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Crazy loss, 'about the toughest I've ever had,' says Louisville's David Padgett

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In an anything-but-ordinary season for the Louisville Cardinals, Thursday night's last-second loss to the Virginia Cavaliers was in a class of its own.

"That's about the toughest loss I've ever had," interim coach David Padgett said after De'Andre Hunter banked in a three-pointer for a 67-66 victory. The decisive play capped a sequence which saw Louisville miss two of six free throws in the final minute while squandering a 66-62 lead in the final second.

Louisville's Darius Perry fouled Ty Jerome on a three-point attempt with 0.