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LOUISVILLE — Brian Kelly was curious. His players were curious.

The sport’s most demanding fanbase was curious as well heading into Monday night’s road test against a downtrodden Louisville program breaking in a new coaching staff. Vegas oddsmakers installed Notre Dame as a 20-point favorite over a team that went 2-10 a season ago and featured the third-worst scoring defense in the country (44.