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Tate: Good, bad and ugly in recent events

OK, it’s grudging, but give Louisville its due.

The Cardinals, having lifted themselves into the prestigious Atlantic Coast Conference, own three NCAA basketball titles, most recently in 2013, and a four-year football record of 40-12.

Tom Jurich, ranking high among the nation’s premier athletic directors, has made the Louisville program strong across the board.

And when the Cardinals basketball program ran afoul — former staffer Andre McGee brought in strippers for recruits — Jurich and the administration not only self-imposed sanctions by pulling the team out of the 2016 tournament but piled on additional sanctions this week.