The Cards and Panthers will tipoff the Atlantic Coast Conference season tonight at the KFC Yum! Center for the 1st game of 2018. Kevin Stallings brings in a Pitt team that has struggled to an 8-6 record but does have wins over UC Santa Barbara, Lehigh, High Point, Duquesne, Mt. Saint Mary’s, Delaware State & Towson. The 6 losses have some surprises (Navy & Montana) to go along with some teams you may expect (Penn State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia & Miami).
Here is how Louisville & Pittsburgh stack up against each other:
| Louisville | Pittsburgh | |
| Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 229th | 238th |
| PPG | 77.4 (91st) | 68.7 (253rd) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | 10.8 (54th) | 0.1 (171st) |
| Field Goal % | 45.0% (132nd) | 44.4% (163rd) |
| Effective FG% | 51.1% (160th) | 52.1% (121st) |
| 2-pt FG % | 51.2% (123rd) | 53.4% (70th) |
| 3-pt FG % | 33.9% (214th) | 33.7% (221st) |
| FT % | 75.5% (40th) | 70.4% (185th) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 18.5 (234th) | 19.8 (172nd) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 18.4 (128th) | 16.4 (48th) |
| Rebound Rate | 51.4% (118th) | 49.2% (202nd) |
| Blocks Per Game | 7.9 (2nd) | 3.6 (136th) |
| Steals Per Game | 7.2 (72nd) | 4.9 (296th) |
| Assists Per Game | 13.4 (169th) | 14.4 (116th) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 11.8 (41st) | 14.8 (260th) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 14.2 (116th) | 11.9 (282nd) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 17.2 (93rd) | 17.3 (102nd) |
| Opp Shooting % | 38.4% (17th) | 41.0% (62nd) |
| Opp Effective FG% | 43.4% (11th) | 47.1% (60th) |
| Opp 2-pt FG % | 42.1% (10th) | 45.4% (58th) |
| Opp 3-Pt FG % | 30.7% (34th) | 33.3% (110th) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 2.6 (58th) | 3.8 (236th) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 5.8 (122nd) | 7.1 (276th) |
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