Pitino, Jennings talk about the loss to Cincinnati

by UL is my hot hot sex on Feb 17, 2011 4:08 AM EST in Basketball

Rick Pitino, wearing what appears to be a vintage Chicago Bulls Starter jacket, looks surprisingly upbeat after a plodding 63-54 loss to Cincinnati:

TJ, who finished the game with a team-high 14 points, talks about effort and execution:

Queen City Highs & Lows:

- The 54 points scored inside Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena represent the 2nd lowest point total this season for Louisville (Lowest: 46 points vs. Drexel)

- Louisville's four made three point field goals ties a season low and 17 three point field goal attempts is second lowest

- Louisville's four made free throws sets a new season low and 7 attempted free throws ties the season low

- Louisville's 11 assists are the second lowest total this season

- Louisville's 6 steals ties for the second lowest takeaways this season

- Cincinnati's 11 steals are the second highest number of takeaways recorded against Louisville this season

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we got worked

nothing went right defensively for us and too many fouls inside
- Gates owned us

best thing from this? we go into practice getting ready to beat the F*ck out of UCONN Friday.

GO CARDS!

by gary west on Feb 17, 2011 7:10 AM EST reply actions

No every time Gates got the ball he was dogged. They either called a foul on us or he was forced to pass out of the post. It seemed like he traveled almost every time he got the ball but of course the refs don’t give us the call.

by uoflcards321 on Feb 17, 2011 8:14 AM EST reply actions

They got the calls because they deserved it

by Chris Redman is my hero on Feb 17, 2011 8:48 AM EST up reply actions

I will kindly disagree

While I do think Cincinnati deserved the win, every time Louisville tried to fight back they were penalized. I was there and had a pretty good view of the game, sitting half-court about halfway up. There were two consecutive possessions, midway through the second half when we were within 5 or 7 points, in which UC should have been called for a 10-second violation. The first time, UC crossed midcourt with 21 seconds left on the shot clock. I hate blaming officials, therefore I won’t, but it was almost impossible for Louisville to put together any sort of run. I give all the credit to UC and their fan base for showing up, playing great defense, and being crazy loud in that little arena. With that being said, no team is deserving of “getting calls” more than the other. The should be called the same way on both ends of the floor.

by Card-in-nati on Feb 17, 2011 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

It was

A reference to what one of the announcers said during the game. At one point they were talking about how -nati “deserved” calls. Espn…smh

by twistedwedge on Feb 17, 2011 11:00 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

thanks for the info

apologies to C.Redman.

by Card-in-nati on Feb 17, 2011 11:32 AM EST up reply actions

He forgot the ~.

by CardinalDude on Feb 17, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions

I know, what was I thinking ~

by Chris Redman is my hero on Feb 17, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions

I was there

Also and was screaming my head off when there was no 10 second call it was absolutely ridiculous the refs would not let us get into a rhythm.

by uoflcards321 on Feb 17, 2011 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Bad game.

It happens. Next.

by Jason G on Feb 17, 2011 9:17 AM EST reply actions

I would tend to agree on the foul calls when they were driving…

But some of the calls in the low post were absolute nonsense, as were the no calls when they were holding our cutters, specifically Kyle. Would it have changed the game, who knows for sure? But I think it would have altered UC’s style of play. I seem to remember the game when UC only had six fouls called and it was all Mick could talk about in the post game presser.

by TJPW on Feb 17, 2011 9:23 AM EST reply actions