Louisville takes care of Marshall, 80-66

Hearing and comprehending are two different things. The key is often being receptive to what’s being said.

That’s what the observer often tells one who says he never listens to anything she says.

Anyway, this may be what sets this University of Louisville basketball team apart from some in recent memory, a few players of old not paying much attention or preferring to do things their own way.

For the most part, this team seems to get it, knowing where to look for the answers, paying attention, doing what needed to be done in an 80-66 win over Marshall.

If not, there’s always the bench where Rakeem Buckles sat after getting one rebound in the first half. He would not start the second but he would lead his team with six of his seven rebounds and 10 of his 12 points in the final 20 minutes.

• Stephan Van Treese, one of those Indiana good old boys loving his basketball, relishing every minute of playing time. His exuberance denying him of a roof-shaking dunk but still netting him three steals, four rebounds and eight points — and the spark UofL needed in the second half.

• Peyton Siva is spending a lot of time on the bench as well, maybe because he’s getting in foul trouble, playing out of control in the lane at times, or both. The type of player who will admit he needs to get better at disguising the fouling, playing under control.

• Terrence Jennings playing within the system, seeming to have learned that’s what works best for him, that the points will come. Knowing that Rick Pitino’s way is the best path to the NBA.

Gotta feel for Kyle Kuric, the Freedom Hall legend, spending so much time watching the action. But everyone knows that Kuric will be indispensable at times, and in the not-too-distant future.