Posted: 3:50 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The father of Russ Smith says the Louisville junior guard will leave school to enter the NBA draft.

Posted: 3:49 PM WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. - The University of the Cumberlands (UC) baseball team was in a must win situation over the weekend when they took on Mid-South Conference (MSC) foe University of Pikeville. After getting wins in the first two games of the series, UC starting pitcher Jonathan Paquet (Quebec, Canada) took to the mound in game three and had his best outing of the season earning him MSC Pitcher of the Week.

Posted: 11:57 PM ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Trey Alexander and Nelson Price, both of Union, are the Appalachian Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.

Posted: 11:56 PM ATLANTA (AP) - Their best player was struggling and their main backup was on the bench with a broken leg.

Posted: 11:50 PM ATLANTA (AP) - Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 to win NCAA men's basketball championship.

Posted: 11:35 PM DAYTON, Tenn. - Union College softball player Jamie Cyrus broke a school record hitting three home runs, and matched a school record with seven RBI, helping the Lady Bulldogs snap an 11-game losing streak with a wild 13-11 victory in eight innings over Bryan (Tenn.) in the second game of an AAC doubleheader on Monday. Bryan took the first game of the double-dip, 6-3.

Posted: 8:59 PM ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brandon Phillips kick-started a nine-run ninth inning with a tiebreaking bloop double and Shin-Soo Choo made amends for two botched fly balls with a three-run double, and the Cincinnati Reds spoiled the St. Louis Cardinals' home opener with a 13-4 victory on Monday.

Posted: 5:04 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Fresh off its second consecutive Southeastern Conference series sweep, the No. 20 University of Kentucky softball team will play three midweek non-conference games this week, beginning Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET with a home game against Marshall at the UK Softball Complex. Midweek action concludes Wednesday with a doubleheader at Eastern Kentucky University beginning at 2 p.m. ET.

Posted: 5:03 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- After a grueling four-game road trip at top-10 foes, No. 13 Kentucky will begin a five-game homestand by hosting 25-win Austin Peay on Tuesday, with first pitch slated for 6:30 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Posted: 2:18 PM ATLANTA (AP) - Rick Pitino, who will coach Louisville in the NCAA championship game Monday night, is among seven people elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Posted: 2:13 PM WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – A rough weekend of baseball ended with the University of Pikeville suffering a costly sweep at the hands of the University of the Cumberlands.

Posted: 8:58 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Antonita Slaughter scored 18 points on six 3-pointers and Louisville clawed back from a 10-point halftime deficit to defeat California 64-57 on Sunday and advance to the NCAA championship game.

Posted: 8:36 PM WISE, Va. – UVa-Wise took advantage of four Bluefield College errors to score four unearned runs en route to an 8-3 series deciding victory on Sunday. Brett Hylton and Kirk Jennings each hit opposite field homeruns in the victory as the Cavaliers kept hopes alive for securing a Mid-South Tournament berth.

Posted: 8:35 PM PORTSMOUTH, Ohio – UVa-Wise lost its third and fourth softball game in two days as host Shawnee State swept a Mid-South doubleheader from the visiting Cavaliers on Sunday. The Bears’ Kirsti Yates hit a two-run game winning homerun in the bottom of the seventh inning of game to give the host a 6-5 victory before her club posted a 6-1 win in the finale.

Posted: 7:13 PM WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - The Cumberlands Patriots are coming off a 10-2 season that saw them advance to the national quarterfinals.

Posted: 7:12 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - Rick Pitino and his Cardinals had to comeback from 12 down in the second half to knock off Wichita State in Saturday's Final Four game, and Pitino says he never doubted that his team could win. One reason he never lost hope was because of the Mardi Gras Miracle, Kentucky's 31-point second half comeback over LSU in 1994, when Pitino was head coach of the Cats.

Posted: 7:11 PM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WYMT) - Sunday night down in New Orleans, the Louisville women will be tipping off in the Final Four for just the second time in school history.

Posted: 6:15 PM CINCINNATI (AP) - Johnny Cueto outlasted Stephen Strasburg in a highly anticipated matchup of young aces and Jay Bruce drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds wrapped up an impressive opening week homestand with a 6-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

Posted: 6:14 PM BRISTOL, Va. - The Union College baseball team made quick work of Virginia Intermont in the third and final game of an Appalachian Athletic Conference series Sunday, bashing out 20 hits in a convincing 13-4 victory.

Posted: 6:05 PM BATON ROUGE, La. -- No. 2 LSU plated five runs in the first inning on four extra-base hits, leading to an 11-4 win over No. 7 Kentucky to complete the series sweep and give the Tigers their 11th consecutive win, on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in front of 10,971 at Alex Box Stadium.

Posted: 6:04 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. – Junior pitcher Lauren Cumbess threw a complete game in the circle, allowing just three runs to get her seventh win of the season, while at the dish, Cumbess went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, leading the No. 20 University of Kentucky softball team to a 4-3 win and a series sweep over South Carolina on Sunday at Carolina Softball Stadium.

Posted: 11:16 PM BATON ROUGE, La. -- A dominating performance from star right-hander Ryan Eades and a four-run third inning lifted No. 2 LSU to a 9-1 win over No. 7 Kentucky to clinch the series, on a gorgeous Saturday night in front of 11,608 at Alex Box Stadium.

Posted: 11:15 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. – True freshman pitcher Kelsey Nunley tossed a gutsy seven innings, allowing four runs and retiring 15 of the last 16 batters she faced, while junior Ginny Carroll launched a three-run, pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning to guide the No. 20 University of Kentucky softball team to a 9-4 series-clinching victory over South Carolina on Saturday at Carolina Softball Stadium.

Posted: 11:14 PM BRISTOL, Va. - The Union baseball team won big in the opener, but host Viriginia Intermont forced an extra frame to steal the finale as the teams split the Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday. The Bulldogs took the opener 15-8, while the Cobras posted a 5-4 victory in eight innings in the second game.

Posted: 10:48 PM ATLANTA (AP) - Luke Hancock came off the bench to score 20 points, walk-on Tim Henderson sparked a second-half rally with a pair of monster 3s and Louisville advanced to the NCAA title game Saturday night, escaping with a 72-68 victory over Wichita State.