Louisville coach Rick Pitino is unconcered with seeding heading into the Cardinals' first round matchup with Morehead State.

"I could care less about seedings, I could care less about any of that," Pitino said Monday during a news conference. "I know a lot more about basketball than the people in that (NCAA tournament Selection Committee) room and my job is to coach the Xs and Os of the game.

"I've had to answer stupid e-mails about how could Syracuse be ranked ahead of us, it's taking my time, and getting under my skin, so I don't care."

Pitino is more concerned about Morehead State power forward Kenneth Faried, who leads the nation in rebounding at 14.5 per game.

"He rebounds more than our two centers and our power forward combined, so how difficult is that?" Pitino said. "It's a very difficult assignment for any team, not only us, because our Achilles' heel has been rebounding, now we've got the greatest rebounder in the history of the game to go against.

"He's a Dennis Rodman," Pitino said. "He has unbelievable passion for rebounding, great low-post defensive player. ... He has, technique wise, all the things you want to see in a great rebounder. He knows how to go baseline-out. He knows how to change position to come out of his test tube. He knows how to get position from a guy's back, and he's relentless. The only time he rests on the court is on a free throw and on an underneath out-of-bounds play he'll cop 5 seconds.”