Louisville Wins NCAA Basketball Title as Pitino Makes History
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The University of Louisville won its first men’s college basketball championship since 1986, helping Rick Pitino make history as the first coach to win titles at two schools.
On the day Pitino learned he would be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Louisville last night erased a 12-point first-half deficit and beat the University of Michigan 82-76 in the championship game of the three-week-long National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.