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It's nice to get comfortable wins in college basketball, but conference play is always going to be rife with close, tense games. Last season, 11 of UofL's 18 conference games were decided by 10 or fewer points. So far this season, Louisville has had only 2
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A loss to your rivals is always bitter, no matter how hard fought. The focus now is on how UofL can learn from this loss, either by fixing areas where they fell short or building on areas where they succeeded. As UofL moves on into the new year, what are
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Wildcat fans are feeling as good as they have all season. Not only did the Cats get a huge win over a highly ranked team, but it was their rival UofL. It's pretty obvious which players made a big impact: Tyrese Maxey had another big night, Immanuel Quickley
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Welcome to part 3 of my preview for the 2019 edition as the Cards and Cats renew their blood feud! This season's preview will have 3 parts: Part 1: Season Performance and Recent Trends Part 2: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Key Lineups Part 3: Matchup Preview Each part will
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Welcome to part 2 of my preview for the 2019 edition as the Cards and Cats renew their blood feud! This season's preview will have 3 parts: Part 1: Season Performance and Recent Trends Part 2: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Key Lineups Part 3: Matchup Preview (coming Sat, Dec
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Welcome to part 1 of my preview for the 2019 edition as the Cards and Cats renew their blood feud! This season's preview will have 3 parts: Part 1: Season Performance and Recent Trends Part 2: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Key Lineups (coming Fri, Dec 27) Part 3: Matchup
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I wanted to give all of my subscribers an update on the plan for my articles previewing the UK vs UofL game this season. I'll have a lot of content this week, and each article will cover both UofL and UK. Because of this, all articles will go
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Making 3 pointers is obviously much better than missing 3 pointers, because 3 points is better than 0. When Kentucky misses 3 pointers, however, they lose more than just the chance to score 3 points. It appears that the team (especially the guards) suffer a hangover effect that lasts the
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Louisville's loss to Texas Tech was not just their first loss of the season, but also a stark reversal of their season-opening form. The Cardinals got out to a hot start this season largely on the basis of great shooting, which makes their wayward offense against the
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Most college hoops pundits right now would offer the assessment that Kentucky can become a Final 4 contender this season if they improve. Regardless of the exact wording, the consensus on Kentucky would include a number of qualifiers. That's very reasonable, since the Wildcats are incorporating their usual
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The Cardinals have had strong offenses before, but never anything quite like this. They are supremely accurate from the field, with an effective field goal percentage of 59.4%...better than any team posted last season. This is in large part due to hitting 41% of their threes, better than
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Through 6 games last season, Louisville was 4-2 with a nice upset win over Michigan State and competitive losses to Tennessee and Marquette. Fans were pleasantly surprised with the progress under new coach Chris Mack. Business has picked up fast in the last year: Louisville is 6-0, likely