Without veteran leader Amile Jefferson and longtime head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils played some of their sloppiest basketball in years en route to a 78-69 loss to the No. 14 Louisville Cardinals.

Louisville's defense has made several strong opposing offenses look silly. The Cardinals held both Purdue and Indiana to season lows in scoring and nearly did the same to Kentucky. And in their first game after allowing Pittsburgh's Jamel Artis to score 43 points, it was a given they would come at Duke with more intensity than usual.

But the Blue Devils didn't help themselves one bit in a game full of careless mista...

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