Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes

Feb. 28, 2004

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Louisville ends its regular season home schedule at 13-2 in Freedom Hall. U of L is 586-124 in 48 seasons in Freedom Hall.
U of L is now 4-1 against nationally ranked teams.
Luke Whitehead pulled down his 204th rebound.
Francisco Garcia has scored 713 career points.
Memphis committed more turnovers in the first half (15) than they were averaging on the season entering the game (12.5). The Tigers finished with 21, a new season high.
The Cardinals lead the series 49-33.
Louisville has now ended four winning streaks of note for the Tigers. In 1972-73 they stopped a 14-game streak. Last year the Cards snapped Memphis' 12-game run. In 1983-84 the Cardinals snipped a 12 game string of wins for the Tigers. Today's win snaps an 11-game run.
Pitino and Calipari have faced each other 10 times and Pitino leads 6-4 during their careers. Since they joined C-USA Calipari leads 3-2.
In the five meetings pitting Calipari and Pitino, the average margin of victory has been 6.0 (30) points. Three of the games were won by one point and the fourth was a 10 point deficit. Today's was exactly six points.
Over the last three games, Francisco Garcia has averaged 21.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks.
Luke Whitehead had a season-high four steals.

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