ST. LOUIS ? The other promise never garnered as many headlines, but it was the one that held steady and the one that remains alive heading into [Tuesday night's NCAA basketball finals].
The second-year Louisville coach Jeff Walz promised his team that if it made it out of a daunting first two rounds of the N.C.A.A. tournament, the coaching staff would pave a path to the Final Four. He played the role of an old sage and then some.[On Sunday,] third-seeded Louisville rebounded from a sluggish start to defeat top-seeded Oklahoma, 61-59, in a national semifinal at the Scottrade Center and advance to the first championship game in program history.
[Okay, so it's the Lady Cardinals. But it's still the Cardinals.]
