14. Louisville Cardinals
Previous Ranking: 12
Record: 16-4 (15-3 ACC)
Louisville easily beat Clemson before suffering a road loss to Florida State. The Cardinals are in a tie for fifth-place in the ACC and travel to Pitt for Super Tuesday.
Despite the loss to FSU, Louisville got great bench play out of Penn transfer Tony Hicks and senior forward Mangok Mathiang. The two reserves scored 16 and 13 for the Cardinals, respectively. They were even more effective than the team’s starters, who scored just 28 of the team’s 68 points. The team was undone by a dismal 2-of-13 performance from deep. Rick Pitino’s squad has the defense to win a lot of games, but they absolutely must shoot better against better competition to be a long-term threat.