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Louisville Burns Notre Dame’s Offense, 64-50
Posted on 10 Mar 2012 by John Buffone.
It looks as though Louisville can win a game playing against a slow, methodical opponent after all. The Cardinals dominated the game tempo Friday night and advanced to the Big East finals after knocking off Notre Dame 64-50. Notre Dame couldn't find any offensive rhythm against Louisville Friday night. It looked as though the Irish were going to be able to slow the game way down ...
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Louisville Survives and Advances Past Marquette
Posted on 8 Mar 2012 by John Buffone.
It was pretty. It was ugly. Then it was pretty ugly but the Louisville Cardinals were able to maintain a lead throughout the entire game to defeat Marquette 84-71 Thursday night. The Cardinals seemed to have the game in control after pulling out to an early 19-6 lead with just over fourteen minutes remaining in the first half. The momentum changed drastically however after Louisville center Gor...
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Louisville Blows Lead, Skid Continues
Posted on 16 Jan 2012 by John Buffone.
An inability to hold a lead and maintain consistency prevented no. 21 Louisville from defeating no. 22 Marquette Monday afternoon. The Golden Eagles rallied back after a horrible start to beat the Cardinals 74-63 and improve to 15-4 with a Big East record of 4-2 while the Cardinals fell to 14-5 overall with a Big East record of 2-4. The Cardinals started the game on fire and looked like they we...
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Louisville Drops Big East Opener 71-68 to Georgetown
Posted on 28 Dec 2011 by John Buffone.
No. 4 Louisville (12-1) dropped a heartbreaker at home Wednesday night to the no. 12 ranked Georgetown Hoyas (11-1) by a score of 71-68 to open conference play in the Big East. After numerous battles and lead changes, the Hoyas pulled away in the second half only to see the Cards make it interesting down the stretch. Louisville led 35-32 at the half thanks in part to Kyle Kuric’s three first ...
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Cardinals Soar Past Golden Eagles
Posted on 11 Mar 2011 by John Buffone.
After a slow start, the Louisville Cardinals were able to regain their composure and defeat Marquette 81-56 to advance to the semi-finals of the Big East Tournament. The Golden Eagles gave the Cards an early scare when they jumped out to an 11-2 lead to start the game. Louisville struck back with a 9-0 run to tie it up which accounted for the 44th time that the Cards have gone on a run of 8-0 o...
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Cards Look Lost in Season Finale
Posted on 5 Mar 2011 by John Buffone.
Rick Pitino could only do so much in spite of his uninspired team on Saturday. Louisville’s coach did everything but suit himself up in an attempt to knock off West Virginia on their Senior Day. The Cardinals were beat in nearly every statistical aspect yet it took a foul call with .6 seconds left in the game for West Virginia to snatch victory away from the Cards. With less than 10 seconds l...
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Card-iac Kids Topple Pitt
Posted on 27 Feb 2011 by John Buffone.
There’s one very lucky male cheerleader in Louisville right now. As time was expiring in overtime of #16 Louisville’s 62-59 victory over #4 Pittsburgh, Cardinals forward Kyle Kuric decided to put the exclamation point on the game with an emphatic yet unnecessary two-handed slam to make the score 62-57 which sent the crowd at the KFC Yum! Center into a frenzy. The issue however, was that the...
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Louisville outlasts Pittsburgh in OT
Posted on 27 Feb 2011 by Justin Welton.
Louisville hangs on to beat Pittsburgh 62-59 in overtime. Pittsburgh (25-4, 13-3 Big East) trailed every second of the game after leading 8-7 early in the first half. They consistently played catch-up throughout the course of the second half. Every time the Panthers got it to one possession, Louisville (22-7, 11-5 Big East) made clutch shots to increase the lead. The Cardinals, as a whole, sh...
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Cards Gearing up for March Run
Posted on 13 Feb 2011 by John Buffone.
The Louisville Cardinals have six more games to continue building an already impressive tournament resume. Their latest win against #12 Syracuse on Saturday epitomized what kind of team the Cardinals can be come tournament time. On a day where Louisville celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1986 National Championship team, the Cards honored the past by generating excitement for the future. In...
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Syracuse blows another game
Posted on 12 Feb 2011 by Curt Bell.
Syracuse headed to Louisville today, hoping to finally add a strong win to their resume and again vault to upper echelon of the Big East. Yet again, in what is becoming a trend in this season, the Orange showed they are unable to win a big game against a strong conference foe, as they dropped this game to lose their sixth game in their past eight. Again, they were plagued by lapses in defen...
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Hoyas Humble Cards
Posted on 31 Jan 2011 by John Buffone.
It looked like they were going to do it again. For the 4th time this season, the Louisville Cardinals came back from at least a 9-point deficit in the 2nd half to take the lead. However, the magic ran out in the closing seconds and the Georgetown Hoyas were able to defeat the Cards 62-59. It was a big win for the Hoyas who are currently riding a 5-game winning streak. Both teams started the gam...
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Friars Foil Louisville
Posted on 22 Jan 2011 by John Buffone.
The scenario could not have been better for the Providence Friars Saturday night in their 72-67 stunner over Louisville. They were hosting former coach Rick Pitino’s team, Louisville’s offensive playmakers were on the bench, and the Cardinals were ice cold from beyond the arc. The Friars punched it out with the #15 team in the nation the entire game and were assisted by a number of Louisvil...









