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I didn't know that louisville played Kentucky this yr?

How often have they played over the yrs? I thought they have rarely played each other.

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I thought they played every year?!?

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34-17/ 29-7 / 34-13 / 27-17

2010 & 2011 Baseball National Champs

May be going to he11 in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoying the ride.

Will it even survive? Who's left? Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, St. Johns, Villanova, South Florida, Central Florida, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Cincy, UConn, Seton Hall, Providence, DePaul. Not a lot to really feel good about IMO.

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34-17/ 29-7 / 34-13 / 27-17

2010 & 2011 Baseball National Champs

May be going to he11 in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoying the ride.

UK and UL started playing each other in 1984. For many years UK refused to validate UL's program by scheduling them(or ANY in-state school) during the regular season. In the early 80's it became apparent that Denny Crum had UL at the very top of the CB food chain, and the NCAA repeatedly tried to deliberately bracket them together, culminating in the original "Dream Game" in the regional finals in 1983, an overtime thriller won by UL. The next year UK, under pressure from state politicians, allowed a game that most BB outsiders thought should have happened years before. Something you guys can't know is that many UL fans still seem to have a "little brother" complex about UK. Here in Louisville it is ground zero, with the fanbase fairly evenly split between red and BLUE. BTW, since the series started UK holds a 29-14 record against the Tards.

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Another interesting dynamic is the that UK for years was considered the "white" school while UL was the "black" school, due in large part to UK being a land grant, rural state college while UL was an urban commuter school. The Texas Western farce incorrectly labeled Rupp a racist,even though the rest of the southern schools were segregated. UK,btw, was the 2nd SEC school to integrate their athletic teams, one year after Vandy.

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I know, they took one of the best conferences in the country and completed ripped it apart! So sad...

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Interesting...thanks for the history lesson.

I'm assuming you went to UK?

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Both--graduated from UK.

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Well, Good Luck tonight... I know how devastating a loss would be.

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Thanks bud! Not really devastating to me,as I have enjoyed this season as much as any in a long time. This style of ball is a blast to watch, and this particular group of kids is very easy to cheer for. I cannot remember such talented young athletes being as team oriented and cohesive. With that said, I will be terribly disappointed if the officiating dictates the game. This game will probably be a sporadic, foul prone affair as it is really UL's best chance to win. My goal for this team has simply been to have it close with 8 minutes left and nobody in foul trouble.When these guys can turn it on they are unbeatable IMO.

GO CATS!!!!!

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i hear ya bro... let em play!

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Calipari is a god to UK fans right now fellas. I fully expect that all the kids will declare for the draft,closely followed by Shabazz and/or Noels committing to the Cats, making for a 4th straight #1 recruiting class. Every coach in the country is baffled on how to recruit against this juggernaut. Winning the title only makes his pitch even more seductive. Putting 3 kids in this years' lottery may make it impossible to resist.

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The knicks and others are going to go after calipari this summer.... There's no chance of him leaving cuz if he did, he would be a fool and I don't think he's a fool!

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It's pretty simple: he gets guys ready to go to the NBA and get drafted and get paid.

He's done a better job of it than K or Huckleroy or anyone else at the top of the D-1 rankings today.

These kids want to go to the Show and he's the best one to get them there. And winning a title in your one year is icing on the cake.

Heck, he's probably running about a clean a program as anyone now, despite his reputation. Who has to cheat to win at Kentucky?

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34-17/ 29-7 / 34-13 / 27-17

2010 & 2011 Baseball National Champs

May be going to he11 in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoying the ride.

Pretty sure the NCAA is digging up anything they can on Cal. NYTimes investigated for a year to come up with the sparse findings on Bledsoe a few years ago after Wall and Cousins must have come up clean. Problem is the NCAA can make a new rule and apply it retroactively, so I guess anything is possible.

The new deadline for declaring for the draft is a farce! For an organization that purports to be looking out for the kids to screw them like this is typical of these bloated hypocrites.

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