John Clay of Lexington Herald-Leader sounds of on UK-UL match-up:

There was Cedric "Swoop" Jenkins' tip, or swat, or whatever it was that gave UK a one-point win in 1987.

There was the Samaki Walker block party that engineered a two-point Louisville upset celebration on New Year's Day in 1995.

There was Patrick Sparks' miracle three clutch free throws with practically no time remaining that gave the Cats a two-point win in 2004.

And then there's, well, there's the fact that while Kentucky-Louisville is always great spectacle, it hasn't always been great basketball.

"This is a great rivalry," said Rick Pitino, the Louisville coach who has experienced it from both sides. "But most of them have not been great basketball games."

Ah, but Sunday afternoon, this final scheduled Cats-Cards clash in the storied history of the soon-to-be-abandoned Freedom Hall was not most of them.

"Tonight," said Pitino, "was a great basketball game."

And not just because, in his eyes, Pitino's embattled point guard, Edgar Sosa, popped out of the doghouse in time to throw in a startling 26-footer with 2.8 seconds left to give the host Cardinals a dramatic 74-71 victory over the visiting Cats.

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