Memories are short, often selective, in college athletics, and there are some who don't share the joy in the university's amazing success over the past year. One doesn't have to look far for an example of a fan base that will continue to disparage and disrespect the school and its fans.

With the end of the college baseball season, summer has officially begun for University of Louisville fans. The best year ever in UofL athletics, the Year of the Cardinal, is history. A great year to be sure, one to savor for about three months and then get on wit

Sports fans have a difficult time acknowledging the success of other schools, and the problem is acute between rival schools in the same geographic area. A basketball team can win a national championship, for example. Fans of a nearby school won't acknowledge it, trying to pretend it didn't happen, point to their own success, how many more championships they've won.

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Jim Patterson Stadium gets a glowing review in Stadium Journey, a publication and web site that rates the quality of sports stadiums across the country, following the visit of a correspondent to a recent UofL baseball game.

Reviewer Jordan Baer gave the stadium 4 1/2 stars on a scale of 5 despite less than ideal weather conditions. "Even though my visit was plagued with sprinkles and showers of rain, I still came away with the impression that U of L baseball is one of the best supported baseball programs in the NCAA," he wrote.

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Still hard to image University of Louisville basketball without Gorgui Dieng.

Want something to remember him by? How about the shoes Gorgui were wearing when UofL won its third NCAA basketball championship in April?

Gorgui’s red and gray shoes are up for auction on Ebay for $2,999.99 ...

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Rick Pitino is beaming as he strides into the press conference for the Maker’s Mark bottle announcement, obviously still ecstatic from his University of Louisville basketball team’s monumental win in the Georgia Dome just eight weeks ago. Having won two national championships now, he seems equally excited about the future of the program.

The coach is there to express his appreciation to Maker’s Mark and to dip several bottles of the latest Rick Pitino design into a boiling container of black wax, the first of 12,600 bottles that will go on sale at beverage stores through the state on Friday, signing one of the bottles. “I done a couple of bottles now for Maker’s Mark,” he said. “The other one was a different color.”

The special design will help underwrite the UofL Academic Center of Excellence, an $8 million state-of-the-art facility adjacent to Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. To date, more than $4 million has been pledged toward the center, according to Mark Jurich, associate athletic director.

Pitino also answered questions on other topics:

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Christine Krellwitz, an assistant track coach for the past three seasons, was introduced as an Associate Athletic Director by University of Louisville Athletic Director during a Cardinal Caravan event.

Jurich said Krellwitz is a replacement for Julie Hermann, who recently left UofL to accept the Athletic Director post at Rutgers University. Actually Hermann’s former duties are being split between a number of individuals.

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Let the mad rush for Rick Pitino bottles begin. Floyd Street Federation contributor Charlie Springer (UofLCardGame.com) confirmed a news conference concerning a new Maker's Mark bottle honoring the Cardinals' coach will happen soon.

Check out the details by clicking the picture of the mockup of the bottle below...

Link: http://uoflcardgame.com/makers-mark-details-on-pitino-bottle-coming/38353/

Tribute to the tourney, and team’s past.

Paul Rogers with the call

Paul Rogers game calls courtesy of Nelligan Sports Marketing.

Click HERE to watch the Tribute Video by CrumsRevenge

Team

-The Cards Won 35 Games, breaking the previous high of 33 in 1979-80.
-Louisville finished the season on a 16-game winning streak, 2 shy of the school record of 18.
-Louisville finished ‘The Year of the Thief” with 430 steals, SMASHING the record set last season of 353.

Peyton Siva

Career
-Peyton Siva finishes his career 37th on the All-Time Scoring List with 1215 points.
-Siva finishes #2 All-Time in Career Assists with 677. (LaBradford Smith 87-91 is #1 with 713).

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Welcome to immortality, Rick Pitino.

One of the best college basketball coaches ever has been selected for inclusion into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, according to reports from ESPN. They couldn’t have chosen a more deserving individual.

With his vigorous work ethic and strong interpersonal relationships, Pitino brings out the best in the people with whom he works. The coach has a purpose for everything he says, whether in jest or seriously, to a friend, to a stranger, a media representative or a fan. Pitino has a way of making the person he is addressing feel like he believes he or she the most important person in his life at the moment.

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