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Louisville-Duke Postgame Notes
March 31, 2013 | Men's Basketball
March 31, 2013
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Louisville Postgame Notes
Louisville 85, Duke 63
March 31, 2013
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.
TEAM NOTES
With the win:
- Louisville is 10-3 in NCAA regional semifinal games.
- The Cardinals achieved their 33rd victory of the season, tying the school record that was recorded twice (1979-80, 33-3; 2004-05, 33-5).
- Louisville has been victorious in its last 14 games.
- Louisville is advancing to its 10th NCAA Final Four.
- The Cardinals are now 68-40 all-time in NCAA Tournament games.
- Louisville improved to 45-8 all-time as the higher seed in NCAA Tournament games.
- Head coach Rick Pitino improved his record to 46-16 in NCAA Tournament play.
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- Pitino now has a 22-3 career record as the No. 1 seed.
- Pitino's record moved to 5-0 in Sweet 16 games with Louisville. His career record is 11-0 in regional semifinal games.
- Louisville improved its record to 29-0 this season when leading at the half.
- The Cardinals improved to 51-18 in the month of March and head coach Rick Pitino improved to 119-40 overall and 62-25 in 12 seasons at Louisville in the calendar's third month.
- Louisville improved its record to 10-2 as a No. 1 seed.
- It marked the senior class' 108th victory to put their record at 108-38. It is the second-most wins by a senior class in school history.
- Louisville's tournament record in Indianapolis moved to 9-1, with a 3-1 mark in Lucas Oil Stadium.
- Louisville now owns a 4-5 all-time record against Duke.
Duke has only lost by double digits once this season (Miami (Fla.), 90-63). The last time the Blue Devils lost by double digits in the NCAA Tournament was in 2011, as they fell 93-77 to Arizona on March 24 in the regional semifinal in Anaheim, Calif.
- The last time Duke made it to a regional final and lost by double digits was 1960, as the Blue Devils fell 74-59 to New York University on March 12 in Charlotte, N.C.
The Cardinals turned the ball over just three times in the opening period, tied for the fewest in the first half this season. The Cardinals also blocked five shots, tying for the most in an opening period this season.
The Cardinals finished the game shooting 52.7 percent from the field, marking the fourth-straight NCAA Tournament contest Louisville has connected on more than 50 percent of its shots.
Louisville's bench scored 20 points, led by Luke Hancock's 10. It marked the 20th time this season the bench has scored at least 20 points in a game.
Louisville's nine blocked shots are the second highest in an NCAA Tournament game in school history. The Cardinals' highest total, 13, came against Illinois on March 24, 1989.
The Cardinals have now connected on double-digit free throws in 19 games this season.
Louisville turned the ball over just eight times in the win over Duke, tying for the second fewest in a game this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Russ Smith had 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting in the victory, giving him 104 for the 2013 NCAA Tournament. That total puts him fourth on the school's NCAA Tournament single-season scoring chart. He is behind Darrell Griffith (1980; 116), Billy Thompson (1986; 110), and Don Goldstein (1959; 107).
For the season, Smith's 718 points keep him at second on the single-season charts. He still trails Darrell Griffith's 825-point total that was set in the 1979-80 season.
Smith had two steals in the win, putting him at 13 for this year's NCAA Tournament. Those two moved him past Lancaster Gordon's 11, the previous school record.
Smith has registered consecutive 20-point performances in four-straight NCAA Tournament games.
Dieng repeated Oregon's performance with four blocked shots in the game to give him 78 for the season. Despite playing in just 31 games this year, he is tied with Samaki Walker (1995-96) for seventh all-time.
Siva played in his 142nd career game, a total that is tied for fourth most in school history with Herbert Crook (1984-88). With one steal in the win, the senior now has 84 steals on the season, tying him with Alvin Sims' sixth-place total that was achieved during the 1995-96 season.
