LOUISVILLE -- Louisville coach Rick Pitino knows each game the rest of the season will be a battle. On Saturday, the Cardinals hosts a Virginia Tech team trying to secure its entry into the NCAA Tournament.
"This is a tough team," Pitino said of the Hokies (18-7, 7-6 ACC). "They have had some great games. They beat Virginia, Duke and they were down late in the Pittsburgh game and came back and won it. They are playing good basketball right now."
The eighth-ranked Cardinals (21-5, 9-4) just beat a pair of teams in Miami and Syracuse who were playing their way into an at-large NCAA Tournament bid, and the rest of Louisville's schedule appears loaded with more tourney contenders starting with the Hokies.