No. 24 Louisville carries ‘belief’ into clash vs. familiar foe SMU

CHARLOTTE -- There might not be many secrets when SMU and No. 24-ranked Louisville meet Wednesday afternoon in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

The clash will mark the third between the teams in less than 1 1/2 months.

The Cardinals (22-9), who hold the tournament's sixth seed, are looking to generate momentum after a late-February slump temporarily knocked them out of the national rankings.

No. 11 seed SMU (20-12) topped 14th-seeded Syracuse 86-69 in a first-round game Tuesday.