It was early exit for the eighth seed Louisville Cardinals, losing to No. 9 Creighton, 89-75, in their home state of Kentucky in March Madness on Thursday.
In the game’s last moments boiled frustrations.
Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey was called on a technical error after screaming to an official, but it was the least worrying event.
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March Madness logo during a first four practice at Ud Arena. (Rick osentoski/imag -pictures)
As both teams hugged because of the bad, a fan threw a water bottle on the field against the Creighton bench, which got a minor delay.
“It was a full bottle of water. It was very dangerous and it went just above the Creighton bench,” said play-by-play advertisement Brian Anderson. “I want to tell you, the one who did it should never be allowed to enter this arena again.”
Creighton head coach Greg McDermott used a towel to wipe out the water.
Jamiya Neal scored a career hill 29 points and had 12 rebounds, while Steven Ashworth connected from far beyond the arch on the way to 22 points.
McDermott’s Bluejays (25-10) won their fifth consecutive march Madness opener and beat a team ranked in the top 10 for the second time this season. Louisville (27-8) stepped in spite of his non-imperative grafting of No. 10 in AP Top 25.
Creighton Bluejay’s head coach Greg McDermott cleans water thrown on the field by a fan in the second half of a game against Louisville Cardinals in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Rupp Arena. (Aaron Doster/Imag images)
Chucky Hepburn scored 22 points, and Terrence Edwards Jr. Had 21 for Louisville (27-8), which improved his record by 19 wins over the course of last season with a transfer-heavy list under Kelsey, a first-year main coach. It was Cardinals’ first March Madness performance since 2019, and they ran into a Creighton team with lots of experience after the season.
“They played well today. They were the better team,” Kelsey said.
Louisville Cardinal’s principal coach Pat Kelsey Jaws at an official in the second half of a first round game in the 2025 NCAA tournament in Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Matt Stone/Courier Journal/USA Today Network via Imag images)
Bluejays face No. 1 Auburn in the round of 32 Saturday. A disturbance would serve Creighton, that’s the fourth Sweet 16 performance in the last five tournaments.
