Providence Friars @ Louisville Cardinals

8-5, 0-1 Big East

Final

	1	2	T
Providence PROV	31	31	62
Louisville LOU	37	43	80

Louisville CardinalsLouisvilleLOU

13-1, 1-0 Big East

Smith leads Louisville to its 8th straight victory

Russ Smith scored a game-high 23 points and No. 4 Louisville shot 53 percent to run away from Providence 80-62 on Wednesday night in the Big East Conference opener for both teams.

Jan 3, 2013, 12:36 pm - Associated Press

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NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

Atlantic Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	17-1	-	35-3
Virginia	15-3	2	30-6
Miami	13-5	4	26-9
North Carolina	12-6	5	24-9
Clemson	12-6	5	24-11
Louisville	11-7	6	24-11
NC State	10-8	7	20-14
Florida State	10-8	7	18-15
California	9-9	8	22-12
Stanford	9-9	8	20-13
Virginia Tech	8-10	9	19-13
SMU	8-10	9	20-14
Wake Forest	7-11	10	18-17
Syracuse	6-12	11	15-17
Pittsburgh	5-13	12	13-20
Notre Dame	4-14	13	13-18
Boston College	4-14	13	11-20
Georgia Tech	2-16	15	11-20

Men's College Basketball News

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Through court's injunction, Louisville adds fifth-year player Wells

Louisville coach Pat Kelsey added another fifth-year player to the roster Monday with forward LJ Wells, who played the last four seasons at Northern Kentucky.

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