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Louisville men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino met with members of the media on Tuesday at the Yum! Center to preview this week's BIG EAST Conference Championship in New York City. The top-seeded and No. 5 nationally ranked Cardinals will open tournament play on Thursday at noon ET at Madison Square Garden and on ESPN against the winner of Wednesday's Providence-DePaul game.

On Saturday night, Louisville claimed its first BIG EAST Conference Championship with a 16-2 league mark in its fourth season competing in the BIG EAST after a 62-59 win at West Virginia. It was the Cardinals' 20th conference championship and first since U of L won the 2005 Conference USA title in its final season in that league (regular season conference championships: BIG EAST 1, Conference USA 1, Metro 12, Missouri Valley 6).

Louisville has finished second in the BIG EAST the last two seasons. Louisville has won its conference championship or finished second in 24 of the last 33 years. U of L was chosen to finish second behind Connecticut in the 2008-09 BIG EAST Conference in a preseason poll of league coaches.

2008-2009 SCHEDULE ( Click on an event for complete event information )

Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
11/01/08	vs. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE (Exhib.) *	FREEDOM HALL	W, 74-67
11/08/08	at Northern Kentucky (Exhib.) *	Highland Heights, Ky.	W, 84-69
BILLY MINARDI CLASSIC
11/22/08	vs. MOREHEAD STATE	FREEDOM HALL	W, 79-41
11/23/08	vs. SOUTH ALABAMA	FREEDOM HALL	W, 81-54
11/30/08	vs. Western Kentucky	Nashville, Tenn.	L, 68-54
MARQUES MAYBIN CLASSIC
12/06/08	vs. INDIANA STATE	FREEDOM HALL	W, 83-43
12/07/08	vs. OHIO	FREEDOM HALL	W, 91-56
12/08/08	vs. LAMAR	FREEDOM HALL	W, 78-56
12/13/08	vs. AUSTIN PEAY	FREEDOM HALL	W, 94-75
SEC/BIG EAST Invitational
12/18/08	vs. Mississippi	Cincinnati, Ohio	W, 77-68
2008 Stadium Shootout
12/20/08	vs. Minnesota	Phoenix, Ariz.	L, 70-64
12/27/08	vs. UAB	FREEDOM HALL	W, 82-62
12/31/08	vs. UNLV	FREEDOM HALL	L, 56-55
01/04/09	vs. KENTUCKY	FREEDOM HALL	W, 74-71
01/07/09	at USF #	Tampa, Fla.	W, 71-57
01/10/09	at Villanova #	Philadelphia, Pa.	W, 61-60
01/12/09	vs. NOTRE DAME #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 87-73 (OT)
01/17/09	vs. PITTSBURGH #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 69-63
01/21/09	at Rutgers #	Piscataway, N.J.	W, 78-59
01/25/09	at Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	W, 67-57
01/28/09	vs. USF #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 80-54
01/31/09	vs. WEST VIRGINIA #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 69-63
02/02/09	vs. CONNECTICUT #	FREEDOM HALL	L, 68-51
02/08/09	at St. John's #	New York, N.Y.	W, 60-47
02/12/09	at Notre Dame #	South Bend, Ind.	L, 90-57
02/15/09	vs. DEPAUL #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 99-54
02/18/09	vs. PROVIDENCE #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 94-76
02/21/09	at Cincinnati #	Cincinnati, Ohio	W, 72-63
02/23/09	at Georgetown #	Washington, D.C.	W, 76-58
03/01/09	vs. MARQUETTE #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 62-58
03/04/09	vs. SETON HALL #	FREEDOM HALL	W, 95-78
03/07/09	at West Virginia #	Morgantown, W.Va.	W, 62-59
Big East Tournament
03/12/09	vs. Providence	New York, New York	W, 73-55
03/13/09	vs. Villanova	New York, New York	7:00 p.m. ET
03/14/09	vs. Championship #	New York, New York	TBA

2008-09 Louisville Men's Basketball Roster

Coaches

NO NAME HT WT POS CL HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Terrence Williams 6-6 215 F SR Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach) 2 Preston Knowles 6-1 170 G SO Winchester, Ky. (George Rogers Clark) 5 Earl Clark 6-9 220 G/F JR Plainfield, N.J. (Rahway) 10 Edgar Sosa 6-1 175 G JR New York, N.Y. (Rice) 11 Chris Brickley 6-4 175 G JR Manchester, N.H. (Southern New Hampshire) 12 Reginald Delk 6-4 175 G JR Jackson, Tenn. (Mississippi State) 14 Kyle Kuric 6-4 175 G FR Evansville, Ind. (Memorial) 20 Will Scott 6-3 185 G SR New York, N.Y. (Cornell University) 21 Jared Swopshire 6-7 215 F FR St. Louis, Mo. (IMG Academy) 22 George Goode 6-8 205 F FR Raytown, Mo. (Raytown South) 23 Terrence Jennings 6-10 225 F FR Sacramento, Calif. (Notre Dame Prep) 24 Samardo Samuels 6-8 240 F FR Trelawny, Jamaica (St. Benedict Prep) 25 Lee Steiden 6-4 185 F SO Louisville, Ky. (St. Xavier) 33 Andre McGee 5-10 180 G SR Moreno Valley, Calif. (Canyon Springs) 34 Jerry Smith 6-1 200 G JR Wauwatosa, Wis. (East) Coaches Rick Pitino - Head Men's Basketball Coach Steve Masiello - Assistant Coach Walter McCarty - Assistant Coach Richard Pitino - Assistant Coach Stephanie Diebold - Basketball Receptionist Ray Ganong - Strength & Conditioning Coach Fred Hina - Head Men's Basketball Trainer Eric Scott - Director of Basketball Operations Tim Sypher - Equipment Manager Vincent Tatum - Executive Asst. to Rick Pitino