Louisville coach Rick Pitino argued the 16-team Big East should split into two divisions once TCU becomes the league's 17th member in 2012.

Under the Pitino plan, the Eastern Division would featureVillanova, Georgetown, St. John's, DePaul, Marquette,Seton Hall, Providence, Notre Dame, and South Florida. And in the West would be Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville,West Virginia, Cincinnati, TCU, Rutgers and UConn.

Teams would play opponents from their own divisions twice apiece but they wouldn't play schools in the other division except during the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden.  Pitino would favor adding one more team so that both divisions would have nine schools and each could play 16 league games.

"You build rivalries within your division," Pitino wrote.  "Each team would play 16 league games.  Everything would be fair and level for everyone."

Tim Hardaway, Jr. of Michigan scored 21 points and Jeremy Lamb of NCAA champion Connecticut tipped in his own miss with 29 seconds to play to give the United States a 78-77 victory over Australia on Sunday in the fifth-place game of FIBA’s Under 19 World Championships.

Lamb finished 2 for 16 from the field for the U.S. (7-2), which came in as the defending champion but was beaten in the quarterfinals by Russia.

Hugh Greenwood had 26 points for Australia (6-3), including six 3-pointers, but he missed a desperation 3 in the final seconds against some solid defense by Hardaway.