Tale of The Tape, Predictions: Louisville vs. Virginia Tech

The Cardinals hit the road for their ACC opener against the Hokies.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville (4-3, 0-0 ACC) is set to face Virginia Tech (5-3, 0-0 ACC) on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 4:00 p.m. EST from the Cassell Coliseum. Here's how the Cardinals stack up against the Hokies:

- Rankings:

	Virginia Tech	Louisville
AP/USA TODAY	NR/NR	NR/NR
NET	N/A	N/A
RPI	103rd	261st
SOS	109th	276th
BPI	40th	258th
KenPom	69th	163rd
Torvik	64th	178th
Sagarin	N/A	N/A

- Team Leaders:

	Virginia Tech	Louisville
Points	Hunter Cattoor (14.9)	Skyy Clark (17.4)
Rebounds	Lynn Kidd (7.9)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (9.0)
Assists	Sean Pedulla (4.6)	Ty-Laur Johnson (3.7)
Steals	M.J. Collins (1.7)	Tre White (1.0)
Blocks	Robbie Beran (1.3)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (0.9)

- Scoring:

	Virginia Tech	Louisville
Points Per Game	74.4	76.4
Field Goal %	43.4%	42.2%
FGM/FGA Per Game	24.1/55.6	25.0/59.3
Three Point %	34.3%	28.0%
3PTM/3PTA Per Game	7.5/21.9	5.3/18.9
Free Throw %	80.1%	72.5%
FTM/FTA Per Game	18.6/23.3	21.1/29.1

- Rebounding:

	Virginia Tech	Louisville
Rebounds Per Game	34.0	39.9
Off. Reb. Per Game	9.5	13.9
Def. Reb. Per Game	24.5	27.0
Rebound Margin	1.1	4.2

- Defense:

	Virginia Tech	Louisville
Opp. Points Per Game	68.6	74.6
Opp. FG%	43.8%	44.7%
Opp. 3P%	33.9%	30.4%
Steals Per Game	6.6	5.3
Blocks Per Game	2.4	2.9

- Ball Handling:

	Virginia Tech	Louisville
Assists Per Game	15.1	10.4
Turnovers Per Game	11.6	13.3
Turnover Margin	2.4	-1.0
Assist/Turnover Ratio	1.3	0.8

- ESPN Prediction: Per ESPN's Basketball Power Index, Louisville has a 6.6 percent chance to win against Virginia Tech.

- KenPom Prediction: Per KenPom.com, the Cardinals have a 17 percent chance to take down the Hokies, with a projected final score of 80-70 in favor of Virginia Tech.

- Torvik Prediction: Per BartTorvik.com, the Cardinals have a 13 percent chance to take down the Hokies, with a projected final score of 81-69 in favor of Virginia Tech.

- Personal Prediction: Virginia Tech 83, Louisville 74.

(Photo of Curtis Williams, Skyy Clark: Jared Anderson - Louisville Report)

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