Ever the contrarian, I must disagree with Rick Pitino, who was with one exception generous in his praise for the Cardinals after they broke Clemson just before halftime and continued the slaughter the final twenty, prevailing 92-60.
"The guys did a great job tonight in every phase of the game."
"They were great on offense tonight. This is a very good defensive team. We shot 63 percent in the first half, 51 percent in the second. It was a great performance by our guys."
When talking of Jaylen Johnson (12 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists, one of which was U of L's best skip pass of the year to Deng Adel in the weakside corner for a three), RP called the Cards huskiest big "relentless in his work ethic.