The Louisville Cardinals are no longer unbeaten after losing 85-48 on the road at Wisconsin Saturday. Louisville falls to 4-1. Wisconsin is now 6-1 overall. Wisconsin raced out to a 25-4 lead through the first 11 minutes and did not look back from there. Louisville was down 44-18 at halftime, its largest halftime deficit in…
Author: Ben Gumbel
Time: Noon TV: ESPN2 Line: Wisconsin -6.0 Projected Lineups: Louisville is on the road at Wisconsin Saturday for its rescheduled ACC-Big 10 Challenge game. Louisville is 4-0 on the season, but the Cards have not played since defeating Western Kentucky on Dec. 1 at home. Wisconsin is 5-1 with its only loss coming on the…
Head coach Chris Mack and sophomore Samuell Wilkinson joined the media Thursday for the men’s basketball weekly press conference. They discussed Louisville’s recent break due to COVID-19 and how they are preparing for the team’s first week back in action. Louisville has not played a game since defeating Western Kentucky on Dec. 1. The Cards…
There was not much movement for Louisville in the polls this week. The highly anticipated matchup with Wisconsin was postponed last week and Wednesday’s game with NC State has also been pushed back. It has been almost two weeks since we saw the Cards play a game, but it appears the season will resume Saturday…
In my preview of the 2020-2021 Louisville men’s basketball season, I posed a couple specific questions and addressed some very real concerns. I will be the first to admit that through four games, these Louisville Cardinals look much better, or at least much better right now, than I would have ever predicted. I was a…
The Louisville Cardinals are now 4-0 on the season after an impressive 75-54 win over Western Kentucky Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center. WKU drops to 2-2 overall with the loss. David Johnson led the Cards with 17 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals. Dre Davis led all scorers with 21 points…
Western Kentucky comes to town for an in-state matchup with Louisville on Tuesday night. WKU is 2-1 after placing 2nd in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic in South Dakota over the weekend. The Hilltoppers picked up two notable wins over Northern Iowa and Memphis before falling to now 11th-ranked West Virginia in the title…
The Louisville Cardinals are now 3-0 after an 86-64 win over Prairie View A&M on Sunday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Prairie View is now 1-2 after the loss. Jae’lyn Withers led the Cards with 20 points and 9 rebounds on 8 of 10 from the field. David Johnson scored 19 points with 3…
The Louisville Cardinals are back at the Yum! Center for a Sunday night matchup with Prairie View A&M. Probable Lineups: Time: 6:04 p.m. ET TV: Fox Sports South Line: Louisville -26.0 Prairie View is 1-1 so far in the Tip-off Classic after beating Evansville on Friday 64-61. Louisville is 2-0 after narrowly escaping Seton Hall…
The Louisville Cardinals improved to 2-0 with a 71-70 victory over Seton Hall on Friday at the KFC Yum! Center. Carlik Jones led the Cards with 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Quinn Slazinski added 10 points and 7 boards. Both Jae’lyn Withers and Dre Davis each finished with 11 points. For Seton Hall,…
The Louisville Cardinals will look to pick up a win over their first power conference opponent of the season as Seton Hall comes to town for an Friday afternoon matchup. Probable Lineups: Time: 4:00 p.m. TV: ESPN2 Line: Louisville -6.0 Seton Hall probably had its best regular season under Kevin Willard a year ago. The…
The Louisville Cardinals started their 2020-2021 men’s basketball season with a comfortable 79-44 win over Evansville on the first day of the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic at the KFC Yum! Center. 🎥: Highlights from the Cards 79-44 victory over Evansville.#GoCards pic.twitter.com/Zo7rZ5nZ5U — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) November 25, 2020 Carlik Jones looked worthy of the…
There is one word that has often been used when describing the 2020-2021 Louisville Cardinals men’s basketball team: uncertainty. Not unlike the backcourt, the Cards frontcourt lacks experience. That issue only got worse with recent injury developments. Nonetheless, there are plenty of reasons to be excited about this group. Personnel: Losses: Steven Enoch, Dwayne Sutton…
The Louisville men’s basketball season starts on Wednesday against Evansville at the KFC Yum! Center, followed by four more games in the next 10 days. Right now we do not know exactly how the season will go. Louisville is currently scheduled to play 27 regular season games, including a full 20 game ACC schedule. Games…
The 2020-21 Louisville Men’s Basketball season is rapidly approaching. Today, we preview the Cards backcourt ahead of Wednesday’s season opener. It is a group that lost a lot of production from last year’s squad. With a mix of fresh and familiar faces, the backcourt looks to be the strength of this Cardinal basketball team. Personnel…
Louisville’s 2020-2021 men’s basketball season tips off this week, and there are no shortage of fresh faces on the new squad. The Cards added three scholarship freshman as well as four walk-ons. Per usual, Coach Mack dipped into the graduate transfer market and picked up two highly coveted seniors. Today, we look at the new…
Reigning NBA Sixth Man of the Year and Cardinal forever Montrezl Harrell has found himself a new team. Harrell has signed a 2 year/$19 million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, details first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Free agent Montrezl Harrell has agreed to a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers,…
Louisville Men’s Basketball head coach Chris Mack joined Andy Katz of NCAA.com for their virtual “Media Day Madness” this week. In the video call, Mack discusses the challenges his team has faced ahead of this unique 2020-2021 season. “This COVID deal has opened up a can of worms, and we’re doing the best we can….
Head Coach Chris Mack joined the media on Wednesday to discuss his team and their preparation ahead of next week’s season opener. On Thursday, sophomore Samuell Williamson briefly joined the press to reflect on his freshman year and discuss his preparation ahead of the 2020-2021 season.
Louisville guard David Johnson is one of 50 players named to the preseason watchlist for the 2021 Naismith Men’s Player of the Year award. 🏆 @NaismithTrophy Watch List 👀 @DavidJohnson13 pic.twitter.com/cE72XrqTbj — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) November 19, 2020 Johnson was limited in non-conference play last season, missing the first four games of the year…