College Basketball News

Louisville begins Big East title defense (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Rick Pitino is ready for Louisville to get back in the national conversation. The Cardinals began the season ranked in the Top 25, but stumbles against Charlotte and Western Carolina earlier this month knocked the defending Big East champions out of the polls. Despite four straight lopsided wins by an average of 25 points, Pitino knows Louisville (9-3) still has work to do if it wants to get its...