Speaking with ESPN before his Louisville basketball team tipped off against Oklahoma in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis championship game, head coach Pat Kelsey reached into his bag of Skip Prosser sayings and pulled out one gem of a one-liner. "

Louisville's defensive intensity against Indiana and West Virginia to start the Battle 4 Atlantis was elevated, but this was an area where they struggled over the first half of play. They allowed Oklahoma to got 7-of-14 from deep, shoot 12-of-25 percent from the field and assist on 10 of their 12 shots while only committing three turnovers.

This one has all the makings of a nail-biter, which has Rohit Ponnaiya siding with the underdog Sooners in his Louisville vs. Oklahoma predictions for Friday afternoon.