Rick Pitino has to be happy with the way his Louisville Cardinals breezed through the first weekend of the tournament. Their was the first round shalacking of Boise State, but that was nothing compared to the beat down his team put on Oklahoma on Sunday. The Sooners were more like the Laters as DaVille put a 78-48 smackdown on them in an effort that had be one the most impressive, balance attacks I have seen in recent tournament history.

Louisville could nothing wrong on Sunday and if they keep playing like that Rick Pitino and his boys have as good as a chance as any other team in this tournament to be crowned champions.

Rick Borzak, a columinist for the Louisville Courier-Journal that sees plenty of Cards' basketball' wrote it best, "Louisville made better than 59 percent of its shots against an Oklahoma team that came to Birmingham ranked 39th in the country in field-goal defense, forcing opponents to miss nearly 60 percent of their shots.

"Not yesterday. Pitino's team played with energy. They shared the basketball. They didn't make one extra pass to get better shots. They made a couple. They took charges, Borzak wrote on Monday. "They called out screens. The Cardinals played as if they finally understood everything Pitino has been asking them to do since October. It was their most complete -- and dazzling -- offensive performance this season."

Next up for the Cards, a showdown with second-seeded Tennessee on Thursday night in Charlotte, a win there would likely set up a match-up with #1 North Carolina, the regional final. It's safe to say if Louisville does make it to the Final Four they have a great chance to win the whole thing.