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Louisville-Notre Dame Postgame Notes
March 12, 2011 | Men's Basketball
March 12, 2011
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- Louisville advances to the BIG EAST Championship final for the second time with tonight's win. The Cardinals last reached the final in 2009, when Louisville defeated Syracuse 76-66 to win its first BIG EAST title.
- Louisville will face Connecticut in Saturday's BIG EAST final. The Cardinals and Huskies have never met in the BIG EAST Championship. Louisville won both regular-season meetings between the schools.
- This year's tournament is the first BIG EAST Championship to have both semifinals decided in overtime.
- The three overtime games in this year's BIG EAST Championship ties the tournament record. The 1998 Championship saw two first-round games and a second-round game decided in overtime.
- Tonight's game was the 27th overtime game in BIG EAST Championship history.
- Louisville trailed 46-32 at halftime tonight, making the 14-point comeback the third-largest halftime deficit overcome in the BIG EAST Championship. USF trailed by 16 before defeating Villanova 70-69 Tuesday, while Syracuse trailed by 15 before beating Georgetown 58-57 in 2006.
- Preston Knowles scored 10 of his team-high 20 points in the final 2:47 of regulation and the overtime period.
- Louisville had BIG EAST Championship team highs in points (83) and rebounds (49). The 77 points allowed were the most by a Cardinal opponent in a BIG EAST tournament game.
- Louisville had two fewer offensive rebounds (23) than Notre Dame had defensive rebounds (25).
- Notre Dame shot 56.7 percent from the field in the first half and 27.3 percent in the second half.
- The game was the first overtime game in 24 BIG EAST tournament contests for Notre Dame. It was the third overtime game in 10 BIG EAST Championship games for Louisville.
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