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NEW YORK -- Louisville coach Jeff Walz is never one to mince words. After his team lost to No. 5 Maryland on Thursday, he called out his players for their lack of hustle, missed free throws and inadequate defense.He then went on to discuss societys decision to hand out trophies to nearly everyone who plays a game now regardless of whether they win or lose.Youve got to have a will. Youve got to have a will, he said. Right now the generation of kids that are coming through, everybody gets a damn trophy, OK? You finish last, you come home with a trophy. You kidding me? I mean, whats that teaching kids? Its OK to lose. And unfortunately, its our society. Its what were building for. And its not just in basketball; its in life. You know, everybody thinks they should get a job. Everybody thinks they should get a good job. No, thats not the way it works. But unfortunately thats what we are preparing for. Because you finish fifth, you walk home with this nice trophy, parents are all excited.His team responded to their coachs viral rant by showing toughness down the stretch in an overtime win over rival Kentucky on Sunday.We all took it to heart, Louisville star Myisha Hines-Allen said. We knew we had Kentucky coming in next, so we had to chew it, had to take it and come ready to play. It started in practice because we had energy that next day. He was completely right.In other things that happened this week:POLL MUSINGS: Its was a rough week for a few teams in the Top 25. Third-ranked South Carolina dropped its first contest of the season, losing at Duke. The Gamecocks could see their run of top five appearances in the poll end as theyve been in the first five every week since the start of the 2014 season. The win was Dukes highest since the Blue Devils beat No. 3 Ohio State in 2009. No. 12 Oklahoma lost a pair of games. No. 22 Tennessee also got blown out by Baylor on Sunday, and should fall out of the poll Monday. That would mark the second straight season that the Lady Vols fell out of the Top 25.STRONG STARTS: No. 21 Colorado continues its unbeaten run to start the season as the Buffaloes won their eighth consecutive game (8-0) under first-year head coach JR Payne. Theyve already surpassed last seasons win total (7-23) and are off to their best start since 2013. Its only the sixth time that Colorado has won its first eight games and is only the second time the school has done it while beating a Top 25 team (Kentucky) in those contests. Next up for the Buffs is rival Colorado State on Thursday. ... Providence is also undefeated through its first seven games, the best beginning to a season for the Friars since 1990-91. ... Boise State has won its first seven games for the first time since 2009-10. The Broncos beat Washington State 77-73 in OT on Sunday, their first road win over a Pac-12 opponent since Dec. 9, 2007.HONORING NIELE: Notre Dame honored longtime assistant and former star Niele Ivey by putting her in the schools Ring of Honor on Sunday . The 39-year old has coached at the school for the past decade and is the third womens basketball player to have the accolade, joining teammate Ruth Riley and Skylar Diggins. Ivey helped the Irish win the national championship in 2001 as the starting point guard.RISING TO THE RAFTERS: Rutgers retired the No. 25 jersey of former great Cappie Pondexter on Thursday night at halftime of the game against Duke. The former star became the third womens player at the school to have that honor, with her No. 25 joining June Olkowski and Sue Wicks in the rafters. Pondexter helped the Scarlet Knights reach the NCAA Tournament regional final her junior season. 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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Hall of Famer Marcus Allen met up with the New Orleans Saints during their Bay Area visit and offered some insight about handling business.He also posed a question: Who was the oldest guy in the room?Drew Brees, who is pushing 38, raised his hand.Ive known Marcus for a long time, ever since I was a young player in this league, and Ive been around him enough to know hes one of the greatest players to ever play the game at the running back position. He played longer than I think any running backs ever played, he played 16 years, Brees said. I got to raise my hand and say 16 years. That kind of matches him.You wouldnt know it the way Brees is throwing the ball with authority, confidence and precision at this stage of his decorated career.He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Michael Thomas and another to Mark Ingram, who also ran for a career-best 75-yard score a week after being benched as the Saints beat the lowly San Francisco 49ers 41-23 on Sunday.Not that the Saints necessarily needed any extra motivation for their first game at Levis Stadium, yet Allens words were appreciated nonetheless.He had great words for us, Brees said. A lot of it was talking about being a pro, how to conduct yourself and what this games all about, the relationships and the opportunity to win and do it for each other.Brees got another example right within his own locker room: Tim Hightower made a point to offer some thoughtful words to Ingram, who bounced back from being benched last week after fumbling for a second straight game.Ingram, replaced by Hightower during last Sundays 25-20 win against Seattle, scored his second straight TD for the Saints on a career-long run to answer immediately after DuJuan Harris caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Colin Kaepernick. Ingrams run also was the second-longest in Saints history and he wound up with 158 yards rushing as San Francisco allowed an opposing 100-yard runner for the seventh straight game.To see him respond the way he did, Im proud of him, Hightower said. Thats not easy to do.The Saints (4-4) put up 571 yards of total offense to win for the fourth time in five games following an 0-3 start .Brees went 28 of 39 for 323 yards in the Saints first trip to San Franciscos home field since a 36-32 loss in the divisional playoffs after the 2011 season.ddddddddddddHe appreciates how much everybody has been willing to do as New Orleans gets back on track, regardless of number of touches or role week to week.Take Ingram and Hightower, who scored the Saints first touchdown of the day on a 4-yard run and finished with 87 yards rushing.They motivate one another. Theres a drive, theyre as happy for the other guy as they are for anybody when something good happens, Brees said. Theyre there for each other. I think they understand the big picture, too, like man, we need both of you guys.MILESTONE QB:Brees now has 449 career touchdown passes, leaving him one shy of becoming the third player to throw for 450 TDs. Peyton Manning (539) and Hall of Famer Brett Favre (508) are the others.In addition, he has 55 career games passing for at least 300 yards while throwing three touchdown passes, most in NFL history. Also, he didnt have an interception Sunday, becoming the first player in league history with 30 career games recording 300 yards passing, three TDs and no interceptions.KAEPERNICKS DAYIn his third start back as San Franciscos No. 1 quarterback, Kaepernick had his best performance yet with 398 yards passing -- second most of his career -- and touchdown throws of 47 yards to DuJuan Harris and 65 yards to Vance McDonald. He also became the 15th player in franchise history to rush for 2,000 yards.Today was a step in the right direction, Kaepernick said.But the Niners (1-7) lost their seventh straight game since shutting out the Rams to start the year.UP NEXTIt doesnt get any easier for the Saints. They will host Super Bowl champion Denver next week then have a short week to prepare for divisional opponent and Carolina.Youve got to continue to find ways to win each and every week, Brees said.The 49ers travel to Arizona next week to face the Cardinals for a second time after losing 33-21 at home on Oct. 6, then its back to Levis Stadium for another tough opponent in the New England Patriots on Nov. 20.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '