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.
11-SEED MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE COMES BACK FROM 18 DOWN TO DEFEAT LOUISVILLE 😤
It's tied for the third-largest comeback in women's NCAA tourney history. pic.twitter.com/zReyP8ekza
— ESPN (@espn) March 22, 2024
Fans have been seemingly waiting for this moment and came prepared with the jokes and receipts.
Hailey Van Lith was gifted with the sight pic.twitter.com/0xLHW0mZgw
— Julia Poe (@byjuliapoe) March 22, 2024
Hailey Van Lith seeing Louisville lose pic.twitter.com/iriC3SDCzK
— bailey caldwell (@sir_richmond20) March 22, 2024
Hailey Van Lith: pic.twitter.com/nxhJAxC4tO
— Tyler DeLuca (@TylerDeLuca) March 22, 2024
EVERYONE APOLOGIZE TO HAILEY VAN LITH RIGHT NOW! SHE KNEW!
— Mehmet Okurrrt (@Natural_OneDurr) March 22, 2024
Dang, HVL was right 😳
— Angel Gray (@Angel_Gray1) March 22, 2024
HVL RIGHT NOW pic.twitter.com/kC4pRPTVWm
— Janaé Sims (@auntienae95) March 22, 2024
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