LOUISVILLE RIDING HIGH

Before the season started, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino publicly claimed this could potentially by the most talented team he has had since becoming the Cards' coach. Previous teams included a run to the Final Four and last year's Elite 8 team, so that statement got our attention.

The Cards scuffled along in out of conference play, losing on neutral courts to Western Kentucky and Minnesota before bottoming out in a home loss to UNLV (who was without their best player, Wink Adams). However, Big East play brought new life and after a heroic shot by Edgar Sosa to beat Kentucky, UL has ripped off four in a row in conference play including last week's home sweep of Notre Dame and Pittsburgh which has the U of L Men Jumping up to No. 9 (Courier-Journal) in the country.

As everyone knows, there is no rest in the Big East. Up next for the Cards will be an ornery SU team that is coming off a loss and will likely have close to 30,000 fans ready to cheer on the Orange. The Cards will need their Super Subs, Super Stoppers (Courier-Journal) in Andre McGee and Preston Knowles off the bench to help slow down the SU perimeter attack led by Jonny Flynn, Eric Devendorf and Andy Rautins.