After losing 4 of their last 5 games, Louisville will have one last chance to impress the committee in the ACC tournament and the Cardinals must seize it. Louisville limped to the regular season finish line and earned themselves a 9 seed in the ACC tournament facing 8 seed FSU at Noon on ESPN. The…
Author: Mitch Motley
University of Louisville student, Diehard Cards fan, Basketball Coach of the Louisville Spartans and St. Patrick Celtics
Louisville travels to NC State to take on the Kevin Keatts led Wolfpack today at 6pm on ESPN. NC State is currently favored by 1.5 points. Since Keatts has taken over the job after leaving UNC Wilmington, the Wolfpack have shown a lot of improvement and especially lately. NC State suffered a setback in their…
Coming off a solid road win at Virginia Tech, Louisville returns home with a chance to lock their NCAA bid tonight against No. 1 Virginia at 8pm on the ACC Network. Louisville’s struggles against Virginia are well-documented. Louisville’s last contest against the Cavaliers was actually the Cards first time scoring 60 points against UVA since…
Down 28-18, it felt as though the Cards had dug themselves another hole too deep to climb out of. Thanks to the efforts of Snider, Spalding, Sutton, Adel and Perry, the Cards fought back and earned a huge road victory by a final score of 75-68 over Virginia Tech. This win served many purposes. The…
Looking to solidify their tournament bid, Louisville travels to Virginia Tech to take on the Hokies at 1pm on CBS. The last time these two teams met, Louisville won in the Yum! Center by a score of 94-86. As far as tomorrow goes, if Louisville gives up 86 points the outcome will not favor the…
The 2nd leg of Louisville’s pivotal 5-game stretch starts at 9pm tonight at Duke and can be seen on ESPN. Duke currently sits as an 11.5-point favorite. For the last 3 games, Duke has been without star freshman, Marvin Bagley III. As of now, there is no official word on whether he will play or…
Louisville kicks off their crucial 5-game stretch tonight against visiting No. 14 North Carolina at 8:15pm on ESPN. The Cardinals currently sit as 1-point favorites. North Carolina is led by Joel Berry, Theo Pinson, and Luke Maye. All three players had major roles in last year’s title run for UNC so experience definitely favors the…
The Louisville Cardinals thoroughly dispatched the Pittsburgh Panthers today by a final score of 94-60. Louisville had no trouble with Pittsburgh today. The Cardinals led by 20-30 points for the majority of the game and never had any issues as far as allowing a comeback. Louisville was led by a swarm of Cardinals in double…
After their streak snapping victory over Georgia Tech, Louisville looks to continue the winning ways today at Pittsburgh at 1pm on the ACC Network. Long story short, Pitt is bad, very bad. The Panthers enter this game with an 8-17 record and riding an impressively bad 12-game losing streak. Pitt is coached by Kevin Stallings…
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were no match for the hosting Louisville Cardinals tonight. At the first media timeout, Louisville led 8-7 and that was as close as it would get the rest of the way. Louisville cruised to a 77-54 victory despite Deng Adel’s absence to injury. Louisville was led by Jordan Nwora’s 16…
Tonight, the Louisville Cardinals look to get back on track against the visiting Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at 7pm on ESPN2. Georgia Tech comes into this game at 11-12, but has shown the ability to compete in some games. The Yellow Jackets are led by Center Ben Lammers and Guard Josh Okogie. Josh Pastner coaches…
Looking to end a 2-game skid, Louisville will host former Big East foe, Syracuse tonight at 7pm on ESPN. Both teams enter this game on 2-game losing streaks. Syracuse is searching for a statement win and they have the opportunity for that tonight with a road ACC game. The Orange are led by Tyus Battle…
After losing to Virginia earlier this week, the Louisville Cardinals look to bounce back today with their second win of the season over Florida State. The game tips off in the Yum! at 4pm and can be seen on the ACC Network. The last time these two teams met, FSU opened up a 17 point…
Louisville travels to Virginia to take on the 2nd ranked Cavaliers in a 7pm game tonight on ESPN2. Virginia is playing as well as, if not better than, any team in the country. The Cavaliers are undefeated in ACC play and Louisville is the closest team to them, so needless to say that tonight’s game…
Louisville trailed by 8 points early in the first half, but after the following timeout the Cards took control and never looked back en route to an emphatic 96-77 victory. Louisville earned another crucial ACC win tonight and that’s all that matters. The fact that the Cardinal offense looked as good as it did tonight…
Louisville hosts Wake Forest tonight at 8pm in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville is coming off a tough OT road loss against Miami, but the Cards have looked the best they’ve looked all season since the start of 2018. Wake Forest, on the other hand, comes into this game on a 6-game losing streak and…
Louisville travels to Miami for another big ACC matchup tonight at 8pm on ESPN2. Despite their winning streak (which includes some big wins) Louisville did not make it back into the top-25 this week. Miami was ranked 25th last week, but fell from the rankings this week after going 1-1 last week. Like many Miami…
Despite nearly entirely losing an 18-point lead late in the game, Louisville was able to close out Boston College 77-69 (I predicted 78-69 FYI). Louisville was in a tight game for the entire first half and took control throughout second half. The Cards led by as many as 18, but allowed a tenacious comeback late…
Today at noon in the KFC! Yum Center, the Louisville Cardinals will try to continue their winning ways against Boston College. Louisville is currently a 10-point favorite and the game can be seen on the ACC Network. Don’t let the spread fool you, Boston College has only been an easy win for UNC. BC beat…
Tonight, the Louisville Cardinals take on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in South Bend at 7pm on ESPN2. Louisville has a tough task ahead of them. The Cardinals are looking to extend their win streak on the road against a Notre Dame team needing to snap a losing streak. Add in the fact that…