With Pitt and Louisville it’s almost always close

Sunday, 27 January 2013 09:52

Written by Ray Fittipaldo

Pitt and Louisville have played 11 times since the Cardinals joined the Big East in 2005-06. Eight of those games have been decided by six points or fewer.

Even when the teams are going in opposite directions the games are close. Last season, Pitt had a chance to win at Louisville, but fell to the Cards, 57-54. The Panthers were in the midst of their worst season in 13 years and the Cards were about to make a run to the NCAA title game.

Here is the list of the games between Pitt and Louisville since 2006

Year       Winning team    Final

2006     Pitt                         61-57

2006*    Pitt                        61-56

2007     Louisville                66-53

2007*   Pitt                         65-59

2008     Louisville                75-73

2008*   Pitt                         76-69 (OT)

2009     Louisville                69-63

2010     Pitt                         82-77 (OT)

2011     Louisville                62-59

2012     Louisville                73-62

2012     Louisville                57-54

*Denotes Big East tournament game

You’ll notice that in consecutive years Pitt lost to Louisville during the regular season and beat the Cards at the Big East tournament. On both occasions, Pitt advanced to the Big East tournament title game. The Panthers won the tournament in 2008.

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tigerpaul, January 28, 2013 - 07:20 PM

Wayne Blackshear and Kevin Ware out for Louisville tonight.

In your opinion Ray how much does this change things? Blackshear is very talented and one of their best three-point shooters.

We obviously need to still play very well to win but losing those two has to hurt I would think.

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