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Louisville is the top defense in the ACC, holding league foes to just 62.7 points per game. "They have two guys who are probably the best scoring tandem in college basketball," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. The Panthers scored 88 points against a Virginia team that had been holding teams to less than 53 points per game this season. Continue to Article

January 10, 2017 7:56:pm EST

Louisville sits in last place in the conference and is without a victory, while Virginia has lost two of its three conference games. Wake Forest dropped its first two conference games before knocking off Boston College and enters its matchup on Sunday night with No. 11 Virginia at John Paul Jones Area in Charlottesville, Va., holding identical conference records. The Demon Deacons have lost five games this season, but are without a bad defeat and have played teams like Florida State, Xavier and Northwestern tough in close loses. Continue to Article

January 07, 2017 2:58:pm EST

The holiday break and college hoops have often been a bad mix around Northern Indiana for No. 23 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish (12-2, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) often play in front of thousands of empty seats from mid-December to mid-January in an arena that holds only 9,149. Heading into Wednesday's ACC opener against No. 9 Louisville (12-2, 0-1), with the students still on winter break and the game ticketed for a late start, Irish coach Mike Brey doesn't want to hear any excuses about a less-than-capacity crowd. Continue to Article

January 03, 2017 6:21:pm EST

Home losses have been somewhat of a rarity for No. 11 Virginia and Pittsburgh the past few seasons. After already suffering a home loss each prior to the start of Atlantic Coast Conference play, both the Cavaliers and Panthers dropped their conference home openers on Saturday in advance of their matchup Wednesday night. Despite their loss, Virginia moved up a spot in the latest AP Top 25 Poll and travels to what will be a hostile environment at the famed Oakland Zoo. Continue to Article

January 03, 2017 2:50:pm EST

Louisville coach Rick Pitino delivered a clear message to Donovan Mitchell and Deng Adel earlier this week. After benching Mitchell on Saturday and threatening Adel with the same fate if he didn't change his ways, both responded to Pitino's plea. Mitchell scored a career-high 25 points, Adel added 17, the lockdown defense returned and No. 6 Louisville pulled away from No. 16 Indiana 77-62. Continue to Article

January 01, 2017 4:54:pm EST

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