About midway through the 2nd half, it looked like Wichita State had Louisville's number. But then one of those strange moments happened. A walk-on, Tim Henderson, came off Louisville's bench and scored most of his points -- for the season. Henderson had something like 20 points all year, and then scored the two biggest three-pointers of his career in a matter of moments.
And in a nutshell, results like Henderson's are what makes college sports special. A seldom used walk-on may turn out to be Louisville's hero if they go on to win it all on Monday night. Because without Henderson's timely, unexpected baskets, Louisville was on its way out. Hollywood won't write scripts like that because it's too cheesy. Not even for a Disney after school movie. Henderson's antics could only happen in the real world.
So Louisville moves on to face Michigan. The big question mark is, will the Cardinals be able to hang with Michigan, without Kevin Ware to spell the foul-prone Siva and Smith. Also, having that one taller guard to throw into the mix defensively in Ware will be lacking for the Cardinals.
I'm just glad we don't have to watch Syracuse and Louisville play again.
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