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Civil War: Kentucky vs. Louisville in Final Four

Posted March 30, 2012 on AP on Fox
PLAYERS: John Calipari
TEAMS: Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky coach John Calipari likes to say there are no rivalry games at this point in the season. Try telling that to the Bluegrass State, where basketball's version of the civil war - Kentucky vs. Louisville, winner plays for the NCAA title - has so divided the small state that senior citizens have actually come to fisticuffs. Basketball purists may argue that Duke-North Carolina or Kansas-Missouri are the game's biggest, most intense rivalries. But those are like quaint tea parties compared with the animosity between Kentucky and Louisville. Think Auburn-Alabama on the hardcourt, and you get the idea. Top-seeded Kentucky has an overwhelming edge in the series with its in-state rival, winning 29 of their 43 games, including a 69-62 victory at Rupp Arena on Dec. 31.
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