Louisville head coach Rick Pitino was placed on administrative leave amid an FBI probe. This is the fate of Louisville men’s basketball. But so is the entire community, which is the undisputed college basketball capital of the world. Photo: Getty Images (Originally published Feb. 5, 2016)Around Louisville and the economically depressed state of Kentucky, basketball is identity. For Louisville basketball there are no more expectations, nor more championship-grade dissembling.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 28, 2017 13:57 UTC