On the road, Louisville is just 2-8 against the spread, which is worst in the ACC. They have dropped three of their last four road games, failing to cover in each of the losses.
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According tooddsmakers at BetDSI, Virginia is favored at home tonight, as the Cavaliers are getting odds of -5.5 points against Louisville. The victory was the 20th in a row for the Cavaliers on their home court, the last 15 coming this season.
With 44.6 seconds remaining, Coach Tony Bennett emptied the bench as his four scholarship seniors exited to a standing ovation. Anthony Gill added eleven points and ten rebounds while Mariel Shayok and Devon Hall scoring nine points apiece with 12 combined rebounds.
-Saturday night marks the final game of the 2015-16 season for Louisville, which self-imposed a postseason ban on February 5. Brogdon has 14 games of at least 20 points this season and he has climbed into 14th place on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,626 career points. Watch Louisville vs Virginia online free live streaming on ESPN sports TV and Watch ESPN3 tonight as UVA tries to keep pace with North Carolina in the ACC title race. The Cavaliers took a 29-17 lead at halftime despite Virginia shooting 36.4 percent from the floor.
“We have guys that give great effort, but they’re not a synchronized machine yet”.
It was a wire-to-wire victory for Virginia, who could clinch a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament with a strong showing in the conference tournament.
Instead, they saw what they can aspire to be, Pitino said.
Already manhandled 63-47 by Virginia at Louisville on January 30, the Cardinals missed their first 11 field goal attempts, trailed 13-1 until their first field goal with 10:40 left in the first half and never threatened.
“The best you can hope for is an open 3 for a quick second”, he said.
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Louisville: In its first three halves against Virginia this year, Louisville totaled 64 points, or 12 fewer than their 76-point average for all games. The Cavaliers led the entire game, scoring the first 10 points of the night as fans were still settling in. The Ralph Sampson-led Virginia teams in 1980-83 won 112 games, and this group has now won 107. It grew only louder when Kirven, who had just one field goal in 10 prior appearances this season, promptly threw in his first 3-pointer of the season. Lee is 8-of-28 from the field (1-of-11 beyond the arc) over his last two outings, but his 14 points versus the Yellow Jackets pushed him over 2,000 for his career. The Cardinals, who will not participate in next week’s conference tournament or the NCAA Tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban, also have a chance at capturing a share of the ACC regular-season crown should they win and the Hurricanes and Tar Heels falter this weekend.
