Pitt and Louisville met at the KFC Yum! Center in Kentucky on Wednesday night for an ACC tilt. The Panthers came into the matchup as 12.5-point underdogs, and for a 5-8 team stepping into the ring with a traditional power with a 9-4 record, the spread was not entirely unreasonable. However, with the return of Ithiel Horton from suspension, Pitt at least had some semblance of hope for a positive result. But hope doesn’t pay the bills, and Pitt fell to Louisville 75-72 for its third ACC loss.
The game’s first two points came courtesy of the ACC officiating crew, after it issued offsetting technical fouls to John Hugley and Malik Williams.