Vitale ranks Louisville ninth

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 26, 2011 2:07 PM EDT in Basketball

Dick Vitale, in his infinite wisdom, has pegged the 2011-2012 Louisville Cardinals as the 9th-best team in the country. While I think that may be a tad low, what's more interesting is how highly he thinks of several of the teams on U of L's schedule.

Kentucky (#2), Syracuse (#4), Vanderbilt (#5), Memphis (#7), Connecticut (#8) and Pittsburgh (#11), a group that U of L will play a combined eight games (Pitt and 'Cuse twice) against, all crack Vitale's top 11.

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There's certainly a chance that both the national champion and runner-up could make an appearance inside the KFC Yum Center for a second straight season.

Pitino doesn't schedule anyone, y'all.

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You could also say the third place team made in appearance last year as well. Assuming UK finished above VMI.

by rcpeck on Jul 26, 2011 2:10 PM EDT reply actions

Yea but we don't want to brag about that

UK won… and they’re UK

by sam34gtr on Jul 26, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions

sam

rcpeck is bragging b/c he’s a UK fan.

by UL is my hot hot sex on Jul 26, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

oops

by sam34gtr on Jul 26, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions

And it's VCU.

I guess you have to make two consecutive Final Fours for people to remember your Cinderella team name more than 4 months later…

by Remote Cardinal on Jul 26, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

huh, whats your point about VCU?

by roundrobin on Jul 26, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Original poster said VMI

He meant VCU

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 26, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m hoping maybe once we get to 10 years after the fact I’ll stop randomly typing VMI, Gardner Webb, and San Diego. I can’t say for sure though. Scars run deep.

by rcpeck on Jul 26, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Good comment.

Stout Out!

by tdstout on Jul 26, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea, USC, G'town, Purdue, Florida St and Kansas all assumed they could beat VCU

Look how that turned out

by Gettin Dieng-y With It on Jul 26, 2011 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd rather stay off Vitale's radar.

He usually pumps us up pretty hard cuz he loves CRP, an he feels like a bad luck charm.

ALL HAIL

by Cardinal_Pride on Jul 26, 2011 2:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

actually, to be correct, memphis is the only one of those schools Pitino scheduled. Conference is a given, UK is a given, and Vandy is from the Big East/Sec…i can tell you Pitino pulled from Maui….and go take a look at the teams playing in that.

by roundrobin on Jul 26, 2011 2:19 PM EDT reply actions