Pitino Previews Tuesday's Game Against No. 15 Arizona
December 04, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2006
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino, freshman forward Derrick Caracter and freshman guard Edgar Sosa met with members of the media on Monday to preview Tuesday's game against No. 15 Arizona. The Cards and Wildcats will meet at 9:30 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden in New York in the Jimmy V Classic and the game will be televised by ESPN.
UofL, which is making its first appearance in the Jimmy V Classic, returns to Pitino's hometown and to the Garden where he roamed the sidelines as head coach (1987-89) and as an assistant (1983-85) with the New York Knicks. Five Cardinals also hail from the New York area.
Louisville enters the game at 2-1 overall after a 99-69 home win over Sacramento State last Saturday in Freedom Hall, while Arizona is 5-1 following an 84-72 victory over Illinois on Saturday.
The Cards and Wildcats will meet in the second game of the annual Jimmy V Classic double-header with Syracuse and Oklahoma State meeting in the opener.
GAME FACTS - Louisville (2-1) vs. No. 15 Arizona (5-1)
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 5
Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
Site: Madison Square Garden (19,786), New York, N.Y.
TV: ESPN with Dan Shulman (play-by-play), Dick Vitale (analyst) and Doris Burke (reporter).
Radio: Paul Rogers and Bob Valvano will call all the action on WHAS (840 AM)
Series Info: Louisville leads the all-time series 2-1 (2-0 in Louisville, 0-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: Arizona 82, UofL 70 (NCAA West Region Semifinals, Los Angeles, Calif., March 24, 1994)
Next UofL Game: Dec. 8 vs. Ohio University in the NABC Classic, Freedom Hall, 7 p.m. ET (WHAS-TV)
