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Rick Pitino is a great defensive minded coach. Louisville forced several UK turnovers, but IMO, UK still played better defense than the Cards. Patterson & Cousins dominated down low as Swopshire, Jennings, Buckles, and Samuels couldn't do anything with either. Our freshman guards played like freshman in the 1st half, but improved their play in the 2nd. IMO, had UK shot their normal percentage from the free throw line and from the 3-point line, UK would have won by 15+. But olé Ricky P had a good gameplan.

As for the Cousins elbow, I saw a knee to the head from Swopshire. Cousins overreacted and elbowed Swopshire. Both players should have been ejected, but that's JMO. I've seen a lot of UL fans complain about the Cats playing like thugs; Yeah, we did, but so did the Cards. Its a rivalry, thats the way their suppose to be played - with emotion.

GO BIG BLUE!

Agreed but louisville didnt shoot the normal percentage either...I think the outcome was about right ..Uk probably is a 6-10 point better team right now...But both teams where better than they showed