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Louisville's Russ Smith honors late mentor Jack Curran

Thursday March 14, 2013 11:05 PM By Greg Logan

Villanova's Mouphtaou Yarou is defended by Louisville's Gorgui

Photo credit: AP

Russ Smith and his Louisville teammates got to meet former President Bill Clinton Thursday night after their 74-55 Big East quarterfinal victory over Villanova, but that was a mere footnote to Smith on the day one of the most important men he’d ever met died.

As a faithful alum of Archbishop Molloy, Smith placed a friendly call to the athletic offices of the Queens school on Thursday morning...

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