Louisville Basketball: Predicting The Week 9 Associated Press Poll

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Dec 31, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Louisville Cardinals guard Donovan Mitchell (45) lays the ball in against the Indiana Hoosiers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Louisville defeats Indiana 77-62. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /

6. Louisville Cardinals: 12-2 (Lost to Virginia)

Louisville did themselves a favor by beating Indiana in a pretty tough environment on Saturday. It was supposed to be a neutral-site game, but it was clear that most of the crowd was Hoosiers fans. Regardless, the Cards shook off a loss to Virginia and beat Indiana on the road.

I don’t think that Louisville will move at all in this week’s rankings because of the losses by Duke and UCLA. Those two losses, combined with Louisville’s win over Indiana should keep them in this six spot.

With that being said, there isn’t one week for the rest of the season where Louisville can go one cruise control. They have to go on the road twice this next week to play Notre Dame and Georgia Tech.

Not to mention, they play Duke in 13 days from now.

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