This article was posted Monday morning on ESPN.com by Andrea Adelson. She talks about the many challenges that Bobby Petrino will face in his first season back at UofL where he will have to replace a lot of really good players. By Andrea Adelson: There are universal challenges every first-year coach must face, whether he…
Month: March 2014
Justin Simon, who Scout.com ranks as the top point guard in the class of 2015, has narrowed his list to 10 and Louisville has made the cut. Simon is 6’5 from Temecula, California. On Monday night, Simon tweeted that his top 10 are (alphabetical order): Arizona, Colorado, Creighton, Kansas, Louisville, New Mexico, San Diego State,…
Today it was announced WHAS Radio’s Paul Rogers, the “Voice of the Cardinals,” was named to Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. Congrats out to you from CSZ and CardNation! Go Cards!
Press release from the American Athletic Conference. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES ALL-CONFERENCE AND ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS Three unanimous selections highlight All-Conference First Team MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Three finalists for the Wooden Award, which goes to the nation’s top player, were among the five players chosen for the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team, as voted…
Monday was a good day for a couple of Louisville basketball signees. Early in the day, Shaqquan Aaron was named to the Jordan Brand Classic roster. The in the evening, 6’10 center/power forward Chinanu Onuaku and his Riverdale Baptist team won the private school state championship in Maryland. On top of that, Onuaku was named MVP…
Official release from UofL: Schedule Change: No. 10 Louisville Baseball to Host WIU for Tuesday Doubleheader Expected inclement weather forces change in midweek schedule for Cardinals and Leathernecks LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Due to expected inclement weather on Wednesday, the 10th-ranked Louisville baseball team will host for Western Illinois for a doubleheader on Tuesday at 2 p.m.,…
This week…..on 55….. We talk about huge basketball wins, Women’s Basketball advancing to the AAC tourney final, Sr night and the end of 55? And much, much more. Well here we go. Once again, I share with you the 55 most ridiculous things I have heard, had to debate, or just thought about this past…
Here is the updated Women’s AP poll updated as of 3/10/14: AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Connecticut (36) 33-0 900 2 Notre Dame 32-0 864 3 Louisville 30-3 799 4 Tennessee 27-5 784 5 West Virginia 29-3 719 6 Stanford 29-3 711 7 Baylor 28-4 698 8 South Carolina 27-4 665 9…
Louisville basketball signee Shaqquan Aaron was named to the roster for the Jordan Brand Classic, which is probably the second biggest High School All-Star game behind the McDonald’s All-American game. Here is the release from JordanBrandClassic.com. For the second straight year, Barclays Center will serve as the host venue for the 13th annual Jordan Brand…
Bleacher Report released their All-Conference picks for the American Athletic Conference as well as their individual awards. Russ Smith and Montrezl Harrell made the first team, and Terry Rozier was named Freshman of the Year in the conference. Click here to see the full page on their site. First team F Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, sophomore –…
The regular-season awards are starting to roll in for Russ Smith. Today, the All-American teams were named for NBC Sports, Bleacher Report, and Sporting News, and Russ made the 1st team for all three! That is a huge honor for the senior guard. All 3 publications mention the 13 assists that Russ dished out on…
Here is the updated Men’s basketball coaches poll as of 3/10/14: USA Today Coaches Poll RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Florida (25) 29-2 793 2 Wichita State (7) 34-0 775 3 Villanova 28-3 721 4 Arizona 28-3 678 5 Louisville 26-5 654 6 Duke 24-7 591 7 San Diego State 27-3 584 8 Virginia 25-6…
Here is the updated Men’s AP Top 25 Poll updated as of 3/10/14: 1 Florida (50) SEC Record: 29-2 PV Rank 1 Points 1,610 2 Wichita State (15) Missouri Valley Record: 34-0 2 1,574 3 Villanova Big East Record: 28-3 6 1,454 4 Arizona Pac-12 Record: 28-3 3 1,435 5 Louisville American Athletic Conference (AAC)…
The latest Joe Lunardi Bracketology has the Cards as a #4 seed in the East. While I think the Cards will be a 2 or a 3 I would gladly take this draw.
Russ Smith continues his climb in the UofL record books in some categories. The biggest surprise to me is one where he isn’t even in the top 10 yet, and that is assists in a season. Russ needs 11 assists to tie Reece Gaines for the 10th most assists in a single season. Raise your…
Jeff Walz and the Louisville Cardinals will get another shot at the top ranked and undefeated UConn Huskies on Monday night in the Championship game of the AAC Tournament. Last Monday, UConn defeated Louisville 68-48 at the KFC Yum! Center. Back in February in Storrs, UConn won 81-64. Everyone knows this will be a tall…
The Louisville Football team wrapped up it’s 2014 Testing Week with Squats and 225lb Reps. This video showcases some of the top performers of the day in the Squats. https://twitter.com/CoachPetrinoUL/status/441710323968401408 https://twitter.com/CoachPetrinoUL/status/441710511986466816
Testing Week continued on Wednesday, March 5th as the Cards showed off their Hang & Clean Lift and Vertical Jump skills. This video highlights the Hang & Clean portion of the day.
Here is the latest video from @CrumsRevenge of TheCrunchZone.com. It is a great tribute to one of the most beloved Cardinals to ever wear the jersey. It is simply titled: Russ
The Cards finished their regular season yesterday and well………..they are good. With UC, Memphis, SMU, and UConn the Cards finished with about as hard a stretch as anyone in the country. Due to a coin flip we know the Cards will be the #2 seed in the AAC Tournament but where will they be…