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Palacios validating comparisons to Mashburn

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Wednesday, February 2, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Last year they were the Calamity Cardinals. They were a 10-car pileup of crucial injuries and close losses that turned a 16-1 start and No. 2 national ranking into a 20-10 season that ingloriously ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. This year Lucky Louisville appears to be enjoying a February fortune inversion. Tay-jo Mojo is looking out for these Cards. That would be Colombian freshman power forward Juan Diego Palacios, who goes by Tello, which is pronounced ...

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