NEW YORK – The Louisville players came bounding off the bench and began jumping up and down and chest-bumping one another all over the Madison Square Garden floor. With their 76-66 victory over an inspired but worn-out Syracuse team in the Big East Championship game, the top-seeded Cardinals scored the program’s first Big East title. And they finally gave Rick Pitino the one college title that has eluded him. Read the full story here. LIST OF AUTOMATIC BIDS Akron – Mid-American Alabama State – Southwestern Athletic American – Patriot League Binghamton – America East Cal State Northridge – Big West Chattanooga – Southern Cleveland State – Horizon League Cornell – Ivy League East Tennessee State – Atlantic Sun Gonzaga – West Coast Louisville – Big East Memphis – Conference USA Missouri – Big 12 Morehead State – Ohio VAlley Morgan State – Mid-Eastern Athletic North Dakota State – Summit League Northern Iowa – Missouri Valley Portland State – Big Sky Radford – Big South Robert Morris – Northeast Siena – MAAC Temple – Atlantic 10 USC – Pac 10 Utah – Mountain West Utah State – Western Athletic Virginia Commonwealth – Colonial Athletic Association Western Kentucky – Sun Belt
