Louisville's David Padgett after the Cards win their ACC season opener against Pitt Scott Utterback/Louisville Courier Journal

Ryan McMahon and Quentin Snider sat in their room on campus Friday night and talked.

Deng Adel, a junior tri-captain, said the practice schedule changed, with the coaches calling for more ferocity in workouts.

Senior center Anas Mahmoud, who fouled out without making an impact on Friday's game, went to the gym for a workout after returning home from Lexington.

They all, however, repeated the same mantra: Life goes on; the season continues; and there are plenty of opportunities going forward to use the Kentucky game as a reminder of what happens when things go wrong.