[Jarons]

Very highly contested game. I had never seen a game start quite like this game, 6 personal fouls and 3 technicals and one lost temper in the first minute. This game will not make any offensive highlight films. Neither team could hit the ocean in the first half. Louisville could have folded and quit the way they started the game by going nearly 10 minutes before making their first field goal. They kept playing and made a ball game out of it. The second half was more entertaining, still not easy to watch. Samuels is soft. Cousins and Patterson moved him around like a rag doll all game. Samuels needs to get tougher if UofL wants to be successful this year in Big East play.