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Louisville vs Ga Tech

I have seen numerous times when Harris is up court fast enough to receive a full court pass from one of our guards for a breakaway layup. I don’t think the problem is we can’t do it I think in both the Oklahoma game as well as the Ga Tech game we had the lead the whole game both times. In both games in the 2nd half we slow the pace and run the clock and both teams were able to catch up. We lost to Oklahoma and we were able to hold on and beat Ga Tech.

Cards Back In the Top 25

none of this matters, rankings don't matter. if you want to win, simply win. if you want to be in the tourney simply win. if you want to make it into the late rounds simply win. rankingsschmankings. As Al Davis always said, Just win Baby! as long as we are one of the 64 teams in the main field, nothing else matters but just win. btw, history has shown that ranking for any cards team generally goes to their head sand losses soon result. stay humble and don;t give a sh&t about what others think. reality is we are an 8.5 point favorite on the road in the acc. i think that says enough about what others think so screw the rankings
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No, no no. Each week the voters pick their top 25. There's no criteria that states a team has to work its way up to get ranked over time. They're supposed to evaluate the teams and their performance. What a teams former position on earlier polls should have NO bearing on the current week's poll.

An example would be what if the Cards beat Duke on the road instead of Pitt. Now I know that Duke would be a more impressive win, but Louisville would still have 5 losses, so to your theory, Louisville still shouldn't be ranked.

That makes no sense and some pretty big media pundits agree like Jay Bilas. A voter is supposed to consider only the current team's performance, not the year before, especially a team like Louisville that had ZERO players or coaches back from a year ago.

Take a look at the teams ranked 20 to 25 and ask yourself why those teams are ranked ahead of Louisville? The only sense it makes is the ongoing bias by voters against Louisville.

Wisconsin lost three in a roll to quad 1 and 2 teams and after winning 5 in a roll against lesser teams, are ranked.

Michigan has lost to Wake Forest and Arkansas, yet they're ranked.

Utah State? Yeah right.

Baylor is 1 and 4 against ranked teams and the rest of their wins have been mostly against non tournament teams. They're ranked #25. Why?
You can't use your example because we didn't beat Duke (who is #4) but we did beat Pitt. I would agree that if we beat Duke, UK but still had 5 losses, yes we would be ranked higher than #30, but we didn't so here we are. So the answer is just keep winning and it will take care of itself.
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The way you guys have looked over the last month, you look like a Top-25 team. College basketball is better when Louisville is good.
Exactly! I just don't get Cards fans arguing against Louisville being ranked. It makes no sense, except only to be a contrarian to certain posters.

Louisville is second behind Duke in the ACC and gave the Blue Devils the best game of any other ACC team.

Louisville has won three conference road games, and beat both Clemson and UNC by double digits.

Louisville has zero bad losses with Oklahoma being the worst loss and that was the game Pryor was injured.

Louisville has played better since losing Pryor and Johnson which is unheard of.

Pat Kelsey is being talked about as coach of the year.

But despite all of this, the team doesn't deserve to be ranked in the top 25? And in the coaches poll they have only three votes.

If the Cards win both games this week, that would be 8 wins in a roll and a 16 and 5 record. They will still probably not be ranked in either poll as it looks now.

It's laughable anyone denying the obvious bias.

Cards Back In the Top 25

The coaches poll is even more biased against Louisville. The Cards received just 3 votes. Yet both Clemson and West Virginia are teams that Louisville has beaten. WVU is ranked 25. Clemson has more votes.

UCLA has 6 losses and has 12 votes. Maryland has 4 losses and has 8 votes. Texas Tech has 4 losses and has 6 votes.

New Mexico and St. Mary's have more votes than Louisville.

What exactly is the reasoning for Louisville to have just three votes after what they have accomplished? It's simple bias and it's blatant.

Cards Back In the Top 25

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the first time in over three years, the Louisville men's basketball program is at least getting mentioned in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.

The Cardinals (12-5, 5-1 ACC) garnered 17 points in week 11 of the AP Top 25 to jump into the "others receiving votes" section, earning a de facto ranking of No. 30. It's Louisville's first time receiving votes in the AP Poll since getting two points in the 2021-22 Week Four poll.

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The way you guys have looked over the last month, you look like a Top-25 team. College basketball is better when Louisville is good.

Cards Back In the Top 25

Simple. There are only 4 teams in the top 25 that have 4 losses, UCONN (defending champions), Gonzaga (geez, look at their schedule), Illinois (ranked earlier in top 10) and Baylor. We have 5 losses.

They have noticed but its a long way from being ranked in the 300's to get back into the top 25... Think about that.
No, no no. Each week the voters pick their top 25. There's no criteria that states a team has to work its way up to get ranked over time. They're supposed to evaluate the teams and their performance. What a teams former position on earlier polls should have NO bearing on the current week's poll.

An example would be what if the Cards beat Duke on the road instead of Pitt. Now I know that Duke would be a more impressive win, but Louisville would still have 5 losses, so to your theory, Louisville still shouldn't be ranked.

That makes no sense and some pretty big media pundits agree like Jay Bilas. A voter is supposed to consider only the current team's performance, not the year before, especially a team like Louisville that had ZERO players or coaches back from a year ago.

Take a look at the teams ranked 20 to 25 and ask yourself why those teams are ranked ahead of Louisville? The only sense it makes is the ongoing bias by voters against Louisville.

Wisconsin lost three in a roll to quad 1 and 2 teams and after winning 5 in a roll against lesser teams, are ranked.

Michigan has lost to Wake Forest and Arkansas, yet they're ranked.

Utah State? Yeah right.

Baylor is 1 and 4 against ranked teams and the rest of their wins have been mostly against non tournament teams. They're ranked #25. Why?

Louisville vs Ga Tech

I also wish they would go more to the transition game instead of a half court game.
Hard to do that when our bigs are slow getting up and down the court. Watch and you'll notice that if the play goes up and down a few times, Cochran and Harris are last up the court. Their inside game is supposed to be a strength but I think that is the weakness of this team. Jeff is trying to create the best situation for his young team.
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Simple. There are only 4 teams in the top 25 that have 4 losses, UCONN (defending champions), Gonzaga (geez, look at their schedule), Illinois (ranked earlier in top 10) and Baylor. We have 5 losses.

They have noticed but its a long way from being ranked in the 300's to get back into the top 25... Think about that.

KayJuan Brown

It was an actually a female that kept him here. Didn’t want to leave his girlfriend and have a long distance relationship.
Ugh! Not the answer I was expecting. You pick a college first for the academics they offer. Why? Because you're only an injury away from your athletic career ending but you will always have an education. 2nd, if you're an athlete, you pick the school because the HC believes in you and has your back. This is also a risk because as we all know, coaches can come and go. Last on the list is because of a girlfriend or boyfriend because relationships are so fragile especially at that age. If two people are committed to each other, they make the relationship work, no matter the location.

Does the ACC profit from Notre Dame football

Again, well said Pervis!

Just a side note …… anyone familiar with what is going on between UL and UNC in terms of their joint research programs will tell you that UNC has become a huge advocate for UL. I am not going to stick my neck out by predicting how that will evolve in the future when it comes to conference affiliation, but I know firsthand the level of mutual respect between the two schools is unprecedented.

Rather have Ohio State

What was effective for ND was Georgia having to start the "greenest" of QB's and it was pretty effective for the Penn State cornerback falling down and leaving open the receiver he was defending all alone for the tying touchdown.

OSU smoked both IU and Penn State this season and didn't need good luck and favorable flags to do it. ND should lose this game by double digits. But, as we all know, the better team doesn't always win.
If you hate a team like ND, there will be plenty of reasons to minimize their accomplishments. Virtually every college football analysts looks at the OSU roster and will concede they have the very best talent, on paper they are clearly superior to ND. However, they were favored over Michigan inside the “shoe”, but lost in a game that was as meaningful as any game OSU a will ever play.

ND is playing for the coveted NC, and along with OSU they have navigated the most difficult route that any two (2) college football teams have ever taken to get there.

Again, I am no fan of ND, and I will be pulling for the Buckeyes ….. but I am not going to be the least bit surprised if ND plays OSU tough to the end. Anyone who denies ND deserving of being in this situation is simply not being objective.

Cards Back In the Top 25

I would be a liar if I said it does not matter to me. This response from outside media, and some opposing coaches reminds me of what UNLV experienced so many decades ago after “Tark the Shark” encountered the wrath of the NCAA. There remains a lot of disrespect over the inaccurate innuendo included in the FBI Report that made UL appear to be a chronic violator of NCAA rules.
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