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Meghan L. Hall

Hailey Van Lith correctly predicted MTSU’s upset over her former Louisville team on Selection Sunday

Hailey Van Lith tried to tell everyone that MTSU wasn’t going to be an easy matchup for Louisville. On Friday, MTSU steamrolled the Cardinals to win their first NCAA tournament first-round win since 2007.

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Somewhere, Hailey Van Lith is saying, “I TOLD YOU SO.” During Selection Sunday, lip-readers thought they uncovered Van Lith predicting a Lousiville loss to MTSU. The colorful language she used suggested she knew it would be a handful. Well, she was right. Actually, she was spot on.

Lousiville was rolling early, but turnovers and foul trouble unraveled them. Add in a filthy 20-point performance from Savannah Wheeler in the second half, and it just wasn’t their day. Louisville made it interesting with just 40 seconds remaining but couldn’t come up with a win. For the first time since 2010 —  and just the second time in Jeff Walz’s tenure — Louisville will not advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Fans have been seemingly waiting for this moment and came prepared with the jokes and receipts.

 

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