Kentucky off to title game, beats Louisville 69-61 (Yahoo! Sports)
April 1, 2012 by admin
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Kentucky owns the Bluegrass State. Now it can concentrate on the rest of the country Anthony Davis and top-seeded Kentucky will play for the national title Monday night after finally putting away pesky Louisville 69-61 in the Final Four on Saturday night. It will be Kentucky’s first appearance in the title game since winning a seventh NCAA crown back in 1998 and gives coach John Calipari…
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Civil War: Kentucky vs. Louisville in Final Four (Yahoo! Sports)
March 31, 2012 by admin
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Kentucky coach John Calipari likes to say there are no rivalry games at this point in the season. Try telling that to the Bluegrass State, where basketball’s version of the civil war — Kentucky vs. Louisville, winner plays for the NCAA title — has so divided the small state that senior citizens have actually come to fisticuffs.
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Louisville in Final 4 with 72-68 win over Florida (Yahoo! Sports)
March 25, 2012 by admin
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Once upon a time, Billy Donovan took Rick Pitino on an improbable ride to the Final Four. Twenty-five years later, Pitino is heading back after another unbelievable run — one capped with an amazing late-game rally that left his old protege wondering what the heck happened. Freshman forward Chane Behanan made the go-ahead basket with 1:06 left Saturday and Pitino’s fourth-seeded Louisville…
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Louisville wins 2nd Big East championship (Yahoo! Sports)
March 11, 2012 by admin
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Rick Pitino has coached 10 teams to conference tournament championships in his 27 seasons in college basketball. No. 10 seemed to be especially sweet. Playing tenacious defense throughout and mustering just enough offense to hold off a closing run, Louisville gave Pitino his latest title with a 50-44 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday night in the Big East championship game.
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Louisville turns over No. 9 Marquette in 84-71 win (Yahoo! Sports)
March 9, 2012 by admin
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Peyton Siva and his pesky Louisville teammates looked even faster than usual in those flashy orange jerseys. Kyle Kuric scored 20 points, Siva added 18 and Louisville forced No. 9 Marquette into a season-high 26 turnovers, advancing to the Big East tournament semifinals with an 84-71 victory Thursday night.
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Siva, Louisville stop Seton Hall 61-55 in Big East (Yahoo! Sports)
March 8, 2012 by admin
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Seeking a quality win to improve its postseason resume, Seton Hall got picked off by Peyton Siva and stuffed by Gorgui Dieng. Siva had 14 points and six steals, Dieng blocked six shots inside and Louisville held off the Pirates 61-55 on Wednesday night to reach the Big East tournament quarterfinals, leaving Seton Hall to sweat out Selection Sunday as it hopes for an NCAA bid.
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No. 2 Syracuse beats Louisville 58-49 for 30th win (Yahoo! Sports)
March 4, 2012 by admin
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Scoop Jardine wore a satisfied look on his face. It didn’t matter one bit that he failed to score in the final home game of his Syracuse career, not with another victory in the books. Brandon Triche scored 18 points, Dion Waiters had 13, and second-ranked Syracuse beat No. 19 Louisville 58-49 on Saturday to finish the season unbeaten at home.
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Cincinnati holds off No. 17 Louisville (AP)
February 24, 2012 by admin
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Cashmere Wright was unguarded in the right corner on Cincinnati’s opening possession, with plenty of room and time to shoot. He let go a 3-point attempt that was perfectly on target, then waved his arms in an impromptu celebration. It went on all game long. Cincinnati’s point guard scored 22 points and matched his career-high with six 3-pointers as the Bearcats held on for a 60-56 victory…
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No. 2 Orange rally by No. 19 Louisville (AP)
February 14, 2012 by admin
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C.J. Fair scored 13 points and No. 2 Syracuse scored the final six points of the game to beat No. 19 Louisville 52-51 on Monday night, snapping a seven-game losing streak against the Cardinals. Syracuse (26-1, 13-1 Big East) used an 8-0 run to take an eight-point lead, only to see Louisville (20-6, 8-5) rally with a 15-2 run of its own.
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Surging Louisville rallies past West Va. (AP)
February 11, 2012 by admin
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Kyle Kuric scored 17 points to lead five Louisville players in double figures and No. 24 Louisville rallied past slumping West Virginia 77-74 on Saturday. Louisville (20-5, 8-4 Big East) scored 13 of the game’s final 16 points to extend its winning streak to six games. Russ Smith had 16 points off the bench for the Cardinals.
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