Louisville Game Thread
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Was this guy a starter?
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Yep. Averaging 14 ppg
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I was in Nashville for the 2005 second round game when they jumped all over us early. Three after three and choked the life out of us with that full court press. I'm have a feeling tomorrow will go about the same way as it did back then. Atleast I won't have to hear there annoying *** C.A.R.D.S cheer for 2 straight hours.
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I was also at that game that was essentially a Louisville home game, in which they beat up on our injured carcass. Jack, Ish, & Elder were all dealing with injuries.
@RyanS12 the main challenge you face is that this game will be on ESPN in prime time and I'm guessing the current Ramblin Rates ticket promotion has allowed plenty of Louisville fans to get their hands on tickets.
Louisvilles one weakness is they are not a good 3pt shooting team
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So this will be a brick fest. I'm interested to see how are big handle Montrezel Harris down low.
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I will be enjoying this one in my man cave. I try to make it down once a year to get back to a game but I just couldn't spend the money for what's going on the last few years. Notre Dame in South Bend being an the exception. 3 hr drive
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This does change things quite significantly. As Pea said, L'ville is not a good 3-pt shooting team. More importantly, they are a thin team offensively.
They only had 4 guys scoring more than 3 ppg in ACC games - Harrell, Jones, Rozier and Blackshear. Jones was second at 16 ppg. He was also by far their best defensive guard. Without him their press is not as good.
it also bears noting, if you don't score you can't set up your press. If I was GT I would double Harrell every time he touches the ball. He and Rozier are the 2 consistent scorers. Blackshear is a wildcard that primarily shoots 3's and is avg 8 ppg. Blackshear tend to be either really hot or really cold.
Not that GT is going to win this game, but this definately is helpful.
They only had 4 guys scoring more than 3 ppg in ACC games - Harrell, Jones, Rozier and Blackshear. Jones was second at 16 ppg. He was also by far their best defensive guard. Without him their press is not as good.
it also bears noting, if you don't score you can't set up your press. If I was GT I would double Harrell every time he touches the ball. He and Rozier are the 2 consistent scorers. Blackshear is a wildcard that primarily shoots 3's and is avg 8 ppg. Blackshear tend to be either really hot or really cold.
Not that GT is going to win this game, but this definately is helpful.
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Getting a little love from Vegas. They have us as a 4 point underdog.
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I can see us winning this game as much as I can see another loss. Louisville is not good right now especially without Jones. Not even top 25 good in my opinion. This smells like last year's Syracuse game where the ranking is misleading.
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I agree 100%. Very similar. Miami had a better team IMO but a ton of similarities. I could see them blowing us out Like UNC... Just on athletic ability alone. Or... we can man up... and play fundamentally sound basketball and have a little pride and win 1 game you really probably aren't supposed to.
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I would like to win game, but only if there is no way CBG is back next year.
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Louisville - Georgia Tech Preview via FoxSports
"Georgia Tech is the type of team that can beat anybody on a given night if you don't get them in an up-tempo situation," Pitino said. "It's grind-'em-out games where you've got to get it."
"Georgia Tech is the type of team that can beat anybody on a given night if you don't get them in an up-tempo situation," Pitino said. "It's grind-'em-out games where you've got to get it."
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Coach speak... Heck even Dodd had to worry 'bout Ol' Miss and the like back in the day...
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Great thing is that the game is at 7! Can still be in bed at a decent hour whether we win 
or lose .
or lose .