European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes saturday March 172007 suns hash three at end of regulation keys suns 20t win Over mavs Page 36 sent packing with Louisville feeling right at Home Surprise selection Stanford ousted in Blowout will Graves the associated press Lexington by Rick Piti no stood in front of the Bench As the clock wound Down urging his players on enjoying the moment for one Day at least he was King at Rupp Arena once again playing the kind of relentless style that become a Pitino Trade Mark Louisville crushed Stan Ford 7858 thursday in the open ing round of the South regional the sixth seeded cardinals made themselves right at Home on the floor of archrival Ken Tucky a place Pitino who led the wildcats to a National title 11 years ago still holds dear its Tough coming in Here Pitino admitted it was much different coming in Here this time around and feeling like Darth Vader the other times Louisville 249 dominated from the opening tip in front of a highly partisan crowd that temporarily turned usually Blue Rupp Arena into a sea of red we try to Block everything out except the style that is going to beat the opposition Pitino said that style looked familiar to the one Pitino implemented while resurrecting the wildcats nearly 20 years ago the cardinals forced let seeded Stanford 1813 into 21 turnovers and didst let up the message before the game was we have got to take More chances in the Mcaa Pitino said i said some teams come out tight you cant be that Way get out there and be risk takers Stanford had to travel More than 2400 Miles across the coun try and was playing at am put Stanford  find its fooling against Louisville aggressive full court pressure that harassed the Cardinal All game Long full court pressure was not something weve seen in games but weve worked on it in prac Tice Stanford guard Anthony goods said we planned on at tacking it but we got out there and started thinking too much we started playing to their advantage when we started thinking and they forced some turnovers Edgar Sosa and David Padgett scored 16 Points each for Louis Ville freshmen forwards Earl Clark and Derrick Caracter added 12 Points apiece and fresh Man guard Jerry Smith scored 10 As Louisville four youngsters played with the kind of poise that Al de Louisville Terrence Williams left and Jerry Smith celebrate at hat time of the cardinals first round blow out of Stanford on thursday Louisville led 4620 at the half and cruised thereafter to a 7858 Victory Stanford Brook Lopez right and Robin Lopez watch the Clos ing minutes of a 7858 first round Mcaa loss against Louisville helped propel Louisville to Sec Ond place in the big East we were the Force today Sosa said playing less than 80 Miles from Campus Louisville roared to a 4113 Lead 15 minutes in and cruised the rest of the Way we wanted to turn it up defensively guard Brandon Jenkins said we just wanted to put a lot of pressure on the Ball i didst want to go Home Stanford twin Brothers Robin and Brook Lopez picked up two Quick fouls freeing up the Middle for the cardinals who outscored Stanford 3622 inside despite being at a significant size disadvantage Brook Lopez led Stanford with 18 Points but the Cardinal did Little to validate their Surprise a Large selection Pitino had worried about his freshmen Laden teams ability to adjust to the pressure of the Mcaa tournament but the Cardi nals hardly seemed intimidated by the stage Louisville opened the game on a 122 run using full court pres sure to frustrate Stanford into careless turnovers on one end of the floor then smartly getting open shots at the other end with Robin Lopez languishing on the Bench after collecting his second foul just three minutes in the cardinals feasted on a suddenly wide open Lane their big Guys really came out and were using their bodies Well Brook Lopez said they were finishing Strong even with Contact you have to give them All the credit for their play they were aggressive attacking the rim Mcaa tournament first round Maryland gets scare pulls away from no 13 seed Davidson late Georgetown makes Quick work of Belmont Butler Wash state Advance after slow starts Mcaa action pages 3739 Wii base now Home to endurance race racing St 33