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College Basketball Power 10: Welcome To The Top 10, Cincinnati Bearcats

By Jeremy Karll

Jan 29, 2017; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats guard Troy Caupain (10) walks on the court during the second half against the South Florida Bulls at Fifth Third Arena. Cincinnati won 94-53. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 29, 2017; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats guard Troy Caupain (10) walks on the court during the second half against the South Florida Bulls at Fifth Third Arena. Cincinnati won 94-53. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports /
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8. Louisville (19-5)

Louisville bounced back with three straight wins following its loss to Florida State. Then, without key contributors in Deng Adel, Quentin Snider and Mangok Mathiang, the Cardinals dropped their fifth game of the season, this time at Virginia, 71-55.

In a game between two of the top two defensive teams in the nation, Virginia held Louisville to 37 percent shooting and 27.8 percent from three-point range, while Virginia shot an impressive 53.2 percent and grabbed twice as many rebounds as Louisville.

The Cardinals didn’t look like the same team without three key players.

The Cardinals are only two games behind North Carolina in the ACC standings but could have benefited from a quality win on Monday, as they are just 3-6 against ranked teams this season.

Still, Louisville has been short-handed for a couple of weeks now and managed to win by double-digits in their four wins without Snider. The only ranked opponent left on Louisville’s schedule is North Carolina, so they could enter the NCAA Tournament fairly unproven against ranked teams.

Louisville hosts Miami and travels to Syracuse this week.