Louisville's scary good, didn't you know?

Bill Kirkpatrick Apple Valley, CA — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:06:34 GMT

Padgett and Palacios was injured. Caracter had to sit out because of dicipline problems.

Louisville's scary good, didn't you know?

Tony, Atoka, TN — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:33:43 GMT

It's going to be interesting to read the back peddling article you will write after Tennessee beats Louisville.

Louisville's scary good, didn't you know?

Eli, Manchester CT — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:14:11 GMT

Denny Crum is the best college coach in the country today, bar none.

Louisville's scary good, didn't you know?

Pam, Mt. Washington, KY — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:54:10 GMT

Tennessee won't beat Louisville.

Louisville's scary good, didn't you know?

Rutherford B. Fontainebleue, Bucksnort, TN — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:39:34 GMT

Hoops East
Tennessee's best player Lofton is from just outside Louisville. Why didn't Pitino want him?? Anyway, I say the Pitino Machino mauls the vols in a route. UL's size and defense will be the deciding factor as usual, shutting teams down who are normally known for putting points on the board.
If I were gamblin' this weekend, Louisville, Wisconsin and WKU look good for covering in their first games.

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Jo Pullen, Louisville, KY — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:02 GMT

Denny Crum is on the sidelines now, enjoying the Cards successes, and his retirement.

The Cards have surprised the media, but us fans were just waiting for this time. They are healthy, cohesive, and enjoying playing together.

And stifling, defensively and offensively.

Louisville's scary good, didn't you know?

Susan Smith, Clinton Township, MI — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:54 GMT

Denny Crum...don't you mean Rick Pitino? Denny retired after the 2000 season, but I agree that Rick Pitino is the best college coach in the country. He got his tuchas handed to him in Boston but learned a lot and it shows. I also think that we're witnessing the seed of the best of the next generation of college coaching in David Padgett, if that becomes his chosen profession. Go Cards (U of L 1978)!

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Paul, Louisville, KY — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:13:32 GMT

Umm, Eli? Denny Crum hasn't coached the Cards since 2001. This is all Rick Pitino's team

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Richard, Louisville Ky — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:05:28 GMT

Louisville, was picked by everyone in the pre season to goto the final four. After losses to BYU ,(1st game Padgett missed) and Dayton (1st game Padgett was back after breaking a knee cap) the love was gone for the Cards. Even after drilling Marquette at their place, beating Georgetown, and Notre Dame and others in Feburary, they still received no love from anyone. That's two years in a row in the Big East UNDEFEATED in Feb. This article is the first love I have seen since November. There is plenty of room on this bandwagon. Us far as UT is concerned, if Lofton is hobbled any you can hang it up. Otherwise it WILL be a close game.

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Justin, Louisville KY — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:14:44 GMT

Lofton is not from "just outside Louisville". He's from Maysville, much closer to Cincinnati and Lexington on the eastern half of the state. Also, Pitino did want him; he offered him a scholly his junior year and he turned it down. My prediction: If Lofton does not bring his "A" game, the Vols will go down.

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Grog, U of L grad living in Columbus, OH — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:25:39 GMT

Chris Lofton is from Mason County, KY. Nowhere near Louisville. Look at a map. And Pitino did recruit him. Lofton was non-committal so Pitino moved on to his disastrous flirtation with Sebastian Telfair.

Some very uninformed comments posted here.

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Kane, Atlanta GA — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:18:18 GMT

I find it funny that any national media attention paid to Tennessee revolves around Chris Lofton (and now his recent shot-making struggles). The fact that we Vols fans are aware of is that sure, the last two years, Lofton was the team, more or less. This year, it's an entirely different story. Wayne Chism is playing as good as anybody in the country right now, and Tyler Smith is a beast rebounding and scoring points in the paint.

Let's not forget that Memphis's one loss just so happened to come from Tennessee (at Memphis's house) and the Vols have played the toughest schedule of anybody this year.

Anyone who thinks Tennessee is going to get "handled" runs a strong risk of being made to look like a fool. Memphis was supposed to beat Tennessee, too.

Look how that turned out.

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Bob, Sulphur Springs, TX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:44:59 GMT

Even though I am a Vols fan, gotta admit Pitino is a great coach and Louisville outplayed everybody last weekend. Regardless of who wins, let's all remember that UK is the real loser here. Now isn't that something that Vols and Cards can all feel good about.

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Rick, Powhatan, VA — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:50:01 GMT

Justin has it right. Lofton wouldn't commit early, so Pitino instead signed Sebastian Telfair - who wound up skipping college for the NBA. By that time, Lofton had moved on. Pitino says Lofton made the right decision - he's gotten more minutes at UT than he would have had at Louisville. As for the Cards, they're doing just fine, thankyouverymuch. I'm surprised at how many pundits are picking Tennessee to win tonight's matchup. I say the Cards win by a dozen in a game that stays close until the under-8:00 media timeout in the second half.

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Raymond Harris, Lexington, Kentucky — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:19:49 GMT

Being a relocated Louisville resident to Lexington Ky. It's hard to find anyone to share my joy over the Cardinals success. (It's been a long time coming.) In this town, emphasis on town, you can not even scratch out a living picking garbage if your not for U.K. It makes me feel like the media has conspired with these small town minds to ignore the at present greatest team since never nervous Pervis

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david — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:19:29 GMT

one word to describe last weekend's victory over Oklahoma and last night's trashing of the Vols: DOMINATION!!!!!