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Men’s basketball appearances in AP’s top 100 all-time programs CONNER FARRELL @THECARDSPORTS
Last week, the Associated Press released an article ranking their top 100 college basketball programs of all time. The men’s basketball program was ranked number seven overall, totaling 627 points. U of L has been ranked in the AP poll 54.41 percent of the time since its conception in 1949. Louisville’s first appearance in the polls came on Jan. 17, 1950. The university’s best decade in terms of being ranked in the poll was in the 1970s, where they appeared 75.6 percent of the time. Howev-
er, the program is currently on pace to beat that mark with their play in the 2010s. The Cards have the lowest number of number one appearances with teams in the top 10. The program has been ranked at number one twice, once in 2009 and again in 2013. Louisville holds the record for the most appearances in the poll without being ranked number one, which was a drought that lasted 520 polls until the program found their way to number one. To determine the all-time top 100, AP gave one point for each week a program appeared in the AP poll and two points for each time a
program was ranked number one. The rest of the top ten features teams that the program is quite familiar with. Some of the teams included instate rival Kentucky, current ACC foes North Carolina, Duke and Syracuse, as well as Cincinnati. Here is the top 10: 1. Kentucky (1,111 points) 2. North Carolina (1,098 points) 3. Duke (1,032 points) 4. UCLA (957 points) 5. Kansas (857 points) 6. Indiana (662 points) 7. Louisville (627 points) 8. Arizona (594 points) 9. Syracuse (581 points) 10. Cincinnati (500 points)
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North Carolina’s scorching second half burns women’s lacrosse
Madison Hoover (left) is tied for a team-high 16 assists this season and Meghan Siverson is second on the team with 47 goals. DALTON RAY @DRAY5477
Hosting second-ranked North Carolina, No. 20 women’s lacrosse couldn’t handle the hot second-half shooting, falling 15-11. Louisville opened the game leading 7-3, but UNC ended the game on
a 12-4 scoring run. Sophomore Meghan Siverson ended with three goals and three more Cardinals added two goals each. Coach Kellie Young said she knew the opportunity her team had in the first half. “We had a 7-3 lead at one point. They
We need to get to the point where we know we can play with anyone in the country.
-Coach Kellie Young
Hannah Koloski (left) and McKayla Conti totaled three goals against UNC. PHOTOS BY ISAAC SANCHEZ / THE LOUISVILLE CARDINAL
had one player that scored seven goals, we had a plan for that and we didn’t follow that,” Young said. “I’m proud of the effort we put on the field, in terms of physically and continuing to attack. We need to get to the point where we know we can play with anyone in the country.” In the opening minutes, both teams exchanged goals to make it 1-1 with 26 minutes to play. Louisville scored three unanswered goals before North Carolina connected on their second goal. Goalkeeper Brittany Read made two big-time saves in the opening 10 minutes to preserve the lead. Senior Hannah Koloski, the nation’s leading goal-scorer, pushed the Louisville lead to 5-2 after slipping through defenders for her 54th goal of the year. Junior Madison Hoover wrapped around the goal to find sophomore McKayla Conti for the goal. After the Siverson’s second goal, the Cards led 7-3 with
six minutes to play. Despite trailing, North Carolina remained calm and waited for their opportunity. Their patience paid off as they ended the half scoring three straight goals. After the halftime horn, Young had an extended discussion with the officials and UNC assistant coach Phil Barnes about coaches’ influence on officiating. Siverson’s third goal of the match made the score 8-7 Louisville, but the Heels didn’t wait long to tie the game at eight. Once North Carolina knotted the game, the fifth-highest scoring offense began to flex their muscles. UNC scored five unanswered to make the game 13-8. Juniors Jillian Balog and Taylor Webster scored their second goals of the game to give Louisville a late sign of life. North Carolina kept their distance, adding two goals to finish the match.