—Kenny Payne did not sugarcoat the importance of the Louisville-Kentucky rivalry during his pregame press conference on Friday.
—Highlights from last night’s women’s basketball win over Syracuse are here.
—Mark Story of the Lexington Herald Leader is going with an 81-69 Kentucky win at Rupp Arena on Saturday.
—Hoops Insight looks at the biggest problems right now for both Louisville and Kentucky and what each needs to do in order to defeat the other on Saturday afternoon.
Keys to the game
For Louisville
They’ll need Curry and Huntley-Hatfield to bully their way inside against Kentucky’s lack of shotblocking from the jump (assuming freshman Ugonna Onyenso doesn’t play much).