#marchmadnessdiary

Asia Durr scored 47 points to lead Louisville past the No. 10-ranked team in the nation -- North Carolina State, in a 30-point victory. I’d say they’re ready for March, though I suspect they carry more pressure than just about any other team around here, having returned all but one key player from a Final Four team, and in a conference that likely will place four Top 10 caliber teams in its conference tournament semifinals.

This time of year is a high-point every year, no matter who does what locally. It’s the culmination of a lot of work, and has its own rites of passage.

The flurry of end-of-season and conference tournaments, followed quickly by Selection Sunday, then the scramble of travel plans and quick getaways for the tournament.

My goal this year is to bring a little bit of this to you on a daily basis. Not so much what happens in front of the cameras, what you all may see on TV or read about, but what i experience or notice off to the side.

I’m not sure how long the Louisville women’s basketball team stayed in the KFC Yum! Center Thursday night to sign autographs for the thousands of people who waited in the concourse, but they probably came pretty close to ringing in the month of March doing just that.