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• Head Coach Rick Pitino

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino met with members of the media on Friday at the Yum! Center to preview Sunday's game against Marquette. The No. 6 Cardinals and No. 8 Golden Eagles will tip off at 12:06 p.m. ET at Freedom Hall in front of a nationally televised audience on CBS.

Louisville will return home for the first of two straight games. U of L won its fourth straight and 14th in the last 16 games as the Cardinals won 76-58 at Georgetown on Monday. The Cards put four players in double figures and were led by junior Earl Clark who scored a game-high 22 points while pulling down eight rebounds. As a team, U of L finished the game shooting 54.5 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from beyond the arc. Clark is averaging a team-best 13.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. Senior Terrence Williams leads the Cardinals with 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

Marquette (23-5, 12-3 BIG EAST), ranked 8th by AP and 10th in the ESPN/USA Today Poll (Feb. 23), has won 15 of its last 18 games, including a 12-game win streak which was halted at USF on Feb. 6. The Golden Eagles fell 93-82 to No. 2 Connecticut on Wednesday as Jerel McNeal and Wesley Matthews scored 26 and 20 points, respectively. Senior guard Dominic James, who is second in career assists at Marquette and is No. 3 in career scoring, broke his foot in the game and is out for the season. He was averaging 11.4 points and a team-high 5.1 assists. McNeal, Marquette's all-time leader in scoring and steals, leads the Golden Eagles in scoring (20.2 ppg), while Matthews, who has started 97 straight games, averages 18.8 points. Forward Lazar Hayward averages 15.9 points and a team-high 8.5 rebounds.

GAME FACTS - Louisville (22-5, 13-2 BIG EAST) vs. Marquette (23-5, 12-3 BIG EAST)
Date: Sunday, March 1
Time: 12:06 p.m. ET
Site: Crum Court / Freedom Hall (18,865), Louisville, Ky. (UofL 667-137 all-time in Freedom Hall)
TV: CBS will televise the game with Verne Lundquist (play-by-play) and Bill Raftery (analyst)
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) with Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst)
SIRIUS: SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ch. 127
Series History: U of L leads 37-24 all-time (20-11 in Louisville, 17-12 in Milwaukee, 0-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: U of L 71, Marquette 57 (Feb. 16, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wis.)
National Rankings: U of L is ranked 6th in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' and Associated Press Polls this week; Marquette is ranked 8th in the AP Poll and 10th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll.
Next U of L Game: March 4 vs. Seton Hall, 7:00 p.m. ET (BIG EAST Network/WHAS in Louisville)