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This team can go on a serious run!
By Justin Renck:
Now that we are into February, it is about time this Louisville basketball team turns things up a notch. We had 1 bad week, a stretch of 3 games. Well, those games were back in January. I said it then and I will say it again. If we are in Atlanta playing in the Final 4, we will look back at that week and just laugh, because people thought it was the end of the world for some reason. It was just a tough stretch.
Comparing the stats: UofL vs USF
#3 Louisville (14-1, 2-0) vs South Florida (9-5, 0-2)
Saturday January 12, 2013
4:00 KFC Yum! Center
Men’s Basketball: Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll and Player Awards!
Here is the 2012-13 Coaches’ Poll from Big East coaches. 1st place votes are in parentheses. Coaches could not vote for their own team, so Rick Pitino voted for Notre Dame.
2012-13 Preseason Coaches’ Poll
| Pts. | |
| 1. Louisville (14) | 196 |
| 2. Syracuse | 175 |
| 3. Notre Dame (1) | 166 |
| 4. Cincinnati | 152 |
| 5. Georgetown | 136 |
| 6. Pittsburgh | 132 |
| 7. Marquette | 121 |
| 8. USF | 96 |
| 9. Connecticut | 83 |
| 10. St. John’s | 73 |
| 11. Rutgers | 63 |
| 12. Villanova | 61 |
| 13. DePaul | 48 |
| 14. Seton Hall | 42 |
| 15. Providence | 31 |
Also, here are the preseason player awards!
2012-13 BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year
Peyton Siva, Louisville
2012-13 BIG EAST Preseason Rookie of the Year
Steven Adams, Pittsburgh
2012-13 Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team
Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, G, Jr., 6-4, 221, White Plains, N.Y.
Otto Porter, Georgetown, F, So., 6-8, 205, Sikeston, Mo.
Gorgui Dieng, Louisville, C, Jr., 6-10, 225, Dakar, Senegal
Jack Cooley, Notre Dame, F, Sr., 6-9, 244, Glenview, Ill.
Vincent Council, Providence, G, Sr., 6-2, 180, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2012-13 Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut, G, Jr., 6-1, 171, Roxbury, Mass.
Cleveland Melvin, DePaul, F, Jr., 6-8, 208, Baltimore, Md.
D’Angelo Harrison, St. John’s, G, So., 6-3, 202, Missouri City, Texas
Anthony Collins, USF, So., G, 6-1, 175, Houston, Texas
Brandon Triche, Syracuse, G, Sr., 6-4, 205, Jamesville, N.Y.
2012-13 Preseason BIG EAST Honorable Mention
Chane Behanan, Louisville, F, So., 6-7, 250, Cincinnati, Ohio
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame, G, Jr., 6-5, 185, Bowie, Md.
Tray Woodall, Pittsburgh, G, Sr., 5-11, 190, Brooklyn, N.Y.
C.J. Fair, Syracuse, F, Jr., 6-8, 212, Baltimore, Md.
