Louisville Wins Big East

By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Mar 14, 2009 11:44 PM CDT
Louisville Wins Big East
Louisville's Jerry Smith celebrates with teammates Terrence Williams, left, and Edga Sosa.   (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Louisville is king of the Big East. Earl Clark had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the fifth-ranked Cardinals to a 76-66 victory over No. 18 Syracuse last night, giving the regular-season champs their first Big East tournament title. The victory will probably translate into a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament for the Cardinals.

The conference's first five-day tournament will be remembered as well for the Orange and their run to the final game that included the epic six-overtime win over Connecticut in the quarterfinals and a more mundane one-overtime victory over West Virginia in the semis. The win was the 10th straight for Louisville, which will be making its second straight NCAA appearance and 34th overall. (More Louisville Cardinals stories.)

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