"Why would you even compare me to Rick Pitino?"
The #17 Cardinals (13-3) faced their second Big East opponent and found themselves with their third loss after falling to #7 Villanova (15-1) 88-74. The loss is a trend for the Cards as in their 3 losses, two have come against teams from Philadelphia (Drexel) and two have been against Wildcat (Kentucky) mascotted Universities and all have come against better dressed coaches (Calipari, Flint)
In what is deemed "The battle of the best dressed", Jay Wright and Rick Pitino teams started off strong seeing each team nail 3's like a basketball coach at the back room of an Italian restaurant, including Louisville's 8 for 15 effort. The Cards trailed 42-41 at the half.
Louisville's hotness, like Pitino's after the 90's, wore off in the second half as they finished 12 of 25 from behind the line. 'Nova's Corey Stokes lead the Wildcats with 23, while Preston Knowles put up 24 in the losing effort.
Louisville falls to 6th in the BE while Nova remains 3rd behind Syracuse and Pittsburgh. Pitino and his crew of misfit boys will see a tough remaining January with two more road games against top 25 teams Pittsburgh and UConn. It will be interesting to see if Pitino will continue to blame his players or will ultimately blame his cupcake home opening schedule for the loses.
But hey, it's only Villanova... Wright?
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