Associated Press: LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville gave Freedom Hall a memorable send-off. Kyle Kuric scored all of his career-high 22 points in the second half and the Cardinals upset No. 1 Syracuse 78-68 on Saturday, providing one last highlight at their 54-year-old home. Louisville (20-11, 11-7 Big East) may also have assured itself a return trip to the NCAA tournament by sweeping the season series from the Orange (28-3, 15-3). Their only other loss all season came against Pittsburgh, and Saturday was their first road loss. Although Syracuse led by eight points late in the first half,...
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(PRESS RELEASE) — The American Samoa Under-19 Boys and Girls Basketball Teams participated in the 2009 World Youth Basketball Tournament held in Kona, Hawaii from Aug. 1-6, 2009. American Samoa has been invited to participate again in 2010. ASB Inc. President Ed Imo explained that the Tournament hosted eight high school teams in both categories from Alaska, Canada, Kona, Kapolei (O’ahu), Maui, Kohala, Florida and American Samoa. ASB U19 Boys are: Tino Tuilata, Herotise Fau, Rhine Samuelu, Ryan Samuelu, Talanoa Smith, Posala Ailolo, Puna Silofau, Gabriel Puaina, Faima Tua, and...
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Peyton Siva Guard 5-11, 180 lbs Seattle (Wash.) Franklin Class of 2009 Men’s basketball Signed to University of Louisville.  Biography A three-year captain at Franklin, Siva averaged 21.1 points, 6.4 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 3.5 steals as a junior for a 24-3 squad that finished fifth in the Washington state Class 4-A tournament.  Siva is ranked No. 28 nationally in the ESPN 100, 49th by Rivals.com, No. 51 by USA Today recruiting...
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Feb. 20, 2002 (Taken from Stanford University website) Nick (Palo Alto): Really enjoy watching you play Julius. Especially when you matched up on Jason Williams (Duke) last year at the Newell Challenge. On that note, who do you think has been the toughest match up for you defensively? And on the flip side whose defensive game has challenged your offensive skills most? See you in downtown Paly sometime!!! Julius�Barnes: (7:14 PM ET ) What’s up Nick? Well the toughest match up so far has not only been Jason Williams but Freddie Jones of Oregon. Being a 6’1 two guard, it’s...
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