#BEATLOUISVILLE pic.twitter.com/XLOoVN1OmW— Patrick Towles (@patty_ice_8) December 29, 2017 Even on the day the University of Kentucky appears in a football bowl game, former players think about THE RIVALRY. The BASKETBALL rivalry. It's game day: Louisville vs. Kentucky in college basketball. The usual hate is there, but something else is missing. Polarizing figure Rick Pitino, who coached both teams over the past 30 years, has been fired. Now UK Coach John Calipari faces upstart UofL Coach David Padgett. It'll be fun but it won't be the same. Both coaches have stirred it up over the years. Calipari once declared that Kentucky was a rare situation because it had no major in-state rivalry. After a last second loss in 2015,