Memphis upsets #6 Louisville

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  1. Vyper

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Rodney Carney got a lot of clear looks at the basket, and liked what he saw.

    Carney shucked his protective goggles and scored 19 points, and Memphis stopped No. 6 Louisville down the stretch for a 62-58 upset Wednesday night.

    The short-handed Cardinals were held to six points in the final nine minutes and lost their second in a row, both since coach Rick Pitino returned from a two-day medical leave. They had won 16 in a row before falling to Marquette.

    "For us to do what we did, it is a great win, and it's a huge win," Memphis coach John Calipari said. "They are No. 6 in the country, and we beat them. And we beat them when we were down and down most of the game."

    Louisville (16-3, 6-2 Conference USA) played minus injured starters Francisco Garcia and Taquan Dean and reserve Nouha Diakite. Garcia, the team's leading scorer at 15.8 points per game, was out with an ankle injury.</div>

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    Francisco Garcia and Taquan Dean make up 32% of Louisville's offense. If you took 32% of any other team's offense away, then they'd lose to a Division II team. This win was a decent win, but not great by any means. The people in the city of Memphis are celebrating as if they won the Super Bowl. Anyway, this somewhat proves my point about Pitino not being able to win without talent.
     

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