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Louisville Cardinals (18-6, 8-4) vs. Baylor Bears (13-11, 3-9) Game Time: 4 p.m. Location: Dickies Arena: Fort Worth, TX Television: ESPN Announcers: Dave Pasch (play-by-play) and Sean Farnham (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 6.5 Series: Baylor leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Baylor won 66-63 on Nov. 25, 2016 in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game at Paradise Islands, Bahamas Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville […]
If I was to make a highlight film for tonight’s game against Wake Forest it would be set to the song Takin’ Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. It wasn’t a perfect game but the Cards came out and did what they had to do to ensure a victory by a comfortable margin. Every player […]
—NET Rankings Update (men’s): No. 14. —NET Rankings Update (women’s): No. 8. —The Louisville women’s basketball team begins a three-game homestand with a 7 p.m. tilt against Wake Forest Thursday night. Here’s a preview. —The Louisville baseball team kicks off its season tomorrow with the first of a three-game home set against Michigan State. U […]
If you were hoping to hear how Paul Rogers and Bob Valvano handled Mikel Brown Jr.’s historic 45-point performance on Monday night, you’re in luck. Thanks to U of L for making this available.
A historic night calls for a quick emergency podcast. Direct link here.
On December 1, 1967, senior Westley Unseld, the greatest player in Louisville basketball history, scored 45 points in a 118-86 win over Georgetown. That would be seriously overmatched Georgetown Ky. Tigers, not the Georgetown Hoyas. Fifty eight years, two months and eight days (21,255 days) later Mikel Brown Jr., a heralded freshmen, thought by many […]
Facing the hottest team in the ACC and one of the hottest teams in college basketball on Monday night, Louisville and its formerly slumping point guard delivered a historically dominant performance. Mikel Brown Jr. tied the U of L school record for both points (45) and made three-pointers (10) in a single game as the […]
Big, big one. Need to get hot. Go Cards.
Louisville Cardinals (17-6, 7-4) vs. NC State Wolfpack (18-6, 9-2) Game Time: 7 p.m. Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky. Television: ESPN Announcers: Dave O’Brien (play-by-play), Jay Williams (analysis) and Molly McGrath (sideline) Favorite: Louisville by 6.5 Series: Louisville leads, 15-14 Last Meeting: Louisville won 91-66 on Feb. 12, 2025 in Raleigh Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville NC State Injury Reports: Statistics: […]
Louisville must’ve watched the tape from the Duke game Thursday night and thought “oh hey coming out high energy and smothering the other team is a great way to start the game let’s try that!” The Cards literally held Syracuse scoreless from the field for the entire first quarter and went into the 2nd up […]
Given that Sunday evening’s upcoming halftime show, bookended by two halves of football, shall take place nearby, any number of hundreds of lead-in shows have come from Alcatraz. Scenic, I suppose. ACC Country is a continent away from the iconic prison, but make no mistake, U of L’s 88-80 victory over Wake Forest was an […]
After struggling defensively for much of the second half, Louisville held Wake Forest scoreless for the final four minutes and 42 seconds of an 88-80 triumph Saturday afternoon in Winston-Salem. Over those final five minutes, Cardinal center Sananda Fru blocked three shots, two of them on Demon Deacon star Juke Harris, who scored a game-high […]
Let’s get that elusive third straight win. Go Cards.
Louisville Cardinals (16-6, 6-4) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (11-11, 2-7) Game Time: Noon Location: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Winston-Salem, N.C. Television: ACC Network Announcers: Wes Durham (play-by-play) and Dennis Scott (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 7.5 Series: Louisville leads, 10-5 Last Meeting: Louisville won 72-59 on Jan. 28, 2025 in Louisville Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville Wake Forest Injury Reports: […]
—Spread check: Louisville by 7.5. —Bilal Powell has been named to the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026. —Joe Lunardi’s new Bracketology for ESPN has Louisville as a 6-seed facing the winner of a First Four matchup between New Mexico and Ohio State. —Early reminder that Monday’s game against NC State is […]
This game was hyped on social media all week. The battle of the two unbeaten ACC teams. The Yum Center was packed. Unfortunately in the first quarter it appeared only the Duke players got the memo that this was a huge game. The Blue Devils came out and smacked the Cards in the mouth and […]
It’s the first time in ACC history that two 11-0 teams have squared off against one another. Let’s make it 15 in a row. Go Cards.
Thinking long term, which seems apropos since it’s that February turn for the home stretch of the season, there’s a singular vision that haunts. And, no, it’s not Kasean Pryor firing a triple, thereby pushing good fortune during far and away his signature performance of the year. As scary as that open FG attempt from […]
They aren’t going to hang the game in a museum, but Louisville got the job done Wednesday night with a 76-65 triumph over visiting Notre Dame. Five players scored in double figures for a Cardinal team that found a way to win despite shooting just 7-for-31 (23%) from beyond the arc. Isaac McKneely’s 13 points […]
Can’t have a perfect February if you don’t win the first game of February. Go Cards.
—Spread check: Louisville by 17.5. —ACC commissioner Jim Phillips says the tiebreaker for making the ACC football championship game will change for next season. —Ryan Conwell has been named to the Julius Erving Award (best small forward in college basketball) midseason list. —Jeff Brohm has been impressed by what he’s seen from Lincoln Keinholz over […]
From U of L: University of Louisville football assistant coaches Mark Ivey and Steve Ellis have been named Co-Defensive Coordinators, head coach Jeff Brohm announced. Ivey and Ellis will share defensive coordinator responsibilities, with Ivey leading the defensive line and Ellis overseeing the secondary. Ivey has coached the Cardinals’ linebackers since being retained when Brohm was hired prior to the 2023 […]
Louisville Cardinals (15-6, 5-4) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-11, 2-7) Game Time: 7 p.m. Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky. Television: ESPN2 Announcers: Wes Durham (play-by-play) and Dennis Scott (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 17.5 Series: Louisville leads, 27-19 Last Meeting: Louisville won 75-60 on Feb. 16, 2025 in South Bend Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville Notre Dame Injury Reports: […]
Louisville has 10 regular season games remaining, as it currently stands, six of those games will be Quadrant I opportunities. Even so, none of the 10 teams the Cards will play between now and March 7 appear to be realistic national title contenders (we can check back in on North Carolina in a couple of […]
—NET Rankings Update (men’s): No. 17. —NET Rankings Update (women’s): No. 8. —The Louisville women’s basketball team is up to No. 6 in this week’s AP poll. —The men’s team barely hung in the rankings, slipping to No. 24 in the AP poll and No. 23 in the coaches’. —In college basketball, “desperation” isn’t a […]