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Louisville's pressure wears down Morehead State

There would be no down-to-the-wire drama for a No. 1 seed twice in the same day.

Louisville, the Midwest Regional's top seed, found itself in a two-point game at halftime Friday night against No. 16 Morehead State but pulled away in the second half for a 74-54 victory in a first-round game at University of Dayton Arena.

"All these teams are playing tremendous basketball, and that's...

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