ATLANTA – When the Louisville Cardinals take the Georgia Dome court against Wichita State at 6:09 tonight in the opening game of the Final Four, their most famous player won’t see a single second of action.
“Kevin Ware’s probably the most famous person I know right now,” Louisville senior point guard Peyton Siva said Friday afternoon. “When you have Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama call you, it’s pretty good to say I know that person.”
Almost everyone knows what happened to Ware six days ago against Duke in the first half of the Midwest Regional final inside Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Stadium.
Attempting to block a Blue Devils shot, the reserve guard landed oddly on his right leg, the bones below his knee snapping in two places, one bone popping six inches through the skin.
It was so grotesque that most news outlets refused to replay it, or ran a lengthy disclaimer before doing so, in order to spare the squeamish from losing their Easter dinners.