teams have faced each other for the national championship.
For UConn (38-0), it will be a chance to bring home the team's sixth national championship, finish the year with a perfect 39-0 record and get the seniors their first national championship after three straight years of falling short in the earlier rounds.
"I don't think it will be too hard to get excited about it," Moore said.
Should the Huskies go on to win Tuesday, they will become the fifth team in NCAA history to go undefeated in an entire season and the third UConn team to do so (1995, 2002). While it's no easy task with so much at stake, the Huskies are doing what they can to stay within the moment and refuse to look past the Cardinals, regardless of the lopsided scores in previous match-ups.
"I think when the ball's thrown up in the air, that's when it begins and when the clock ends is when it ends," Greene said. "It's going to be a good game for the fans. I don't think they're [Louisville] looking at it as they're any less than us. At this point in the tournament, everyone's 5-0 and they're looking to get a win just like we are."
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