The Louisville Cardinals have advanced to the Elite Eight of the men's NCAA basketball tournament with a 103-64 win over Arizona Friday night in Indianapolis.The Cards will face Michigan State Sunday at 2:20pm. Louisville is the overall number one seed in the tournament. Michigan State is a number two seed; the Spartans advanced with a 67-62 victory over Kansas.Meanwhile, the University of Louisville women's team is back in action today in the NCAA tournament. The Cards face Baylor at noon in a region semifinal.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.