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PREVIEW: Louisville basketball looks to win at Virginia for first time

By Harry Barsan

The Cardinals will travel to Charlottesville to take on the Virginia Cavaliers.

Louisville hasn’t had much success historically against Virginia, standing 5-24 against the Cavaliers all-time and 0-9 all-time in John Paul Jones Arena.

Slow and steady

Virginia’s iconic pack line defense wants to suffocate open drives to the paint, instead forcing contested shots outside.

It has been a nearly flawless scheme for the past 15 years under Tony Bennett, whose father was the inventor of the pack line. However, Bennett stepped down just under a month before the season started and Ron Sanchez was promoted to interim head coach.