East Regional Finals


NCAA East Regional Finals - FINAL
Team1st2nd SCORE
#1 North Carolina Tar Heels 4439 83
#3 Louisville Cardinals 3241 73


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Second Half

  • 0:00: Game comes to an end
  • 0:19: North Carolina leads 83-73 - Green hits 2 free throws
  • 0:19: Louisville trails 81-73 - Sosa hits quick shot then fouls out
  • 0:28: North Carolina leads 81-71 - Lawson hits 2 free throws
  • 0:29: Louisville trails 79-71 - Williams hits lay-in
  • 0:40: North Carolina leads 79-69 - Ellington hits 2 free throws
  • 0:42: Louisville trails 77-69 - Sosa hits the 3-ball - but too little too late
  • 1:00: North Carolina leads 77-66 - Lawson hits 2 free throws - TIMEOUT
  • 1:35: North Carolina leads 75-66 - Hansbrough hits the runner as the shot clock runs out
  • 2:09: TIMEOUT - Louisville
  • 2:28: North Carolina leads 73-66 - Hansbrough hits the jumper - Probably the dagger for UNC
  • 2:56: TV TIMEOUT - RESET: Both teams in the bonus and both have 3 timeouts left. Arrow goes to UNC. FOULS: 4 on Green for UNC, 3 on Hansbrough, Ginyard, and Thompson for UNC, 3 for Williams, Padgett, and Sosa for Louisville.
  • 3:50: TIMEOUT - North Carolina
  • 3:54: Louisville trails 71-66 - Clark hits the turnaround jumper - tough shot goes down
  • 5:08: North Carolina leads 71-64 - Lawson knocks down the trey from the corner - big shot
  • 5:38: TIMEOUT Louisville - 3 seconds on shot clock
  • 6:10: North Carolina leads 68-64 - Thompson scores on the lay-in - assist to Ginyard
  • 6:20: Louisville trails 66-64 - Padgett hits 2 free throws
  • 6:33: North Carolina leads 66-62 - Hansbrough 2 of 2 at line
  • 7:11: Louisville trails 64-62 - Williams scores and draws foul off great back door cut
  • 7:24: North Carolina leads 64-59 - Hansbrough 1 of 2 at line
  • 7:51: TV TIMEOUT
  • 8:26: North Carolina leads 63-59 - Hansbrough hits the 17-foot jumper
  • 9:29: TIMEOUT Louisville
  • 9:59: North Carolina leads 61-59 - Hansbrough tough inside for the deuce
  • 10:28: Louisville ties it at 59-59 - Clark 1 of 2 at line
  • 10:47: Louisville trails 59-58 - McGee hits the 3-ball from the corner pocket
  • 11:13: North Carolina leads 59-55 - Hansbrough hits bonus shot
  • 11:13: TV TIMEOUT
  • 11:14: North Carolina leads 58-55 - Hansbrough with another tough put back and the foul
  • 11:56: Louisville trails 56-55 - Smith THREE-COL-A!
  • 12:10: North Carolina leads 56-52 - Thompson hits the runner
  • 12:17:Louisville trails 54-52 - Smith with the lay-up
  • 12:44: Louisville trails 54-50 - Padgett hits 2 free throws
  • 12:44: Louisville finally hitting the offensive glass right now - 3 chances at it and now a foul
  • 13:59: North Carolina leads 54-48 - Hansbrough follow up SLAM dunk
  • 14:15: Louisville trails 52-48 - Sosa with the lay-in
  • 14:59: Louisville trails 52-46 - Smith with the trifecta off the great rebound effort by Padgett
  • 15:24: North Carolina leads 52-43 - Lawson quick off the first step hits the runner
  • 15:54: TV TIMEOUT
  • 15:55: Louisville trails 50-43 - Knowles inside scores and draws the foul - Great feed by Padgett - the Cards are hanging tough right now, within 7...
  • 16:21: Jump ball on the floor - arrow to UNC
  • 16:49: Louisville trails 50-41 - Clark hits 1 of 2
  • 17:08: North Carolina leads 50-40 - Stepehson scores inside
  • 17:27: Louisville trails 48-40 - Smith on a lay-up off a long outlet pass
  • 17:58: Louisville trails 48-38 - Padgett scores on the turnaround jumper
  • 18:30: North Carolina leads 48-36 - Hansbrough again
  • 18:46: Louisville trails 46-36 - Williams hits the jumper
  • 18:55: North Carolina leads 46-34 - Hansbrough with the jumper - the ugliest looking jumper in basketball but it goes
  • 19:50: Louisville trails 44-34 - Williams on the jumper inside
  • Louisville will start with the ball.

Halftime

  • At the Half: North Carolina leads Louisville 44-32.
  • Halftime Statistics:
    • For North Carolina: 18-31 from the floor, 2-6 from 3-point range, 6-8 at the stripe, 16 rebounds (6 O, 10 D), 8 assists, 6 steals, 8 turnovers committed. SCORING: Ellington and Green with 9 points each, Hansbrough and Ginyard each have 8. Ginyard only player with 2 fouls.
    • For Louisville: 14-26 from the field, 3-8 from beyond the arc, 2-5 at the line, 9 rebounds (3 O, 6 D), 6 assists, 5 steals, 10 turnovers committed. SCORING: Clark has 9, Smith has 7, Sosa with 5, Padgett 0 points and 2 assists. Caracter, Padgett and Williams all have 2 fouls each.
    • ANALYSIS: The Tar Heels have been doing what they've done all year - running, running, and more running. They are easily breaking the Cards full-court press with over-the-top passes, and the transition game is working big-time right now. If you had told Rick Pitino that his club would be shooting 53% from the floor in the 1st half, he would have taken it and thought his team was ahead - instead they trail by 12. They need to be more methodical with the pace and the implementation of the pressure defense.

First Half

  • 0:00: Half ends
  • 0:27: North Carolina leads 44-32 - Stevenson of the feed from Lawson
  • 0:44: North Carolina leads 42-32 - Ellington hits the lay-in
  • 0:54: Louisville trails 40-32 - Clark hits the jumper
  • 1:15: Louisville trails 40-30 - Caracter with the jumper inside
  • 1:49: North Carolina leads 40-28 - Ellington hits the 3-ball up top
  • 2:04: Green sent off due to blood injury on face
  • 2:28: North Carolina leads 37-28 - Green hits 2 free throws
  • 2:54: North Carolina leads 35-28 - Ginyard on the quick lay-in
  • 2:57: Louisville trails 33-28 - Knowles hits the running jumper
  • 3:15: North Carolina leads 33-26 - Green hits 2 of 2
  • 3:23: Louisville trails 31-26 - Clark from Williams on the fast break
  • 3:53: TV TIMEOUT
  • 4:44: Louisville trails 31-24 - Knowles off the great pass from Padgett
  • 5:59: Louisville trails 31-22 - Sosa hits the runner
  • 6:17: North Carolina leads 31-20 - Thompson hits the jumper
  • 6:27: Louisville trails 29-20 - Sosa hits the runner and draw foul - hits bonus
  • 6:49: North Carolina leads 29-17 - Hansbrough hits the outside jumper
  • 7:24: TV TIMEOUT - STAT PACK: For UNC: 12-22 from the field, 1-3 from 3-point range, 2-2 from the line, 12 rebounds (6 offensive), 3 assists, 3 turnovers. Scoring: Hansbrough and Ginayrd have 6 points each. For Louisville: 7-14 from the floor, 3-5 from 3-point land, 1-2 at line, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 turnovers. Scoring: Smith has 7 and Clark has 5.
  • 7:50: North Carolina leads 27-17 - Ellington on a runner
  • 7:58: Louisville trails 25-17 - Smith hits the floater in the lane
  • 8:12: North Carolina leads 25-15 - Ginyard on yet another offensive rebound put-back
  • 8:28: Duel possession to UNC
  • 8:54: North Carolina leads 23-15 - Green makes the reverse lay-up
  • 9:01: Louisville trails 21-15 - McGee hits 1 of 2
  • 9:25: Tie-up goes to Louisville
  • 9:46: TV TIMEOUT
  • 10:20: North Carolina leads 21-14 - Thompson with the sweet turnaround jumper off the window
  • 10:59: North Carolina leads 19-14 - Hansbrough hits the runner on the fast break
  • 11:28: Louisville trails 17-14 - Clark hits the jumper in the corner
  • 11:42: TIMEOUT - Louisville
  • 11:45: North Carolina leads 17-12 - Green with a big 3-ball from downtown
  • 12:04: Louisville trails 14-12 - Smith hits a big triple for the Cards
  • 12:35: North Carolina leads 14-9 - Ginyard on the offensive put back - 8 unanswered points for the Tar Heels - they are controlling the glass at both ends so far
  • 13:08: North Carolina leads 12-9 - Lawson hits 2 free throws
  • 13:09: Lawson draws the foul on Caracter
  • 14:29: North Carolina leads 10-9 - Ellington hits jumper in the lane
  • 14:47: Tie-up on the floor - possession arrow to UNC
  • 15:05: TV TIMEOUT
  • 15:21: North Carolina trails 9-8 - Hansbrough hits the runner in the lane
  • 15:34: Louisville leads 9-6 - Williams hits the jumper - Padgett on the assist
  • 15:52: North Carolina trails 7-6 - Ginyard hits the easy lay-in
  • 16:04: Louisville leads 7-4 - Williams feeds Clark for the running lay-up
  • 17:00: North Carolina trails 5-4 - Thompson with jumper inside
  • 17:35: Louisville leads 5-2 - Williams hits a trifecta
  • 18:10: Louisville ties it at 2-2 - Smith hits it
  • 18:50: North Carolina leads 2-0 - Hansbrough hits the jumper
  • Opening Tip-off to Louisville

East Regional Finals Brackets

How They Got Here

2008 East Region Bracket

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  First Round
March 20 & 21
Sites TBD 		Second Round
March 22 & 23
Sites TBD 		Regional Semifinals
March 27
Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Charlotte NC 		Finals
March 29
Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Charlotte NC
                                     
1  North Carolina 113  
16  Mount St. Mary's 74  
  1  North Carolina 108  
  9  Arkansas 77  
8  Indiana 72
9  Arkansas 86  
  1  North Carolina 68  
  4  Washington St. 47  
5  Notre Dame 68  
12  George Mason 50  
  5  Notre Dame 41
  4  Washington St. 61  
4  Washington St. 71
13  Winthrop 40  
  1  North Carolina 83
  3  Louisville 73
6  Oklahoma 72  
11  Saint Joseph 64  
  6  Oklahoma 48
  3  Louisville 78  
3  Louisville 79
14  Boise State 61  
  3  Louisville 79
  2  Tennessee 60  
7  Butler 81  
10  South Alabama 61  
  7  Butler 71
  2  Tennessee 76  
2  Tennessee 72
15  American 57  
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