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CBB : ATS Matchup
Sunday 1/25/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
LOUISVILLE
 
PITTSBURGH
-6  

+6  
-250

+200

124
 
80
Final
68

LOUISVILLE (15 - 3) at PITTSBURGH (13 - 6)
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Sunday, 1/25/2015 4:00 PM
Board OpenLatest
843LOUISVILLE-6.5-6.5
844PITTSBURGH128125.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
LOUISVILLE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games15-3+0.65-117-672.634.942.7%40.857.224.837.0%35.8
Road Games4-1+23-25-081.439.645.9%38.271.432.844.2%36.0
Last 5 Games3-2-1.41-43-268.832.241.7%36.065.229.042.2%36.2
Conference Games3-2-1.41-43-268.832.241.7%36.065.229.042.2%36.2
LOUISVILLE Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)72.634.925-5942.7%6-2129.4%16-2466.5%4114121810126
vs opponents surrendering66.130.323-5641.4%6-1932.1%13-2067.5%351012197143
Team Stats (Road Games)81.439.628-6145.9%7-1934.0%19-2771.1%381113209115
Stats Against (All Games)57.224.820-5537.0%5-1729.4%11-1863.0%361011216172
vs opponents averaging70.433.325-5644.3%6-1834.4%14-2167.3%361014187134
Stats Against (Road Games)71.432.826-5844.2%6-1834.1%14-2360.0%36915226153

PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games13-6-6.84-126-467.331.144.0%34.462.829.843.0%31.4
Home Games9-1+12-63-167.931.546.3%32.458.126.239.2%32.3
Last 5 Games3-201-44-166.228.442.0%32.267.833.442.8%36.0
Conference Games3-3-11-54-263.527.040.5%31.867.832.344.3%35.7
PITTSBURGH Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)67.331.124-5544.0%4-1332.9%14-1971.9%341116175103
vs opponents surrendering67.831.524-5543.3%6-1833.6%14-2069.4%34913196133
Team Stats (Home Games)67.931.524-5346.3%3-1131.8%15-2172.8%3281617594
Stats Against (All Games)62.829.822-5243.0%6-1732.9%12-1773.7%31811175124
vs opponents averaging68.932.424-5543.5%6-1933.5%14-2167.9%351013196134
Stats Against (Home Games)58.126.220-5239.2%5-1629.4%13-1773.6%32910184123
Average power rating of opponents played: LOUISVILLE 74.5,  PITTSBURGH 74.2
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
LOUISVILLE - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
12/9/2014*INDIANA94-74W-12W142O35-7944.3%521229-6147.5%3419
12/14/2014UNC-WILMINGTON68-57W-28.5L141U27-6541.5%441624-6238.7%3518
12/20/2014@ W KENTUCKY76-67W-14.5L139O22-5341.5%371221-5637.5%3515
12/23/2014CS-NORTHRIDGE80-55W-24W136U27-5747.4%361419-5733.3%3620
12/27/2014KENTUCKY50-58L5L131U15-5825.9%33921-5042.0%4618
12/30/2014LONG BEACH ST63-48W-20L -21-4151.2%281618-5036.0%2819
1/4/2015@ WAKE FOREST85-76W-12.5L130O31-6250.0%35728-5352.8%3612
1/7/2015CLEMSON58-52W-16.5L124U18-5532.7%37916-5230.8%4015
1/10/2015@ N CAROLINA71-72L3W140O28-5947.5%301129-6743.3%4012
1/13/2015VIRGINIA TECH78-63W-22L134.5O31-6547.7%40722-6036.7%338
1/17/2015DUKE52-63L-2.5L142U18-6129.5%381021-4348.8%3210
1/25/2015@ PITTSBURGH              
1/28/2015@ BOSTON COLLEGE              
1/31/2015N CAROLINA              
2/3/2015@ MIAMI              
2/7/2015@ VIRGINIA              
2/11/2015PITTSBURGH              
2/14/2015NC STATE              

PITTSBURGH - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
12/13/2014ST BONAVENTURE58-54W-8L129.5U20-5040.0%331218-5036.0%3715
12/17/2014MANHATTAN65-56W-11L -23-4551.1%281621-4447.7%2820
12/20/2014OAKLAND81-77W-14L -26-5646.4%31529-6246.8%389
12/23/2014HOLY CROSS58-39W - -25-5942.4%451115-5030.0%2510
12/30/2014FLA GULF COAST71-54W - -28-5253.8%281023-5046.0%2616
1/3/2015@ NC STATE50-68L4L130U18-5532.7%30727-5251.9%3410
1/6/2015@ BOSTON COLLEGE61-60W-2L124.5U23-6038.3%391323-5740.4%3515
1/10/2015CLEMSON62-71L-7L113.5O21-5339.6%22324-5147.1%399
1/14/2015FLORIDA ST73-64W-6.5W126.5O24-5543.6%39621-5141.2%317
1/17/2015GEORGIA TECH70-65W-6L121O24-5543.6%29621-5339.6%3915
1/19/2015@ DUKE65-79L13.5L137.5O27-6045.0%321124-5246.2%369
1/25/2015LOUISVILLE              
1/27/2015@ VIRGINIA TECH              
1/31/2015NOTRE DAME              
2/2/2015BRYANT              
2/7/2015SYRACUSE              
2/11/2015@ LOUISVILLE              
2/14/2015N CAROLINA              
2/16/2015@ VIRGINIA              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
LOUISVILLE: Despite losing three starters, Rick Pitino will once again have a team talented enough to compete for a national title. Junior PF Montrezl Harrell (14.0 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 1.3 BPG) is one of the top returning post players in the country. Last season, he took a big step forward, developing nice touch around the basket. He is a terrific athlete who can change a game on both sides of the ball. The Cardinals will once again have a loaded backcourt, as PG Chris Jones (10.2 PPG, 2.9 APG) and SG Terry Rozier (7.0 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 37% threes) are the two star players. Jones is great at getting to the basket, where he uses his strength to finish at the rim. Rozier had a huge summer, including competing at the LeBron James Skills Academy, where many people at the camp said Rozier was the most impressive player there. With Russ Smith gone, Rozier will play a much bigger role on the team. Swingman Wayne Blackshear (8.2 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 40% threes) will be expected to take on more of a scoring load.
PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh saw some success in its first season in the ACC, making the NCAA Tournament before losing to Florida in the Round of 32. SF Durand Johnson (8.8 PPG, 3.0 RPG in 19.8 MPG) is coming back from a torn ACL early last season, and if he is healthy, gives the Panthers a terrific long-range shooter (36% threes in career). The tandem of SG Cameron Wright (10.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.6 APG) and PG James Robinson (7.6 PPG, 4.1 APG, 3.1 RPG, 1.5 SPG) has a chance to be an excellent backcourt. The Panthers lost 30 points and nearly 14 rebounds from forwards Lamar Patterson and Talib Zanna last season, and the backcourt has the ability to make up a lot of those points. A return trip to the NCAA's could hinge on the play of two sophomores, C Michael Young (6.0 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 36% threes) and PF Jamel Artis (4.9 PPG, 2.9 RPG in 15.4 MPG).
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW (LOUISVILLE-PITTSBURGH) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Louisville-Pittsburgh Preview* ===============================

Louisville (15-3) at Pittsburgh (13-6), 4:00 p.m. EDT

(AP) - Louisville coach Rick Pitino insists he expected his 10th-ranked squad to experience growing pains in its first month of Atlantic Coast Conference play.

As the Cardinals (15-3, 3-2) prepare to visit Pittsburgh (13-6, 3-3) on Sunday, Pitino hopes they begin making major progress.

That process includes off-court matters such as junior forward Montrezl Harrell's surprise announcement that he was no longer a co-captain. The move has generated a lot of intrigue around town, but Pitino downplayed its significance on Friday.

"It's really not a big deal," he said. "If it was a big deal, I would have announced it. It really wasn't a big deal; you all (the media) made it be a big deal. And, to be honest with you, he (Harrell) made it a big deal."

The announcement by Harrell, an AP preseason first team All-America selection, leaves senior forward Wayne Blackshear as Louisville's sole captain. Pitino said Blackshear is capable of the responsibility and joked about the players' differing leadership styles as a "good-cop/bad-cop" situation with Harrell being "the hammer."

Right now, Pitino's mission is getting the Cardinals to be more aggressive offensively after last Saturday's 63-52 home loss to No. 5 Duke. And it's especially essential that Harrell lead that effort.

Harrell enters Sunday's game two points shy of becoming the 66th Cardinals player to reach 1,000 in his career. However, since posting a season-best 25 points with 13 rebounds in the ACC opener at Wake Forest, he hasn't been the inside presence Louisville needs.

Second in scoring to sophomore guard Terry Rozier at 14.9 points to go with 9.2 rebounds per game, Harrell has averaged 9.0 points and 8.3 boards over the past four games. Pitino was pleased with Harrell's 14 rebounds against Duke but would like to see better shots than his perimeter attempts as Louisville tried to rally from an early hole.

"I think he needs to shoot more 16-footers than 22-footers," Pitino said. "I thought he played very well against Duke in terms of getting on the backboard. He was much more active against Duke than he was (against) North Carolina."

For that matter, Pitino desires wiser shot selection from all his players. The coach has often described this season's team as more "offensively challenged" than recent squads - which have won 111 games, including an NCAA title, over the past four seasons.

Pitino has lamented the team's decision-making and occasional struggles against zone defenses. He's spent part of the weeklong break trying to improve areas such as getting more touches in the paint and creating more fast-break opportunities with the press.

"Like I said, we've got a lot of bumps that lie ahead. But this team is getting better and that's what I look for - improvement. They're getting better. At all phases of the game, they're getting better. It's just, they're taking baby steps."

Sunday's game opens a five-game stretch with four on the road for Louisville, which is 8-5 against Pitt overall and 7-5 in Big East play. The Cardinals have gone 3-1 in the Peterson Events Center.

This contest opens a nine-game stretch in which Pitt plays two games apiece against Louisville and Syracuse as well as showdowns with No. 15 North Carolina and No. 2 Virginia.

"I just know we win all our home games from this point on, that'll be a Louisville win, a North Carolina win and that'll be a Syracuse win, that'll be good wins for us," center Michael Young said.

The 6-foot-9 Young can identify with Harrell since he sometimes has to play out of position because of the inconsistent play of big men Joseph Uchebo and Derrick Randall. Young considers himself the more skilled of the two, but understands Harrell makes up for in sheer tenacity whatever he may lack in the finer points of the game.

"He's just a guy that's going to go hard every possession," Young said. "He's going to rebound."


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