In a tilt eerily reminiscent of the one the two teams played in the championship game of the 2013 Big East Tournament, Louisville erased a 12-point first half deficit to run away from Syracuse and notch a 72-58 victory.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Cardinals, and helped U of L avoid what would have been its first three-game losing streak to unranked opponents since Denny Crum's final season of 2000-01.
Before we get into anything else, this happened:
And then this did:
It's like Louisville found a "if you make the other team cry they have to let you play in the tournament" loophole pic.