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LOUISVILLE - For the state of Kentucky, Saturday's Final Four is about as big as they come.
It's not often that two schools from the same state meet in the later rounds of the NCAA Tournament, let alone the Final Four. Heated rivals No. 4 seed Louisville and No. 1 seed Kentucky are set to face off on Saturday in New Orleans, which would normally be any Wildcat fan's dream - except when your wedding just happens to fall on the same day.
What would you do if your wedding, planned a year in advance, fell on the same day?
Kentucky fan Annie Owens had no idea that she would be tying the knot at the same time as one of the biggest matchups in state history.
"The reason we picked March 31st is so that we would definitely not have a conflict with baseball season," Owens told WAVE 3's Jaimie Weiss.
Owens is such a big Wildcat fan that she is getting married at their baseball stadium. Impressive.
Even more impressive is how she plans on handling the conflict, renting a 50-inch TV so that guests can watch the game during the reception.
The wedding ceremony will start a half hour before tip-off. Annie thinks that the reception will start right around game time, but her brother Zak is pretty skeptical.
"Wedding ceremonies last much longer than that, so I don't believe her," Zak said.
For an avid Kentucky fan, Annie couldn't ask for a better wedding day with the Wildcats in the Final Four playing a huge in-state rival.
Sounds like the perfect excuse to sneak away from that awkward reception line.
Umm, can you hand me a towel?
Speaking of awkward (great segue, right?), how would you feel if your swimsuit ripped while you were in the pool? Now how would you feel if it happened with thousands of fans watching?
On Thursday night at the Indianapolis Grand Prix swim meet, that awkwardness became a reality for swimmer Nathan Adrian.
As Adrian was up on the block, listening to the familiar words "take your mark" and getting situated for the 100-meter freestyle race, his swimming suit split.
"What could I do?" Adrian asked. "I'm not going to stop."
Adrian went on to win the race, edging past 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps by 12/100ths of a second, torn suit and all.
Just how bad was the suit tear?
"Stretched out, it was my full butt crack," an embarrassed Adrian said after the win. "That's never happened, not even in practice."
