Sananda Fru had 19 points and 13 rebounds and missed just one of his nine field-goal attempts to lead shorthanded Louisville to a 75-62 win over Boston College on Saturday.

The Atlantic Coast, Southeastern and Big Ten conferences will follow this week before conference tournament play begins in Charlotte (ACC), Nashville (SEC) and Indianapolis (Big Ten).

Welcome to the Hot Seat, Atlantic Coast Conference.

Lunardi’s latest forecast has the Cards as the second-highest seed among the five Atlantic Coast Conference teams he placed in his 68-team bracket.

At 8-1 in the league, they sit alone in second place, behind 8-0 Duke.

Pat Kelsey wanted to talk SMU’s ability to win five of its seven Atlantic Coast Conference games for coach Andy Enfield

The Cards' focus has been on giving their "undivided attention to a very, very talented and dangerous Syracuse team."

If you are looking for moments early in Pat Kelsey's coaching background that suggested he was capable of doing something other ambitious coaches could not do, look back at his third season at Winthrop University.

Smith had 27 points and the Cardinals made a season-high 15 threes.