louisville beat michigan wolverines for the 2013 national championship.
who did louisville beat for the 2013 national championship?
michigan wolverines
the 2012–13 michigan team earned a #1 ranking in the ap poll on january 28, 2013, marking the first time since november 30, 1992, that michigan held that position. the team also made program history for the best season start, at 21–2. on march 31, the wolverines defeated florida by a score of 79–59 to make their first final four appearance since the 1992–93 season. the wolverines then defeated syracuse by a score of 61–56 in the final four. in the 2013 national championship game, the wolverines lost against louisville by the score of 82–76.
michigan wolverines men's basketball
despite the #3 preseason ranking, louisville struggled in the non-conference losing to three unranked opponents. after beating kentucky on an edgar sosa buzzer-beating three pointer, louisville entered big east play ranked #21. after beating south florida easily, louisville beat three straight ranked teams in close games: #17 villanova, #12 notre dame in overtime, and previously unbeaten #1 pittsburgh. louisville would continue strong play, going undefeated in january and winning its first eight conference games before losing to #1 connecticut on february 2. after beating st. john's, louisville lost by their most lopsided margin since joining the big east, a 33-point drubbing by notre dame. after that game, louisville won its final seven regular season games to win the school's first ever regular season big east championship.
2008–09 louisville cardinals men's basketball team