Louisville upends Kentucky

The Cardinals avenged last year's 20-point loss.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky transfer Marvin Stone scored 16 points as Louisville beat No. 14 Kentucky 81-63 Saturday.
The Cardinals avenged last season's 20-point loss in Rick Pitino's return to Rupp Arena. Pitino coached Kentucky from 1989-97, leading the Wildcats to the 1996 NCAA championship.
Ellis Myles had 11 points and 14 rebounds, and freshman Francisco Garcia added 12 for Louisville (7-1), which snapped a three-game losing streak against Kentucky.
Keith Bogans scored 14 for the Wildcats (6-3), who shot 37 percent and went 3-of-18 from 3-point range.
The atmosphere in Freedom Hall was much different than last year's game in Lexington. Pitino was making his first appearance in his former home arena and fans screamed insults at him from the start in Kentucky's 82-62 victory.
On Saturday, Louisville's fans gave Pitino polite applause as he took the floor.
No. 2 Pittsburgh 65, George Mason 41
PITTSBURGH -- Brandin Knight's playmaking led No. 2 Pittsburgh on a 15-4 run just before halftime and the Panthers, relying on their defense to break open the game, cruised to victory over George Mason.
Jaron Brown scored 13 points as Pittsburgh (9-0) matched its best start since the 1987-88 season, the last time it was ranked No. 2. This is the Panthers' best start in coach Ben Howland's four seasons.
Pitt is 38-6 over the last two seasons and has yet to be challenged this season. The Panthers' closest game was a 15-point victory over Duquesne in their opener, and their average victory margin is 27 points.
Knight, a third-team All-American last season, didn't get his first field goal until 4:36 remained in the game, but his ballhandling and defense were largely responsible for Pitt's decisive run.
George Mason (5-4) shot less than 20 percent for much of the first half but trailed only 21-16 with five minutes left in the half.No. 4 Arizona 95, Davidson 69
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Salim Stoudamire scored a season-high 23 points and No. 4 Arizona ran away from Davidson in the first round of the Fiesta Bowl Classic.
Freshman Hassan Adams added 18 points for Arizona (6-1). Another Arizona freshman, Chris Rodgers, scored 14, his collegiate best by nine points.
Freshman Ian Johnson had 21 points and nine rebounds for Davidson (6-2).
No. 16 Mississippi St. 54, No. 5 Oklahoma 45
NEW ORLEANS -- Mario Austin scored 18 points as the Bulldogs upset the Sooners in the Sugar Bowl Classic.
Mississippi State (8-1) shot 36 percent from the field, but made 15-of-19 from the free-throw line to stay ahead.
Hollis Price led Oklahoma (6-2) with 17 points.
No. 6 Connecticut 93, Central Connecticut 65
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Ben Gordon scored 24 points and Emeka Okafor added 17 for the Huskies at the Hartford Civic Center.
Okafor also had 11 rebounds and accounted for eight of 14 blocks by UConn (8-0).
Jon Popofski shot 5-for-8 from 3-point range and led Central (3-4) with 18 points.
No. 11 Oregon 108, UC Riverside 67
EUGENE, Ore. -- Luke Ridnour had 24 points and Luke Jackson added 20 as Oregon beat overmatched UC Riverside for its school record-tying 23rd straight home victory.
Robert Johnson added 12 points and 12 rebounds for Oregon (9-1). Nate Carter and Kevin Butler each had 14 points for UC Riverside (1-5), which dropped its third straight.
Oregon matched the school record set from Feb. 13, 1937, to Jan. 6, 1939. That team, dubbed the Tall Firs, won the 1939 national title. The Ducks' last loss at home was on Feb. 24, 2001, when they fell to Southern California.
No. 12 Florida 99, Bethune-Cookman 64
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Matt Walsh hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 29 points to lead Florida.
Anthony Roberson added 22 points for Florida (10-2).
Richard Toussaint had 15 points for Bethune-Cookman (1-5).
No. 13 Marquette 105, Grambling State 74
MILWAUKEE -- Robert Jackson scored a season-high 26 points and Dwyane Wade had 23 as Marquette won for the 23rd straight time at home.
Sophomore Todd Townsend added a career-high 16 points for the Golden Eagles (8-1).
Paul Haynes' 21 points led the Tigers (3-7).
No. 19 Kansas 80, California 67
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Wayne Simien led a balanced attack with 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for Kansas in the first game of the Pete Newell Challenge.
Nick Collison had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Jayhawks (7-3).
Kirk Hinrich scored 14 points, and Aaron Miles had 11 points and 10 assists as Kansas dominated the Golden Bears.
Amit Tamir scored 18 points for Cal (6-2).
No. 21 Xavier 84, Eastern Kentucky 60
CINCINNATI -- Romain Sato scored 15 of his 23 points in the first half as Xavier beat Eastern Kentucky.
Xavier (8-2) went the last three minutes of the first half without David West, who got poked in the eye. He started the second half but finished with 13 points, matching his season low. He also had 13 rebounds.
Shawn Fields scored 18 points and Kenyatta Dix had 15 for Eastern Kentucky (5-5).
No. 22 North Carolina 63, St. John's 59
NEW YORK -- Rashad McCants scored 21 points, including the clinching free throws with 5.6 seconds to play, and North Carolina beat St. John's in the consolation game of the Holiday Festival to match last season's victory total.
The Tar Heels had two players back who missed the 65-56 opening-round loss to Iona on Friday, but played their first full game without freshman center Sean May, who will miss eight-to-10 weeks with a broken foot.
Jawad Williams had 17 points and 10 rebounds for North Carolina (8-3). Raymond Felton had 11 points and nine assists for the Tar Heels.
No. 24 LSU 74, Tulane 62
NEW ORLEANS -- Darrel Mitchell came off the bench to score 12 points for LSU at the Sugar Bowl Classic.
Ronald Dupree led LSU (8-1) with 22 points.
No. 25 Wake Forest 104, North Carolina A & amp;T 64
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Vytas Danelius scored 18 points and Josh Howard added 17 to lead Wake Forest.
Justin Gray and Eric Williams each scored 13 points for the Demon Deacons (7-0).
Steven Koger scored 14 points for the winless Aggies (0-6).