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4 FAVORITE FAN MEMORIESLouisville SportsReport owner Jack Coffee asked fans to recall their favorite Louisville vs. Kentucky game memories. Check out some of the best stories from college basketball’s best rivalry.

ROUGH AND TUMBLE GAMELouisville suffered its fi rst loss of the season Wednesday night against league foe Georgetown in a rough and tumble game. The Cardinals lead for much of the game, but fell behind in the second half. No. 4 Louisville came back to tie the score at 63-63, but the No. 12 Hoyas pulled away down the stretch.

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8 LIFE AFTER MONIQUE AND TIALouisville women’s basketball is 12-2, but is searching for playmakers after losing two of its top three scorers - Monique Reid and Tia Gibbs - to injury. The Cardinals restart Big East play Tuesday night against Marquette.

6 PREVIEWING THE WILDCATSBreaking down the Kentucky Wildcats. UK is leading the country in blocked shots at 10.3 per game and is ranked highly in virtually every other statistical category. All fi ve starters average in double fi gures.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALLCOFFEE BREAK

Over the years I’ve written just about everything there is to write about the Louisville-Kentucky basketball game. In the years prior to the game there was so much back-and-forth between Cards and Cat fans concerning which team was the best that now the in-state rivalry is just another game on the schedule. I know that’s blasphemy to many UofL folks and I do yearn for a victory in this game more than any other, but in the overall scheme of Louisville basketball the post-season stirs my passion more than this early-season contest. I thought I would take this opportunity to simply reminisce about the Cardinal highlights over the years.

I asked my fellow members of CardinalSports.com to share their favorite memories and several did both good and bad.

There have been 38 games since the original contest in Knoxville in 1983 (I don’t consider the intramural games pre-WWII as legitimate in-tercollegiate games), and they kind of run together due to the fact that I have seen every game. Out of all those games and the 1,525 minutes of basketball that has been played between the schools fi ve minutes remain as vivid to me as if I watched them yesterday. It was the overtime in that fi rst game which was Louisville’s opportunity to quiet the relentless “little brother” garbage that was given as to why the two schools could not play on an annual basis.

After scoring 30 points in the fi rst 20-minute half and 32 in the second, the Cards scored 18 in the fi ve minutes of overtime while holding Kentucky to six. Louisville won the game by 12, but the remarkable stat in that game was the shooting percentages. Despite the intensity of the game and tight defense, Kentucky shot 56 percent from the fi eld and Louisville shot 60 percent. More incredibly, Louisville shot 81.5 percent in the second half and overtime and, if memory serves me correct, didn’t miss a shot in OT; Rodney McCray was 7-7 from the fi eld for the game. To this day I think it is the best fi ve-minute performance by a Cardinal team since I became a Card fan in the early 70’s.

The starting lineup for Louisville was the McCray brothers, Scooter and Rodney, Lancaster Gordon, Milt Wagner and Charles Jones. Each starter played over 38 minutes in the game while Kentucky had only one player over 37, Jim Master. Freshmen Jeff Hall and Billy Thomp-son played nine and 13 minutes respectively. The most signifi cant thing about that game was that the hoopla and the competitive nature of the game intensifi ed the pressure to play an-nually and the next season the series began.

Here’s what some of the CardinalSports.com premium members had to say:- “I was in a wedding in Virginia during the UofL-UK game in the ‘97-98 season. UofL won

at Rupp vs the eventual NCAA Champion. I kept going to my rental car during the reception to try to pick up the game but got nothing but static noise. Finally on about the fourth trip to the car I could barely pick out Paul Rogers yelling “Louisville comes in and upsets Kentucky in Rupp!” I yelled in the car and ran back to the reception and then had to collect my thoughts and act like nothing was going on. Nobody could fi gure out why I kept going outside.” T-Bone74

- “While in Law School at UK, three friends and I won a lottery for four student tickets in the UK section for the original “Dream Game” (two UK and two UofL fans). The ride back from Knoxville was one very pleasant drive.” Putter23

- “Dream Game: Electric atmosphere start to fi nish and the party after at the Hyatt was the best. I remember one of Kentucky’s legislators dancing on the piano in the lobby with his UofL hat on. The meaning of that game was that UK could not avoid it they had to schedule UofL. It was a Silent Night for UK folks.” bobwest

- “I was in a wedding for one of my best friends during the fi rst dream game. The wedding ceremony was in the middle of the game. We were lined up on the side of the church with the minister waiting to go in. The minister and all of us were listening to the game on a walkman right up to the second we had to walk in the church.

“During the ceremony. I have never seen so many people with ear pieces in. We had friends giving us signals like UofL up by two. Right as the ceremony was ending, I was escorting a bridesmaid down the aisle when I passed my girlfriend she said the game just went in to overtime.

“All the groomsmen went furiously looking for a TV in the church. We found one and watched and screamed as UofL won in overtime. I went out that night to the bars. I still had my black tux on. I replaced the white shirt with a UofL t-shirt. Needless to say, we celebrated the win into the wee hours. My father was a big uk fan. He was sure UK would win that he bet someone he worked a little money and gave them 10 points. Needless to say he was not happy with the overtime.” Rmac

- “December 2001. Anyone living outside of Louisville will be able to relate to this. I live in Virginia, ACC territory. Over the last 26 years I have had to go to great lengths to hear, much less see my beloved Cards games. December 2001 was a unique experience. The UofL-UK game was NOT being broadcast in the Richmond area. Nationally yes, but along a pocket of coastal areas it was being replaced with the ACC game of the week of “Who Cares” vs. “Inconsequential U.” My heavens, not broadcasting the UofL-UK game, how Un-American. Once my shock subsided I did what I always did before I procured every feasible sports pack-age imaginable, I started to work on Plan A, B and C. The research: will it be on in the DC

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area, if so I’ll climb the ladder and swing my legacy antenna north and hope for a signal- nope, their stations were also apparently run by communist.

“The denial phase- maybe it is a mistake in the guide, I called the station and left an unin-telligible rant about how they are stealing freedom from the masses. I didn’t get a call back. I have taken satellite coordinates with me when I travel and successfully had games tuned in at sports bars. I called the few around, most seemed to think I was a nut, and the last one, Mul-ligans on West Broad in Richmond said those magical words: ”Yeah, we’ll have the game”.

“Having been snake bit before, I didn’t immediately accept yes. After much badgering on my behalf, he tired of me, told me it was his business, and he didn’t need my %^#$ satel-lite coordinates. This was a Wednesday. I told a friend of mine, who didn’t really care about basketball much less this rivalry that he was going with me to this bar early Saturday.Donned my UofL gear and we headed out for the 45 minute drive, I was not optimistic we would have the game when we got there.

“The parking lot was nearly full which seemed odd that time of day. When I walked to the door I pointed and said ‘LOOK,’ like a child seeing his fi rst shooting star, a sign on the door advertising MY game. I was so joyous!!! I pulled open the door, my red chest jutting out, and walked in to a sea of BLUE, there were over 80 UK fans that had taken over this Bar and one Cardinal (me). I am not exaggerating. Before the door shut, an older Gentleman put his arm around me and said you need to join us. And I did.” waterlover

- “12-28-2002: UofL 81, UK 63: My good friend (who’s name on here is “ItsGoTime”) gave me his two season tickets as an early birthday present. I took my brother who is a big UK fan. This was Marvin Stone’s fi rst game against his old team. UK jumped out to an early 11 point lead and my bro was letting me know it. It looked bad but we were within 3 points at half. I told my bro we would come back and win due to Stone and Garcia. Sure enough Stone played great, Garcia and Northern hit some big 3’s and Freedom Hall got as loud as it could’ve possibly been! My brother was literally speechless, and sat there horrifi ed. We won by 18 and, for my bro, it was a long walk through the fairgrounds back to the car. Good times and, thanks to my friend Jimmy, I was there to see it!” ULPipe

- “12-28-2002: UL 81, UK 63: “It was my fi rst UofL / UK game working for the Louisville Sports Report. I was so excited to be credentialed for the game that I arrived at Freedom Hall over two hours before the game to watch warm ups and to TRY to fi nd a seat near the action. I knew I wouldn’t have a “reserved” seat on press row, so I was going to have to get in where I fi t in. Luckily, for me, I found an open press seat on the baseline directly to the right of the basket, just feet from the UK bench.

“Just before tipoff, an old man comes waddling in dressed in all blue and takes his seat next to me on press row. This guy was grouchy as hell, made it very clear that he hated Lou-isville and even apologized to me for ME being a UofL fan. Well, like Pipe said, UK gets out in front early, but in the second half it was all Reece Gaines and Marvin Stone. In his fi rst game with the Cards, Stone scored 18 points and just fl at out ABUSED Marquis Estill.

“While this is going on, the old grouchy guy is pounding his fi st on the table, cursing in some kind of hee-haw slang and at one time even kicked the signage underneath. With about 8 minutes to go and the game well in hand, this old grouchy dude stands up and slams his chair down. He mumbles a bunch of stuff under his breath about Pitino and Stone being liars, cowards and traitors and then takes off up the aisle. Turns out the guy was none other than chief blueneck himself, OSCAR COMBS.” Matt_Willinger

- “My favorite memory was certainly the original dream game where Charles Jones’ fi n-gernail of a block sent the game into the dunk-a-thon OT. There was Samaki Walker’s triple double game and the win Dejuan Wheat iced with a laughing step back three as the clock wound down.” WildCard

Marvin Stone’s 18 points helped Louisville beat

Kentucky in 2002. - fi le photo by Garry Jones

DECEMBER 28, 2011 LOUISVILLE SPORTSREPORT PAGE 5

CARDINAL BASKETBALL

By Russ BrownLouisville’s basketball team failed its

fi rst serious litmus test for top-10 legiti-macy, but another one looms for the No. 4 Cardinals (12-1) that could ease some of the disappointment from Wednes-day night’s 71-68 upset loss to No. 12 Georgetown in the Big East Conference opener for both.

That, of course, would be No. 3 Ken-tucky (12-1), which will host UofL for a

high noon, nationally televised showdown (CBS) New Year’s Eve in Rupp Arena, where the Cards will be a sig-nifi cant underdog as they try to snap their two-game losing streak against the Wildcats. UK has also won fi ve

of the last seven meetings between the two bitter rivals.

“A win at Kentucky would erase some of the sting from this loss,” UofL guard Chris Smith said following Wednesday’s defeat, which snapped a 20-game win-ning streak by the Cards in the KFC Yum! Center. “But at the same time, we’re 0-1 in the Big East and that’s very disappoint-ing. But we have to keep moving. I look at (the UK game) as a must win. We have to regroup quickly and play well Satur-day.”

Sophomore guard Russ Smith, who had 14 points, three rebounds, two as-sists and two steals against Georgetown, believes the Cards’ dose of humility could be benefi cial against UK.

“We obviously learned we’re not in-vincible and we can lose, and that should help us,” Russ said. “Guys are going to be scared of losing now that we know how that feels. We’ll have the fear of knowing how it feels to lose and that should help us play harder and better.”

Freshman forward Chane Behanan (8 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals) said a win at UK would be a welcome antidote to the setback against the Hoyas, which was UofL’s fi rst loss in a Big East opener in fi ve years.

“We get that victory (at UK), then ev-erybody will be back happy, everything will be good again,” Behanan said. We’re going into a tough, tough environment,

but we’ll be alright. This game should go down in history as one of the top games (in the series) after we compete.”

The Cards will be looking for a fast start against the Cats similar to the Georgetown game, but a stronger fi n-ish. Hitting fi ve of its fi rst seven shots, including three straight 3-pointers, UofL jumped to a 17-8 against Georgetown. However, the Hoyas kept their compo-

sure and built a 63-52 lead going intothe fi nal fi ve minutes. UofL tied the scorewith an 11-0 run and looked as if it wasgoing to pull out another of its magicalhome wins, but Georgetown scored thenext six points to regain control.

“We made a tremendous comeback,” Russ said before acknowledging thatmounting such a surge in Rupp wouldbe much more diffi cult.

“We know how good Kentucky is, there’s really no sugarcoating that,” hesaid. “They go off the bounce, they’vegot shooters, they’ve got big guys,they’ve got good swing guys, they re-bound, run the fl oor. So it’s really goingto be a tough matchup for us, but guysare very motivated and enthusiastic.”

Kentucky also tuned up for the battle Wednesday night with an 86-64 rout ofLamar, a team UofL beat by about thesame margin, 68-48, on Nov. 13.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino will rely on guard Peyton Siva to help the Cardinals overcome Kentucky’s athletic advantage Saturday in Rupp Arena. - photo by Gail Kamenish

WIN AT UK COULD EASE THE STING OF FIRST LOSS

RUSS BROWNRUSS BROWN

PAGE 6 LOUISVILLE SPORTSREPORT DECEMBER 28, 2011

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLKENTUCKY PREVIEW

By Rick CushingEveryone around here knows the UK sto-

ry since John Calipari became head coach three years ago: three straight top-ranked recruiting classes, with two of them – his fi rst in 2009 and third in 2011 – being among the top 5 of all-time.

The 2009-10 team, which had six play-ers drafted in the NBA fi rst round, earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament but lost

to West Virginia in the regional fi nal.His second class, the 2010-11 team, was a disappointment

during the regular season and got only a No. 4 seed but made it to the Final Four before losing to eventual national champion Connecticut.

The 2010 class, unlike his fi rst class, which departed en masse for the NBA, saw two of its top players return to school, joining the 2011 class that boasts three of the top fi ve recruits in the nation and four of the top 22.

So tremendous things are expected of this year’s UK team, and anything less than a national title will be a disappointment to its fans.

As of last weekend the Wildcats are 9-1 and ranked No. 3, having dropped from No. 1 after losing at Indiana 73-72 on a last-second three-pointer the previous weekend. They rebounded to pound Chattanooga 87-62 last Saturday and played host to Samford Tuesday. They’ll entertain Loyola, Md., on Thursday and Lamar next Wednesday before taking on the Cards on Dec. 31 at noon in Rupp Arena.

UK is doing it this season with all-around excellence. The Cats are 14th in the nation in shooting at 49.6 percent, fourth in FG defense at 33.7 percent, 37th in rebounding margin at plus-6.7, lead in blocked shots at 10.3 a game, and on and on. All fi ve starters average in double fi gures, with the sixth man at 9.2 ppg. Furthermore, the Wildcats are 39-0 in Rupp Arena under Calipari and will be 42-0 when UofL invades.

GUARDSDoron Lamb, a 6-4 sophomore who started last season, leads

the team at 15.7 ppg and is shooting 47.7 percent overall and 50 percent from three-point range (22 of 44). He’s also the team’s top free-throw shooter at 82.1 percent and fourth-leading rebounder at 4.0 rpg. The Cards will want to limit his three-point looks.

Point guard Marquis Teague, a 6-2 freshman who had nar-rowed his college choice to UK and UofL, is fi fth on the team at 10.8 ppg and leads in assists with 46 (as opposed to 27 turn-overs) and in steals with 17. He’s shooting just 44.8 percent over-all, 32.0 percent on treys and 58.3 percent on free throws, and he has had a couple of games where he lost his cool and was ineffective.

Darius Miller, a 6-7 senior, is the top backcourt sub and is averaging 9.2 ppg while shooting 46.1 percent overall but just 24.2 percent on treys. The former Kentucky Mr. Basketball was a part-time starter last season and says he doesn’t mind his re-serve role this season.

Louisville Ballard H.S. product Twany Beckman, a 6-5 junior who transferred from Mississippi State, just became eligible and provides backcourt depth.

BIG MENMichael Kidd-Gilchrist, a 6-7 freshman, is averaging 13.2 ppg

and 7.4 rpg, both second on the team. He’s shooting 52.3 percent

overall, 41.2 percent on treys and is second in steals with 16. He’s becoming known as UK’s Energy Bunny with his non-stop hustle. Against Chattanooga he had 17 points, eight rebounds, six as-sists, a block and a steal. On the season he has more turnovers (26) than assists (18), however.

Terrence Jones, a 6-8 sophomore who returned to school af-ter being named SEC Freshman of the Year, is averaging 12.4 ppg and 6.2 rpg, both third on the team, and is shooting 48.4 percent overall and 47.1 percent on treys. He was held to four points and one rebound by IU and was benched for the closing moments while sulking, then dislocated a left pinky fi nger (he’s left-handed) and went scoreless in 10 minutes of playing time against Chattanooga. It’s unclear whether he’ll miss any games, but he should be ready for UofL.

Anthony Davis, a 6-10 freshman, is fourth in scoring at 11.8 ppg and leads in rebounding at 10.0 rpg and in blocked shots at 4.4 a game, which is fi fth in the country. His block at the close of the North Carolina game saved a 73-72 victory, and he had 14 points, 18 rebounds and fi ve blocks against Chattanooga. Davis, who weighs just 220 pounds, has been pushed around at times this season.

The top frontcourt sub is 6-9 freshman Kyle Wiltjer, who’s av-eraging 6.0 ppg and 2.7 rpg and is said to be a good outside shooter but is making just 31.8 percent of his treys.

Providing depth in the middle is 6-11 senior Eloy Vargas, who’s averaging 1.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg.

STARIt was supposed to be Jones, who can be dynamite but also

can disappear. But this is a team full of stars, and any one of six players can fi ll that bill on a given night.

STRENGTHSJust about everything. WEAKNESSIt would have to be free-throw shooting at 67.5 percent, which

is 178th in the country. COACHING RESUMECalipari is in his 19th year overall, his third at UK, having

coached previously at Massachusetts (1989-96), having been recommended for that job by UofL coach Rick Pitino, and Mem-phis (2000-09), with a three-year stop in the NBA in between. At UK he’s 73-13, and he’s 476-151 overall, having lost a full season of victories (38) at Memphis in 2007-08 because his star played the entire season while ineligible, and four victories at UMass in 1996 because his star signed with an agent before the NCAA Tournament. He is only the second coach to take three teams (UMass, Memphis and UK) to the Final Four (Pitino was the fi rst to do so), although Calipari had his fi rst two Final Fours vacated. A common joke among UofL fans is that should the Wildcats win a national title under Coach Cal they’ll need to attach it with Velcro (because it may have to be pulled down).

ALL-TIME SERIESUofL and UK have met 42 times in a series that dates to 1913

but had a 26-year hiatus from 1922-48 and a 24-year break from 1959-83 when the Kentucky Legislature ordered UK to play UofL yearly. The Wildcats lead 28-14 overall, 19-11 since the rivalry was resumed in 1983, including winning the last two.

MAKING THE PICK?Just about every stat says UK will win, and the Cats will be

favored by about 6-7 points. But I’m genetically opposed to pick-ing UK, so I’ll just say, “Take the points.”

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DECEMBER 31Louisville at Kentucky

12 PM Noon

NO NAME POS YR EXP HT/WT HOMETOWN 1 DARIUS MILLER G SR. 3V 6-8/235 MAYSVILLE, KY (MASON COUNTY HS)3 TERRENCE JONES F SO. 1V 6-8/252 PORTLAND, OR (JEFFERSON HS)4 JON HOOD G JR. 2V 6-7/215 MADISONVILLE, KY (MADISONVILLE HS)5 JARROD POLSON G SO. 1V 6-2/185 NICHOLASVILLE, KY (WEST JESSAMINE HS)10 TWANY BECKHAM G JR. TR 6-5/205 LOUISVILLE, KY (BALLARD HS)12 RYAN HARROW G SO. TR 5-11/155 MARIETTA, GA (WALTON HS)13 SAM MALONE G FR. HS 5-11/190 SCITUATE, NJ (SCITUATE HS)14 MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST G FR. HS 6-7/232 SOMERDALE, NJ (ST. PATRICK HS)20 DORON LAMB G SO. 1V 6-4/210 QUEENS, NY (OAK HILL ACADEMY)23 ANTHONY DAVIS F FR. HS 6-10/220 CHICAGO, IL (PERSPECTIVES CHARTER HS)25 MARQUIS TEAGUE G FR. HS 6-2/189 INDIANAPOLIS, IN (PIKE HS)30 ELOY VARGAS F SR. 1V 6-11/244 MOCA, (MIAMI-DADE CC)32 BRIAN LONG G FR. HS 5-9/150 DUMONT, NJ (RIVER DELL HS)

33 KYLE WILTJER F FR. HS 6-9/239 PORTLAND, OR (JESUIT HS)

2011-12 KENTUCKY BASKETBALL ROSTER

2011-12 SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT NOVEMBER Nov. 11, 2011 Marist W, 108-58 Nov. 15, 2011 Kansas W, 75-65 Nov. 19, 2011 Penn State1 W, 85-47 Nov. 20, 2011 Old Dominion2 W, 62-52 Nov. 23, 2011 Radford W, 88-40 Nov. 26, 2011 Portland W, 87-63

DECEMBER Dec. 1, 2011 St. John’s W, 81-59 Dec. 3, 2011 N. Carolina W, 73-72 Dec. 10, 2011 at Indiana L, 73-72 Dec. 17, 2011 Chattanooga W, 87-62 Dec. 20, 2011 Samford 7:00 pm ETDec. 22, 2011 Loyola Maryland 1:00 pm ETDec. 28, 2011 Lamar 8:30 pm ET Dec. 31, 2011 Louisville 12:00 pm ET

JANUARY Jan. 3, 2012 Arkansas-LR 7:00 pm ET Jan. 7, 2012 South Carolina 4:00 pm ETJan. 11, 2012 at Auburn 8:00 pm ET Jan. 14, 2012 at Tennessee 12:00 pm ETJan. 17, 2012 Arkansas 9:00 pm ETJan. 21, 2012 Alabama 12:00 pm ET Jan. 24, 2012 at Georgia 9:00 pm ET Jan. 28, 2012 at LSU 4:00 pm ETJan. 31, 2012 Tennessee 7:00 pm ET

FEBRUARY Feb. 4, 2012 at South Carolina 6:00 pm ET Feb. 7, 2012 Florida 7:00 pm ET Feb. 11, 2012 at Vanderbilt 9:00 pm ET Feb. 18, 2012 Ole Miss 4:00 pm ET Feb. 21, 2012 at Miss. State 9:00 pm ETFeb. 25, 2012 Vanderbilt 12:00 pm ET

MARCH Mar. 1, 2012 Georgia 9:00 pm ET Mar. 4, 2012 at Florida 12:00 pm ET

Coach: John CalipariLast Season: 29-9, 10-6 SEC

Overall Record: 476-151 (19 years)At Kentucky: 73-13 (third year)

Calipari has signed three No. 1 recruiting classes in a row.

TERRENCE JONESTERRENCE JONES

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LOUISVILLE VS. KENTUCKY: BY THE POSITIONS

NO NAME POS YR EXP HT/WT HOMETOWN 1 DARIUS MILLER G SR. 3V 6-8/235 MAYSVILLE, KY (MASON COUNTY HS)2 STACEY POOLE JR. G SO. 1V 6-4/200 JACKSONVILLE, FL (PROVIDENCE HS)3 TERRENCE JONES F SO. 1V 6-8/252 PORTLAND, OR (JEFFERSON HS)4 JON HOOD G JR. 2V 6-7/215 MADISONVILLE, KY (MADISONVILLE HS)5 JARROD POLSON G SO. 1V 6-2/185 NICHOLASVILLE, KY (WEST JESSAMINE HS)10 TWANY BECKHAM G JR. TR 6-5/205 LOUISVILLE, KY (BALLARD HS)12 RYAN HARROW G SO. TR 5-11/155 MARIETTA, GA (WALTON HS)13 SAM MALONE G FR. HS 5-11/190 SCITUATE, NJ (SCITUATE HS)14 MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST G FR. HS 6-7/232 SOMERDALE, NJ (ST. PATRICK HS)20 DORON LAMB G SO. 1V 6-4/210 QUEENS, NY (OAK HILL ACADEMY)23 ANTHONY DAVIS F FR. HS 6-10/220 CHICAGO, IL (PERSPECTIVES CHARTER HS)25 MARQUIS TEAGUE G FR. HS 6-2/189 INDIANAPOLIS, IN (PIKE HS)30 ELOY VARGAS F SR. 1V 6-11/244 MOCA, (MIAMI-DADE CC)32 BRIAN LONG G FR. HS 5-9/150 DUMONT, NJ (RIVER DELL HS)

33 KYLE WILTJER F FR. HS 6-9/239 PORTLAND, OR (JESUIT HS)

NO NAME POS YR EXP HT/WT HOMETOWN 1 ANGEL NUNEZ SF FR. HS 6-7/190 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY (NOTRE DAME PREP)2 RUSS SMITH G SO. 1V 6-0/160 BRIARWOOD, NY (SOUTH KENT SCHOOL)3 PEYTON SIVA PG JR. 1V 5-11/180 SEATTLE, WA (FRANKLIN)4 RAKEEM BUCKLES F JR. 1V 6-7/200 MIAMI, FL (PACE)5 CHRIS SMITH SG SR. 1V 6-2/200 MILLSTONE, NJ (MANHATTAN)10 GORGUI DIENG C SO. 1V 6-10/225 DAKAR, SENEGAL, (HUNTINGTON PREP)11 LUKE HANCOCK F JR. TR 6-6/200 ROANOKE, VA (GEORGE MASON)12 ZACH PRICE C FR. HS 6-10/235 LOUISVILLE, KY (JEFFERSONTOWN HS)13 MARK JACKSON G FR. RS 6-3/220 BROOKLYN, CALIF. (TAFT)14 KYLE KURIC G SR. 3V 6-4/195 EVANSVILLE, IN (MEMORIAL)15 TIM HENDERSON SG SO. 1V 6-2/185 LOUISVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: LOUISVILLE)21 JARED SWOPSHIRE F JR. 2V 6-8/210 ST. LOUIS, MO (IMG ACADEMY)22 ELISHA JUSTICE G SO. 1V 5-10/180 PIKEVILLE, KY (SHELBY VALLEY HS)23 KEVIN WARE G FR. HS 6-4/185 CONYERS, GA. (ROCKDALE COUNTY) 24 CHANE BEHANAN F FR. HS 6-6/245 CINCINNATI, OH (BOWLING GREEN)25 WAYNE BLACKSHEAR SF FR. HS 6-5/225 CHICAGO, IL (MORGAN PARK HS)33 MIKE MARRA G JR. 2V 6-4/200 SMITHFIELD, RI (NORTHFIELD MT. HERMON)44 STEPHAN VAN TREESE F JR. 2V 6-9/220 INDIANAPOLIS, IN (LAWRENCE NORTH)

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Peyton Siva is the engine that makes Louisville’s offense run. He has missed a few games so far this season due to injury, and when he’s out there is a noticeable difference in Louisville’s effectiveness, but he appears to be 100 percent now. Through the fi rst eight games of the season Siva was averaging 6.4 assists per game and had a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. A former McDonald’s All-American, Siva is coming into his own this season as a star. Backing up Siva is newcomer Kevin Ware, a lithe, athletic 6-3 guard who is just learning Louisville’s system, having joined the team only last Wednesday.

Louisville started the season with senior co-captain Chris Smith at shooting guard. A transfer from Manhattan with a strong build and great toughness, Smith is a tough de-fender and averaged 10.6 ppg through the fi rst 10 games of the season. Recently, coach Rick Pitino has tried sophomore jitterbug Russ Smith at shooting guard. Russ is of slight build but has quick feet and extremely quick hands. He averages 9.6 points and 2.0 steals per game.

Senior co-captain Kyle Kuric has been a mainstay at this spot since his stellar game against then-No. 1 Syracuse in the fi nal game at Freedom Hall to conclude the 2009-10 regular season. This season he is leading the team in scoring at 12.7 ppg and is averag-ing 4.4 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.4 assists through Louisville’s fi rst 10 games. A deadly shooter from the corners, Kuric has the athleticism to stay with a bigger foe. His backup was Mike Marra, who is out for the season. If Kuric goes out, Louisville may use Chris Smith or junior Jared Swopshire on the wing in a pinch.

Freshman Chane Behanan, a McDonald’s All-American, started nine of Louisville’s fi rst 10 games, but now that junior Rakeem Buckles is back from knee surgery, the pair may split time at power forward. Behanan was averaging 9.3 points and 8.6 rebounds through the fi rst 10 games, but Buckles had a breakthrough 12 points and six rebounds against Memphis last Saturday. The Cardinals also have Swopshire at the forward spot. He has been good for 5.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game this season after missing all last season with an injury.

Sophomore Gorgui Dieng has been a revelation for the Cardinals. Averaging nearly a dou-ble-double through the fi rst 10 games (10.3 points, 9.5 rebounds), Dieng also is among the nation’s top shot-blockers (2.7 per game). Dieng was used sparingly last season but has blossomed into a full-time starter with added weight and strength. His backup is either freshman Zach Price, or Buckles. Price is 6-10, but very skinny. Buckles is stronger, but only 6-7.

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Freshman Marquis Teague, a McDonald’s All-American, was considered by many to be a Louisville lean throughout his sophomore and juniors years of high school, but when the time came to make his college choice public he put on a blue hat and chose Kentucky instead. His decision left Louisville fans fuming. Teague has struggled a bit this season, but his 10.8 points and 4.6 assists per game still are strong numbers. He’s not a threat from the outside but has an extremely quick fi rst step. He doesn’t really have a backup, so foul trouble could be key.

One of two scholarship freshmen still on campus from last season, Doron Lamb is a hand-ful for opponents. He’s deadly from three-point range (22 of 44, 50 percent through the fi rst 10 games) and is hitting 82.1 percent of his foul shots. He leads Kentucky in scoring, averaging nearly 16 points per game. If he goes out, look for newcomer Twany Beckham to step in at shooting guard.

Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, another McDonald’s All-American, was considered the No. 1 recruit in the nation by several services (others picked Duke’s Austin Rivers or UK’s Anthony Davis). He’s a wildly athletic, ultra-competitive 6-foot-7 powerhouse with the abil-ity to score off the dribble or off rebound putbacks. He averaged 13.2 points and 7.4 re-bounds through the fi rst 10 games. His length and quickness could be a problem for Kuric, who will be looking for space to get a shot off. Senior Darius Miller is another great option at either forward spot. He’s not spectacular, but he’s tall and can score (9.2 ppg).

Sophomore Terrence Jones chose to return to Kentucky instead of making the leap to the NBA, and many believe he would have been a lottery pick. Now he’ll need to continue to prove himself after a few up-and-down performances. He’s averaging 12.4 points and 6.2 rebounds and has the athleticism and shooting touch to explode for 25-30 points in any game. Darius Miller and freshman Kyle Wiltjer also could see time at power forward if Kentucky shuffl es its lineup.

One of the most physically freakish athletes to come out of high school in a long time, freshman Anthony Davis, yet another McDonald’s All-American, could be the No. 1 pick in next year’s NBA Draft. A 6-10 center with a 7-4 wingspan, Davis leads the nation with nearly fi ve blocks per game. He’s averaging 11.8 points and 10 rebounds. Kentucky has been running a quick lob play for him from the wing which, if executed correctly, is nearly unstoppable because of his height, reach and leaping ability. So how can he be stopped? He’s still very thin at 215 pounds and can be moved off the low block. He’s also been dismal from the foul line at 52 percent through the fi rst 10 games.

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2007 CARDINAL CARAVANLOUISVILLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

By Howie LindseyThe No. 14-ranked Louisville women’s bas-

ketball team opened its Big East slate with a 64-59 win over Cincinnati on Dec. 14. But since then, the Cardinals have had three out-of-conference foes in a row.

Having dispatched Portland, Washington State and Tennessee-Martin, the Cardinals are prepared to launch back into the Big East slate by hosting Marquette Tuesday night at

the KFC Yum! Center. “We have a week to

practice before we take on Marquette and start our Big East play,” coach Jeff Walz said after Louis-ville’s 70-57 win over Ten-nessee-Martin Wednes-day. “We have got to get better, at times I thought we did some good things and then we just go brain

dead.”Despite a strong 12-2 record, not every-

thing is up to par for the Cardinals. After tak-ing a nine-day break from games during the Holidays, the Louisville women looked rusty during the win over UT-Martin.

“It was extremely frustrating,” Walz said. “... UT Martin is a very good basketball team; they do a nice job of moving without the ball. They have two really good guards, I was very impressed with their play. We didn’t play with any urgency, we only had two second chance points the entire ball game. We couldn’t fi nd a way to get an offensive board and stick it back in.

“I keep telling my team, it doesn’t matter if you get 13 offensive rebounds if you can only fi gure out how to get two second chance points. They get 16 offensive boards and get 15 second chance points. We have some work to do, and we are going to have to get after it and work extremely hard this week. We have a tough road in front of us.”

“Obviously we’ve come off a break and we’ve only had a couple of practices before this game,” freshman forward Sara Hammond said of the Cardinals’ rust against UT-Martin. “The coaches try to prepare us by saying this wasn’t going to be an easy game. Mentally, we kind of took it as another easy game pre-paring us for the Big East, so I guess you could say so. Just ending up with the win we’ll take it but we’re going to move on and learn from this.”

The Cardinals, only up 35-30 at the half against the 6-6 Skyhawks, couldn’t put the game away in the second half. Louisville ap-peared on the verge of breaking the game open when a steal and layup by Bria Smith gave Louisville a 57-44 lead with 8:21 remain-ing, but the Skyhawks cut it to single digits on Butler’s 3-pointer and Perica Glenn’s putback.

UT-Martin again cut the lead to eight at 63-55 after Jasmine Newsome’s drive and at 65-57 with 1:03 remaining, but failed to score in the fi nal minute. Louisville surged ahead to the 13-point fi nal margin. Louisville guard Shoni Schimmel said the Cardinals had to shake the rust off.

“We defi nitely did just because it was our fi rst game back,” Schimmel said. “We weren’t sure of how to play them so we just went out and thought it was going to be an easy win for us. That kind of got to us in the end because we didn’t play the game accord-ing to the game plan. This game was kind of

just getting us back into the fl ow and gets us ready for Big East play because it is the last game before Big East play really starts. It was just a game to get under our belt and that’s what we did. Now we have to get ready for the Big East.”

Schimmel scored 16 points to lead Louisville to the win. Junior center Cierra Warren added 14 points with 10 coming in the second half. Heather Butler led UT Martin with 13 points, while Jaclissa Haislip and Perica Glenn each had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

“It was a good team win, but I was really pleased with the way Cierra Warren played at times,” Walz said. “When Cierra has that look in her eye then she is ready to compete and go after it. She is a special player I just need to see that more from her. I thought Sara Ham-mond did a nice job on the boards for us. I was encouraged with the way she played. We got some players that I just need to get more productivity from in order for us to have a suc-cessful year in the Big East.”

Walz is looking for more players after star senior and leading scorer Monique Reid went down for the year with a knee injury.

Reid will miss the rest of the 2011-12 season after suffering a osteochondral injury to her left knee in the second half of the Cards’ Big East opener against Cincin-nati on Dec. 14. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test was performed at Jew-ish Hospital in Louisville the next day but found no liga-ment damage in her knee. Reid saw knee specialist Dr. Caborn when the Cards re-turned from Pullman, which determined the injury was season ending. Reid will have surgery to repair the damage on Jan. 4.

“This is a big blow to

our team but we will not use it as an excuse when we begin conference play,” Walz said. “Mo has been a big part of our offense the last two seasons and we expected a big senior year from her. Unfortunately she has been plagued with injuries this season and we look forward to a full recovery for her. We’ve faced adversity before, and we will rally together as a team. We’re going to need contributions from everyone to pursue our team goals.”

A preseason fi rst team All-Big East selec-tion, Reid was averaging 13.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She has led the Cardi-nals in scoring and rebounding the last two seasons. Playing without Reid in the post was very different.

“The posts always work hard, but we need to get them going a little bit more and know that they can do what Monique did just in a different form,” Schimmel said. “Giving them confi dence is the biggest part right now to let them know they can do it. They are not used to this. They have to make sure they aren’t trying to go out and play like Mo and play their own game. We just continue to grow

as a team. Without Tia (Gibbs) and withoutMo, yes it hurts us but we also have peoplelike these two (Warren and Hammond). Theycan fi ll their spots; they just have to have theconfi dence to do it. We are a young teamnow that those two are both out but we’ll justlearn and keep going.”

Reid is the second player the Cardinals have lost to a season ending injury for the 2011-12season. Junior guard Tia Gibbs is also out forthe season with a shoulder injury.

“On the fl oor right now, we have one se-nior in Becky Burke,” Walz said. “Asia Tayloris a junior and Shelby Harper is a junior, buteverybody else is either a freshman or sopho-more. We are missing some leadership whenthings start to get a little tough and there’ssome stress. It’s a game-by-game season forus right now. We can’t look past anybody andwe have to prepare for every single game likeit’s our last.”

Becky Burke is Louisville’s last senior standing after Monique Reid went down with a season-ending knee injury earlier this month. - photo by Chuck Feist

HOWIE LINDSEYHOWIE LINDSEY

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CARDS PREP FOR RE-OPENING OF BIG EAST SLATECURRENT AP TOP 25RK TEAM RECORD PTS1 Baylor (40) 12-0 1,0002 Connecticut 10-1 9493 Notre Dame 11-1 9274 Stanford 9-1 8815 Maryland 11-0 8376 Kentucky 11-1 7567 Tennessee 7-3 7288 Duke 8-2 7039 Ohio State 13-0 65110 Texas A&M 8-2 63911 Rutgers 10-2 57812 Miami (FL) 9-2 52113 Texas Tech 10-0 51014 LOUISVILLE 11-2 49115 Georgetown 10-2 48716 Penn State 10-2 40117 Georgia 10-2 33918 Green Bay 10-0 32319 Delaware 9-0 26220 Purdue 10-3 21221 DePaul 12-2 21122 Texas 9-2 16623 Nebraska 11-1 11024 North Carolina 8-2 10625 Vanderbilt 11-1 94

NO NAME HT POS YR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)1 SHELBY HARPER 5-4 G JR SCOTTSVILLE, KY. (ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE)3 SHERONNE VAILS 6-4 C SO ODENTON, MD. (ARUNDEL HS)4 ANTONITA SLAUGHTER 6-1 G SO LOUISVILLE, KY. (LOUISVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)10 SARA HAMMOND 6-2 F FR MT. VERNON, KY. (ROCKCASTLE COUNTY HS)11 BECKY BURKE 5-11 G SR CLARKS SUMMIT, PA. (ABINGTON HEIGHTS)12 SHAWNTA’ DYER 6-1 F RS FR MARION, OHIO (MARION HARDING HS)21 BRIA SMITH 5-10 G FR MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (CHRIST THE KING HS)22 JUDE SCHIMMEL 5-6 G FR MISSION, ORE. (FRANKLIN HS)23 SHONI SCHIMMEL 5-9 G SO MISSION, ORE. (FRANKLIN HS)25 TIA GIBBS 5-9 G JR LOUISVILLE, KY. (VANDERBILT UNIV.)31 ASIA TAYLOR 6-1 F JR COLUMBUS, OHIO (WHETSTONE HS)33 MONIQUE REID 6-1 F SR LOUISVILLE, KY. (FERN CREEK)42 CIERRA WARREN 6-4 C RS SO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. (NORTH CAROLINA)

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2007 CARDINAL CARAVANUOFLSPORTS.COM RIVALRY GAME INFORMATION

SERIES VS. KENTUCKYLouisville trails Kentucky 14-28 in the intrastate series which dates back

to 1913. The teams have split the last four meetings. The Wildcats hold a 19-10 advantage since the series resumed in 1983.

Current UofL Coach Rick Pitino had a 6-2 record as the Wildcats head coach in games against Louisville. The two teams had not met in regular-sea-son play for 62 years before the current series was renewed in 1983; the rivals have met all 29 seasons since.

In last year’s meeting, Brandon Knight scored 25 points and Josh Harrell-son added 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead Kentucky to a 78-63 victory over Louisville in the KFC Yum! Center (12/31/11). Preston Knowles had 22 points to lead the Cardinals, which had lost top rebounder Rakeem Buckles the previous day with a broken fi nger. Both teams shot an impressive 68.2 percent in the second half (15-of-22).

On the last game played in Lexington, Demarcus Cousins scored 18 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead Kentucky to a 71-62 victory over Louisville in Lexington (1/2/10). Jerry Smith and Edgar Sosa had 11 points apiece to lead UofL, which hit just one of their fi rst 19 shots in the game. John Wall and Patrick Patterson added 17 each for UK.

The two teams have met in NCAA Tournament competition on four oc-casions, with each team winning two of those games. The most recent was a 72-67 Kentucky victory in the 1984 NCAA Mideast Regional semifi nal in Lexington (3-22-84). UofL won 80-68 in overtime in the 1983 Mideast Regional championship in Knoxville, Tenn. in a game labeled as the fi rst “Dream Game.”

UofL has a collective 79-60 all-time record against current members of the SEC and trail only two of the 12 teams in all-time series results. Louisville has won 13 of its last 17 games against SEC competition over the last 10 seasons, including six of the last eight. Louisville beat SEC foe Vanderbilt 62-60 in overtime earlier this month (12/2/11).

SERIES HISTORY (Won 14, Lost 28)

DATE LOCATION LOUISVILLE KENTUCKYFeb. 15, 1913 Lexington, Ky. 10 34Feb. 7, 1914 Lexington, Ky. 17 22Mar. 3, 1914 Louisville, Ky. 13 26Jan. 23, 1915 Lexington, Ky. 14 18Feb. 27, 1915 Louisville, Ky. 26 15Feb. 12, 1916 Lexington, Ky. 26 22Feb. 22, 1916 Louisville, Ky. 24 32Jan. 17, 1922 Louisville, Ky. 14 38Jan. 21, 1922 Lexington, Ky. 22 29Mar. 27, 1948 Olympic Trials (New York) 57 91Mar. 20, 1951 NCAA (Raleigh,NC) 68 79Mar. 13, 1959 NCAA (Evanston, IL) 76 61Mar. 26, 1983 NCAA (Knoxville, TN) 80 (OT) 68Nov. 26, 1983 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 44 65Mar. 22, 1984 NCAA (Lexington, KY) 67 72Dec. 15, 1984 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 71 64Dec. 28, 1985 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 64 69Dec. 27, 1986 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 51 85Dec. 12, 1987 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 75 76Dec. 31, 1988 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 97 75Dec. 30, 1989 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 86 79Dec. 29, 1990 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 85 93Dec. 28, 1991 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 89 103Dec. 12, 1992 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 68 88Nov. 27, 1993 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 70 78Jan. 1, 1995 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 88 86Dec. 23, 1995 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 66 89Dec. 31, 1996 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 54 74Dec. 27, 1997 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 79 76Dec. 26, 1998 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 83 74Dec. 18, 1999 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 46 76Jan. 2, 2001 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 62 64Dec. 29, 2001 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 62 82Dec. 28, 2002 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 81 63Dec. 27, 2003 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 65 56Dec. 18, 2004 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 58 60Dec. 17, 2005 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 61 73Dec. 16, 2006 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 49 61Jan. 5, 2008 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 89 75Jan. 3, 2009 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky. 74 71Jan. 2, 2010 Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky. 62 71Jan. 31, 2010 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky. 63 78

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2011-12 MEN’S SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME / RESULTS OCTOBER10/14/11 Red-White Scrimmage KFC YUM! CENTER White, 86-8510/22/11 Red-White Scrimmage KFC YUM! CENTER Red, 105-6010/26/11 vs. PIKEVILLE * KFC YUM! CENTER W, 74-55NOVEMBER 11/03/11 vs. BELLARMINE * KFC YUM! CENTER W, 62-54GLOBAL SPORTS INVITATIONAL11/11/11 vs. TENNESSEE-MARTIN KFC YUM! CENTER W, 83-4811/13/11 vs. LAMAR KFC YUM! CENTER W, 68-4811/19/11 at Butler Indianapolis, Ind. W, 69-5311/22/11 vs. ARKANSAS STATE KFC YUM! CENTER W, 54-2711/25/11 vs. OHIO KFC YUM! CENTER W, 59-5411/28/11 vs. LONG BEACH STATE KFC YUM! CENTER W, 79-66DECEMBERBIG EAST / SEC CHALLENGE12/02/11 vs. #19 VANDERBILT KFC YUM! CENTER W, 62-6012/07/11 vs. IUPUI KFC YUM! CENTER W, 90-6012/10/11 vs. FAIR. DICKINSON KFC YUM! CENTER W, 80-58BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME SHOOTOUT12/17/11 vs. MEMPHIS TV KFC YUM! CENTER W, 95-8712/20/11 vs. C. OF CHARLESTON KFC YUM! CENTER W, 69-62BILLY MINARDI CLASSIC12/23/11 vs. WESTERN KENTUCKY KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.12/28/11 vs. GEORGETOWN # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.12/31/11 at Kentucky TV Lexington, Ky. 12:00 p.m.JANUARY01/03/12 at St. John’s # TV New York, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.01/07/12 vs. NOTRE DAME # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 4:00 p.m.01/10/12 at Providence # TV Providence, R.I. 7:00 p.m.01/14/12 vs. DE PAUL # KFC YUM! CENTER TBA01/16/12 at Marquette # TV Milwaukee, Wis. TBA01/21/12 at Pittsburgh # TV Pittsburgh, Pa. 9:00 p.m.01/25/12 vs. VILLANOVA # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.01/28/12 at Seton Hall # Newark, N.J. TBAFEBRUARY02/04/12 vs. RUTGERS # KFC YUM! CENTER TBA02/06/12 vs. CONNECTICUT # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.02/11/12 at West Virginia # TV Morgantown, W.Va. 12:00 p.m.02/13/12 vs. SYRACUSE # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.02/18/12 at DePaul # Chicago, Ill. TBA02/23/12 at Cincinnati # TV Cincinnati, Ohio 9:00 p.m.02/26/12 vs. PITTSBURGH # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 2:00 p.m.02/29/12 vs. USF # KFC YUM! CENTER TBAMARCH03/03/12 at Syracuse # TV Syracuse, N.Y. 4:00 p.m.BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP: New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) 03/06-10/12 TBD TBA * - Exhibition game, # - Big East Conference game

2011-12 WOMEN’S SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME / RESULTS

OCTOBER

10/30/11 VS. LINDSEY WILSON * KFC YUM! CENTER W, 118-41

NOVEMBER

11/13/11 at Missouri State Springfi eld, Mo. W, 73-64

11/15/11 at #4 Texas A&M College Station, Texas L, 76-58

11/17/11 at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. W, 77-53

11/20/11 vs. XAVIER KFC YUM! CENTER W, 62-44

11/22/11 vs. AUSTIN PEAY KFC YUM! CENTER W, 78-60

11/25/11 at #24 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. W, 85-76

11/26/11 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, Fla. W, 86-66

11/29/11 vs. MURRAY STATE KFC YUM! CENTER W, 105-62

DECEMBER

12/04/11 at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. L, 74-54

12/10/11 vs. GARDNER-WEBB KFC YUM! CENTER W, 92-27

12/14/11 at Cincinnati # Cincinnati, Ohio W, 64-59

12/17/11 at Portland Portland, Ore. W, 71-42

12/19/11 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. W, 75-71

12/28/11 vs. UT-MARTIN KFC YUM! CENTER 12:00 p.m.

JANUARY

01/03/12 vs. MARQUETTE # KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.

01/08/12 at St. John’s # TV Queens, N.Y. 1:30 p.m.

01/11/12 vs. SOUTH FLORIDA # KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.

01/14/12 at Rutgers # Piscataway, N.J. 2:00 p.m.

01/18/12 vs. PROVIDENCE # KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.

01/22/12 at Georgetown # TV Washington D.C. 5:00 p.m.

01/28/12 vs. VILLANOVA # KFC YUM! CENTER 2:00 p.m.

01/31/12 at DePaul # TV Chicago, Ill. 9:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY

02/04/12 at West Virginia # Morgantown, W.Va. 4:00 p.m.

02/07/12 vs. CONNECTICUT # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 7:00 p.m.

02/11/12 vs. SYRACUSE # KFC YUM! CENTER 2:00 p.m.

02/14/12 at Pittsburgh # Pittsburgh, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

02/20/12 vs. NOTRE DAME # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 2:00 p.m.

02/25/12 vs. DEPAUL # TV KFC YUM! CENTER 12:00 p.m.

02/27/12 at Seton Hall # South Orange, N.J. 7:00 p.m.

MARCH

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP: Hartford, Conn.

03/02-8/12 TBD TBA

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SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULES

WOMEN’S GOLFDATE OPPONENT / EVENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT UNLV Spring Tournament02/20-21/12 UNLV Spring Tournament Las Vegas. Nev. All DaySir Pizza Cards Challenge02/27-28/12 Sir Pizza Cards Challenge Weston, Fla. All DayLSU Golf Classic03/09-11/12 LSU Golf Classic Baton Rouge, La. All DayMountain View Collegiate03/23-24/12 Mountain View Collegiate Tucson, Ariz. All DayBryan National Collegiate04/06-08/12 Bryan National Collegiate Brown Summit, NC All DayBig East Championship04/22-24/12 Big East Championship Orlando, Fla. All DayRegionals05/10-12/12 NCAA Regionals TBD All DayNCAA Championship05/22/12 NCAA Championship Franklin, Tenn. All Day

MEN’S GOLFDATE OPPONENT / EVENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT Francis Marion Invitational 02/20-21/12 Francis Marion Invitational Hilton Head, S.C. TBAUSF Invitational 03/04-20/12 USF Invitational Tampa, Fla. TBAIrish Creek Collegiate 03/31/12-04/01/12 Irish Creek Collegiate Charlotte, N.C. TBANC State Wolfpack Invitational 04/14-15/12 NC State Wolfpack Invitational Raleigh, N.C. TBANotre Dame Invitational 04/22/12 Notre Dame Invitational South Bend, Ind. All DayBIG EAST Championship 04/29/12-05/01/12 BIG EAST Championship Tampa, Fla. All DayNCAA Championship 05/17-19/12 NCAA Championship TBA ALL DAY05/29/12 NCAA Championship Los Angeles, Calif. ALL DAY

BASEBALLDATE OPPONENT / EVENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge02/17/12 vs. Minnesota Clearwater, Fla. 10:00 AM ET02/18/12 vs. Illinois St. Petersburg, Fla. 4:00 PM ET02/19/12 vs. Michigan State St. Petersburg, Fla. 10:00 AM ET02/22/12 vs. EASTERN KENTUCKY JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 3:00 PM ET02/24/12 vs. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 3:00 PM ET02/25/12 vs. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET02/26/12 vs. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET02/28/12 vs. EASTERN ILLINOIS JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 3:00 PM ET03/02/12 vs. PEPPERDINE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 3:00 PM ET03/03/12 vs. PEPPERDINE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET03/04/12 vs. PEPPERDINE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET03/06/12 vs. INDIANA JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 3:00 PM ETAlabama Tournament03/09/12 vs. Oral Roberts Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2:00 PM ET03/10/12 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 5:05 PM ET03/11/12 vs. East Carolina Tuscaloosa, Ala. 11:00 AM ET03/13/12 vs. OLE MISS JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET03/14/12 vs. OLE MISS JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 12:00 PM ET03/16/12 vs. BALL STATE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET03/17/12 vs. BALL STATE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET03/18/12 vs. BALL STATE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET03/20/12 vs. OHIO STATE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET03/23/12 vs. CINCINNATI # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET03/24/12 vs. CINCINNATI # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET03/25/12 vs. CINCINNATI # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET03/27/12 at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. 4:00 PM ET03/30/12 vs. VILLANOVA # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET03/31/12 vs. VILLANOVA # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET04/01/12 vs. VILLANOVA # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET04/03/12 vs. WESTERN KENTUCKY JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET04/05/12 at Georgetown # Bethesda, Md. 3:00 PM ET04/06/12 at Georgetown # Bethesda, Md. 4:00 PM ET04/07/12 at Georgetown # Bethesda, Md. 12:00 PM ET04/10/12 at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 6:30 PM ET04/13/12 vs. SETON HALL # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET04/14/12 vs. SETON HALL # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET04/15/12 vs. SETON HALL # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET04/17/12 at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 3:00 PM ET04/20/12 at USF # Tampa, Fla. 7:00 PM ET04/21/12 at USF # Tampa, Fla. 6:00 PM ET04/22/12 at USF # Tampa, Fla. 1:00 PM ET04/24/12 vs. KENTUCKY JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET04/27/12 vs. CONNECTICUT # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET04/28/12 vs. CONNECTICUT # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET04/29/12 vs. CONNECTICUT # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET05/01/12 at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. 7:00 PM ET05/05/12 at West Virginia # Morgantown, W.Va. 2:00 PM ET at West Virginia # Morgantown, W.Va. 5:30 PM ET05/06/12 at West Virginia # Morgantown, W.Va. 1:00 PM ET05/08/12 at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 7:00 PM ET05/11/12 vs. ST. JOHN’S # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET05/12/12 vs. ST. JOHN’S # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET05/13/12 vs. ST. JOHN’S # JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 1:00 PM ET05/15/12 vs. MOREHEAD STATE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM 6:00 PM ET05/17/12 at Pittsburgh # Pittsburgh, Pa. 6:00 PM ET05/18/12 at Pittsburgh # Pittsburgh, Pa. 6:00 PM ET05/19/12 at Pittsburgh # Pittsburgh, Pa. 1:00 PM ET05/23-27/12 BIG EAST Championship Clearwater, Fla. TBA

SOFTBALLDATE OPPONENT / EVENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT Florida International University Tournament02/10/12 vs. Michigan State Miami, Fla. 1:00 p.m. ET vs. Illinois Miami, Fla. 5:00 p.m. ET02/11/12 vs. UAB Miami, Fla. 9:00 a.m. ET at Florida International Miami, Fla. 11:00 a.m. ET02/12/12 vs. Massachusetts Miami, Fla. 9:00 a.m. ETEast Carolina University Tournament02/17/12 vs. Virginia Greenville, N.C. 11:00 a.m. ET02/18/12 vs. UNC Greensboro Greenville, N.C. 11:00 a.m. ET02/19/12 vs. Fordham Greenville, N.C. 9:00 a.m. ET02/18/12 vs. Hofstra Greenville, N.C. 9:00 a.m. ET02/25/12 vs. Creighton ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET02/26/12 vs. Creighton ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ETTennessee Classic03/02/12 vs. Middle Tennessee State Knoxville, Tenn. 1:30 p.m. ET vs. Dutch National Team Knoxville, Tenn. 8:15 p.m. ET03/03/12 vs. Memphis Knoxville, Tenn. 12:15 p.m. ET at Tennessee (W) Knoxville, Tenn. 2:30 p.m. ET03/04/12 vs. Boston University Knoxville, Tenn. 9:00 a.m. ET03/02/12 vs. Tennessee Tournament Knoxville, Tenn. TBA03/03/12 vs. Tennessee Tournament Knoxville, Tenn. TBA03/04/12 vs. Tennessee Tournament Knoxville, Tenn. TBARed and Black Tournament03/10/12 vs. Saint Louis ULMER STADIUM 11:00 a.m. ET vs. Michigan ULMER STADIUM 1:00 p.m. ET03/11/12 vs. Saint Louis ULMER STADIUM 3:00 p.m. ET03/12/12 vs. Illinois State ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET vs. Illinois State ULMER STADIUM 2:00 p.m. ET03/14/12 vs. Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. 5:00 p.m. ETSacramento State Capital Classic03/16/12 vs. Colorado State Sacramento, Calif. 1:00 p.m. ET vs. Princeton Sacramento, Calif. 5:00 p.m. ET03/17/12 vs. Akron Sacramento, Calif. 2:00 p.m. ET at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif. 6:00 p.m. ET03/24/12 vs. Pittsburgh # ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET vs. Pittsburgh # ULMER STADIUM 2:00 p.m. ET03/25/12 vs. Pittsburgh # ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET03/28/12 vs. Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 5:30 p.m. ET03/31/12 vs. DePaul # Chicago, Ill. 1:00 p.m. ET vs. DePaul # Chicago, Ill. 3:00 p.m. ET04/01/12 vs. DePaul # Chicago, Ill. 12:00 p.m. ET04/04/12 vs. Kentucky ULMER STADIUM 6:00 p.m. ET04/06/12 vs. Rutgers # ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET vs. Rutgers # ULMER STADIUM 2:00 p.m. ET04/07/12 vs. Rutgers # ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET04/11/12 vs. Villanova # Villanova, Pa. 11:00 a.m. ET vs. Villanova # Villanova, Pa. 1:00 p.m. ET04/14/12 vs. Longwood ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET vs. Longwood ULMER STADIUM 2:00 p.m. ET04/15/12 vs. Longwood ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET04/18/12 vs. USF # ULMER STADIUM 2:00 p.m. ET vs. USF # ULMER STADIUM 4:00 p.m. ET04/21/12 vs. Seton Hall # South Orange, N.J. 12:00 p.m. ET vs. Seton Hall # South Orange, N.J. 2:00 p.m. ET04/22/12 vs. Seton Hall # South Orange, N.J. 12:00 p.m. ET04/25/12 vs. Indiana Bloomington, Ind. TBA04/28/12 at Georgetown # ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET at Georgetown # ULMER STADIUM 2:00 p.m. ET04/29/12 at Georgetown # ULMER STADIUM 12:00 p.m. ET05/05/12 vs. St. John’s # Jamaica, N.Y. 12:00 p.m. ET vs. St. John’s # Jamaica, N.Y. 2:00 p.m. ET05/06/12 vs. St. John’s # Jamaica, N.Y. 12:00 p.m. ETBIG EAST Championship05/10-12/12 BIG EAST Championship South Bend, Ind. TBA

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By Howie LindseyNo. 4 Louisville won the fi rst 12

games of the season and hadn’t lost at home in all of 2011. Both streaks were snapped Wednesday night as George-town knocked off the Cardinals 71-68 in the KFC Yum Center.

“Well, that was a disappointing loss,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. “Our guys continued to fi ght hard... they were a better basketball team. They are, at this stage of the season, executing of-fensively better than we do.

Georgetown got 20 points from Markel Starks and 14 points and 14 re-bounds from freshman big man Otto Porter during both team’s fi rst Big East game. Tied at 63 with just over two min-utes left, Georgetown scored eight of the next 11 points to lead 71-66 with 19 seconds left.

“They made their free throws,” Pitino said. “We did some real good things to get back in the game, but we didn’t have a real good post presence tonight, and we need that. When you... take away Hollis Thompson and Starks is 7 for 8 and their two freshmen and one sopho-more go 14 of 17 from the fi eld. That really hurt.”

Louisville could only score a feeble re-bound putback at the buzzer to produce the fi nal three point margin. The Cardi-nals had used an 8-0 run to tie the game,

but lost all momentum shortly after.“I don’t really blame the guys, I just

think we haven’t had a whole lot of prac-tice and we weren’t cohesive,” Pitino said. “But we tried hard. If we continue to try hard, we will get our wins.”

It was Louisville’s fi rst home loss of 2011 (the last was a Dec. 31, 2010 loss to Kentucky) and the Cardinals’ fi rst loss of the season. But it was more than that to coach Rick Pitino because the George-town game was a league game.

Another streak snapped? Center Gorgui Dieng had fi ve straight double-doubles. Dieng struggled with foul trou-ble, playing only 26 minutes with seven points and eight rebounds.

“I don’t know why we were wrestling with their guys 14 feet away from the basket,” Pitino said of Dieng. “Gorgui came out in the second half and let the guy get a wide open layup for no rhyme or reason.”

The Cardinals have just 48 hours to prep for rival Kentucky, Saturday at noon in Lexington. It will be a showdown of top 5 teams, both with just one loss.

“They’ve got great shot blocking. I think Lamb is a terrifi c shooter,” Pitino said. “Miller is a terrifi c shooter. They’ve got a lot of bigs and they’ve got more experience than they’ve had. ... They’re also very good defensively and very good in transition.”

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