Take a look at how the Cardinals stack up against the Panthers for their Saturday matchup, and who the statistical models favor:

Putting a poor shooting performance earlier in the week in the rearview mirror, Reyne Smith helped carry Louisville to a hard-earned 82-78 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon as the

Louisville basketball added a Quad 1 win to its NCAA Tournament resume at Pitt. Pat Kelsey's Louisville Cardinals have now won six straight games.

PITTSBURGH, PA - JANUARY 11: Louisville Cardinals guard Reyne Smith (6) shoots during the second half of the college basketball game between the Louisville Cardinals and Pittsburgh Panthers on January 11, 2025, at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

PITTSBURGH — Reyne Smith knocked down a career-best seven 3-pointers and Louisville defeated Pittsburgh 82-78 on Saturday, the sixth straight win for the Cardinals. The loss snapped Pittsburgh's 15-game home win streak that included eight wins over Atlantic Coast Conference opponents. Pitt had won its last five meetings with Louisville.

Pitt took on the Louisville Cardinals in an ACC battle at the Petersen Events Center. The Panthers looked to Jaland Lowe and Damian Dunn to lead the way offensively, as Lowe finished with _ points and Dunn added _.

"A NCAA tournament win by first-year head coaches at West Virginia, Utah State, Louisville and Ohio State would make the supporters of those programs feel as if they were ahead-of-schedule in their respective rebuilding efforts," staff writer Myron Medcalf wrote.

Assists_Louisville 12 (Curry 3, Russell 3), Pittsburgh 11 (Battle 4). Fouled Out_Pittsburgh Faye. Rebounds_Louisville 38 (Harris 8), Pittsburgh 35 (Elmore 9). Total Fouls_Louisville 19 ...

Kennesaw St. at Sam Houston St., 7:30 p.m. North Florida at Cent. Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at East Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. Texas Rio Grande Valley at Incarnate Word, 7:30 p.m.

After all the preseason hubbub about John Calipari’s next chapter, any discussion about who is in line to make the NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s field of 68 has to include this question: Where is Arkansas?

In the midst of its longest losing streak in eight years, Virginia will once again look to get back on track in another ACC rematch, as the Cavaliers travel to take on Louisville on Saturday afternoon just two weeks after these two teams first played back in Charlottesville.

The 271st meeting between Ole Miss and Mississippi State in men's basketball happens this Saturday, January 18 at 5 p.m. in Humphrey