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Louisville basketball followers are nonetheless celebrating Oakland’s upset of Kentucky, regardless of the Golden Grizzlies’ run coming to an finish within the second spherical.
The primary actual shock of March Insanity got here within the first spherical when Oakland topped the third-seeded Wildcats in an 80-76 victory behind Jack Gohlke’s career-high 32 factors final week.
Aaron Bradshaw, #2 of the Kentucky Wildcats, reacts on the bench throughout the second half of a recreation in opposition to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies within the first spherical of the NCAA Males’s Basketball Match at PPG Paints Area on March 21, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/Getty Pictures)
The preliminary response from Oakland followers was what one would anticipate, however in accordance with head coach Greg Kampe, Cardinals followers couldn’t assist however revel within the defeat of their greatest rival.
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“We additionally bought $8,000 price of t-shirts to Louisville final evening,” Kampe stated a day after advancing to the second spherical. “So I don’t know, subsequent 12 months when Louisville and Kentucky play, I do not know everyone’s gonna present up in an Oakland shirt or what.”
However Louisville’s celebrations didn’t finish there.
Kampe revealed on X Friday that Oakland had obtained a donation from a Cardinals fan as a part of their March Insanity custom.
Oakland Golden Grizzlies head coach Greg Kampe celebrates with Oakland Golden Grizzlies guard Blake Lampman (11) and Oakland Golden Grizzlies ahead Trey Townsend (4) after successful the lads’s Horizon League Championship recreation between the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and the Milwaukee Panthers on March 12, 2024, on the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
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“A Louisville resident and apparent fan despatched Oakland a test with a pleasant notice. He says he usually sends a certain quantity annually to the college that knocks Kentucky out of the event,” Kampe wrote.
“This 12 months due to our story he doubled the quantity. Really the definition of March Insanity.”
Louisville celebrating Oakland’s victory comes amid a turbulent 12 months for the Cardinals’ basketball program.
Head coach Kenny Payne of the Louisville Cardinals huddles along with his staff throughout the recreation in opposition to the North Carolina Tar Heels on the Dean E. Smith Middle on January 17, 2024, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Tar Heels received 86-70. (Grant Halverson/Getty Pictures)
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Earlier this month, the College of Louisville moved on from head coach Kenny Payne, who received a nationwide championship with the college as a participant in 1986, after two disastrous seasons and a 12-52 report.
The choice got here simply at some point after Payne urged that he didn’t have the correct help following a first-round loss to North Carolina State within the Atlantic Coast Convention Match.
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