Louisville worked its way back Saturday, refusing to panic or wilt when the Cardinals (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) found themselves trailing scappy DePaul by 17 points in the first half. "Everybody just stayed positive. We're going to make our run just as well as they did," Cardinals guard Chris Smith said. "Then we just started hitting shots and started getting the flow going and it was just whole totally different game." The Cardinals, down 10 at the half, survived DePaul's raging start and with Russ Smith hitting key back-to-back baskets in overtime, rallied for a 90-82 victory at the noisy Allstate Arena where they were backed by a large contingent of red-clad Louisville fans.
