The Louisville Cardinals improved to 4-2 tonight after a hard fought 82-78 over the 8th ranked Michigan State Spartans in overtime at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cards were led by a career high 24-point performance from Ryan McMahon. Louisville led by as many as 12 in the first half, but Michigan State cut it…
Author: Mitch Motley
University of Louisville student, Diehard Cards fan, Basketball Coach of the Louisville Spartans and St. Patrick Celtics
The Louisville Cardinals host the Michigan State Spartans tonight at the KFC Yum! Center as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Louisville is 2-2 in the challenge since joining the ACC in 2014, including a 71-67 loss at Michigan State in 2015. Michigan State (5-1) is coming off a Las Vegas Invitational championship, where the…
The Louisville Cardinals were snubbed in Brooklyn tonight. Several missed calls, a 3 that was called a 2, and an offensive foul (deemed flagrant by the commentators) removed and changed to a no-call culminated in a Louisville loss to Marquette. The final score was 77-74 in overtime. Louisville played 10 players and all of them…
The Louisville Cardinals take on the Marquette Golden Eagles tonight at 7pm in Brooklyn to close out the NIT Season Tip-Off for both teams. The game can be seen on ESPN2. Marquette currently sits as 3.5-point favorites. Marquette lost their first game of the event to No. 2 Kansas 77-68. The Golden Eagles (3-2) are…
In the first game of the NIT Season Tip-Off the Louisville Cardinals were beaten by the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers 92-81. Louisville put up a fight and played with the Vols for the most the game. The turning point was when Louisville was down 7 and a questionable (putting it lightly) over the back call…
Louisville (3-0) will battle the Tennessee Volunteers (3-0) Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to open the 2018 NIT Season Tip Off. The Cards enter tonight’s matchup unbeaten after a close but controlling 8-point win over Vermont at the Yum Center Friday night. Tennessee will be Louisville’s toughest opponent so far in the…
The Louisville Cardinals took care of business at home tonight against a dangerous mid-major in Vermont. Vermont had previously played with Kansas for a full 40 minutes, but the Cards handled business tonight with a final score of 86-78. 🎥: Friday night highlights Rewind the top plays from the 86-78 win over Vermont. pic.twitter.com/ZzFW5WCj8a —…
With the high school basketball season in full swing for us out at Holy Cross, I needed some help covering the basketball team this year. Without further adieu, here is the debut article from my good friend and aspiring professional writer, Ben Gumbel. -Mitch Louisville (2-0) hosts Vermont (2-1) tonight at the KFC Yum!…
The Louisville Cardinals topped visiting Southern tonight with the final scoring reading: 104-54. Overall, the game was a foul fest. 39 personal fouls were called on Southern and another 26 personal fouls were credited to Louisville. On top of the 65 total personal fouls, each team received 2 technical fouls. I’m sure I speak for…
The Louisville Cardinals (1-0) host Southern (0-2) tonight inside the Yum! Center at 7pm in a campus game to open the NIT Tip-Off. Louisville currently sits as 25.5 point favorites. Southern is led in scoring by senior guard Eddie Reese with 17 points per game on 61.5% shooting. Fellow senior guard, Aaron Ray leads Southern…
The Louisville Cardinals set a record tonight. I wish the article stopped there, but sadly it doesn’t. For the first time in program history, Louisville has allowed its opponent to score 50 points in 3 straight games. Tonight, it was Syracuse’s turn as the Orange steamrolled the Cards to a tune of 54-23. I would…
The Chris Mack era began with a win tonight over Nicholls with a final score of 85-72. Opening night highlights. Run back the 🎥 from tonight's win over Nicholls State. pic.twitter.com/SXuaUSjajA — Louisville Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) November 9, 2018 There are many things to work on. Defense, rebounding, and shooting percentage are glaring problems that need…
Tonight at 7pm, the seemingly long-awaited Louisville-led Chris Mack era begins against Nicholls inside the Yum! Center. The Cards currently are 19-point favorites and the game can be watched on the ACCNetwork. Nicholls enters this game 1-0 with a win over MS College 86-58. However, the game was tied 35-35 at halftime. Nicholls was led…
Louisville and Wake Forest entered today’s contest with both teams searching for their first ACC win. The visiting Demon Deacons exited Cardinal Stadium today with a 56-35 victory over the home Cardinals. Puma Pass finished the game 30/54 for 358 yards and 1 touchdown. However, my biggest takeaway from Puma today was the horrific inaccuracy…
Despite missing A.J. Dillon, Boston College was able to run through the visiting Cardinals to a final score of 38-20. Louisville started slowly, seeing the Golden Eagles jump out to a 14-0 lead. Two BC fumbles aided the Cardinals 20-0 scoring run and that was about it for Louisville. Louisville led 20-14 and although two…
In a battle of the 2-3’s, Georgia Tech’s option offense thoroughly dismantled Louisville’s defense from start to finish leading to a final score of 66-31. Louisville allowed Georgia Tech to amass 554 yards of total offense, but the most impressive/disheartening part of that is 542 of those yards came on the ground. The Yellowjackets completed…
Yesterday, Louisville hosted Florida State in a battle of two teams desperate for a win to inject some life into a young, but fading season. Louisville led for the majority of the game, but a terrible playcall, pass, and the allowance of a big play sealed the Cards’ fate. Louisville fell to Florida State 28-24…
Entering today’s game, Louisville was sitting at 2-1 with a chance to move forward from their lackluster start and make a move in the right direction. Louisville not only failed on the scoreboard today, but a lot of the questions surrounding the team were answered in a way that everyone hoped was incorrect. Louisville was…
Last night, the unranked Louisville Cardinals traveled to Orlando to take on the No. 1 defending champ, Alabama. The Cards weren’t expected to win or even get close (the spread was 24) and those expectations proved to be accurate. The Tide jumped ahead early and never looked back behind rising star, Tua Tagovailoa. The final…
Last season: Lamar Jackson followed his 2016 Heisman campaign with another Heisman-worthy season. Don’t take this as a disservice to Lamar Jackson, but I’m not going to spend much of this article talking about the greatest player in Louisville/college football history. Like this team has to do, we as fans also have to move on…