Louisville Men’s Basketball put together an excellent 2021 class during a tumultuous time. They signed two excellent guards, an athletic SF with high upside, and a PF with skills like a guard. However, they needed a big man, the centerpiece if you will. They were able to secure the centerpiece with the commitment of 2021…
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Louisville is set to face Virginia Saturday and Bronco Mendenhall held his weekly presser to address the upcoming game. Mendenhall discusses the Covid situation and how it effected his team. He looks at the matchup with the Cards offense. He talks about their talent, the fact they are a run-first offense, and like to play-action…
Cards Hive took time out to watch film of the 2021 Louisville Men’s Basketball early signees and give comparisons to UofL players of the past and present. Below, you can read his analysis of the four signees and their comparisons. You can see if you agree or disagree. Regardless, it’s a fun exercise. Enjoy! Bobby…
Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks Coach Bryan Brown and senior S Russ Yeast spoke to the media Wednesday evening. As has been the case throughout the week, the discussion was dominated by Covid. Specifically, how the defense has dealt with missing so many key guys and how it has effected preparations for the upcoming game against…
Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach Dwayne Ledford and redshirt junior QB Malik Cunningham spoke with the press on Wednesday evening. Obviously, the preview Virginia and what they may do to stop UofL’s offense Saturday. However, Covid was a main topic of discussion as it postponed the Virginia game and forced its move to this…
With all the craziness in the world, I’m sure many of you forgot it’s the first day of the early signing period for college basketball. Louisville has four highly touted commits in Michael James, El Ellis, Bobby Pettiford Jr, and Eric Van Der Heijden. Of course, nothing is official until they put ink to paper…
Dana Evans was named preseason ACC POY earlier today and now has also been named to the Drysdale Award Watch list. https://twitter.com/uoflwbb/status/1326225044742135810?s=21 The award, which recognizes the top shooting guard in Division 1 basketball and is named after Ann Meyers Drysdale. Drysdale is the first player (male or female) named to an All-American team in…
Coach Scott Satterfield held his weekly press conference on Monday and, as anyone could guess, much of it revolves around Covid-19. That’s because the Cards were forced to postpone the Virginia game last Saturday and move it to this Saturday. The Cavs and Cards are scheduled to kick off at 3:30 pm in Charlottesville. Coach…
Louisville fans have known what the non-conference schedule looks like for the men’s basketball team. They play Seton Hall, Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Prairie View A&M, and UNC Greensboro in the Wade Houston Classic to begin the season. Next, they travel to play Wisconsin in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. Finally, they will play arch rival…
The Cards are hitting the road and heading to Charlottesville to play the Virginia Cavaliers Saturday afternoon. Of course, the game was moved because of Covid, but the uniform combo stays the same. And it’s yet another new uniform combo. 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 🔴⚪️⚫️#GoCards x #BeatVirginia pic.twitter.com/ZXoM4WDz7u — Louisville Football (@LouisvilleFB) November 4, 2020 ✔️ Red…
With the Covid-19 pandemic still raging, college basketball looked to an idea from their pro brethren with several bubble events for the early non-conference schedule. Louisville, and specifically the KFC Yum! Center, were chosen as one of the sites. Slowly, names of teams were added until 9 were tentatively agreed on. Now, it’s all official…
Coach Scott Satterfield held his weekly press conference today at noon. He recapped the Cardinals loss to Virginia Tech, looked ahead to the this week’s road game at Virginia, the voting process the team has taken with the 2020 election taking place tomorrow, and discussed the Covid issue the team is current dealing with that…
Louisville Football’s 2020 season hasn’t gone quite as many fans had hoped. The Cards are now 2-5 after a loss to Virginia Tech. However, the season continues on and Louisville can still salvage it and win out. The rest of the schedule is very conducive to a run of victories for UofL. For this to…
It started out very scary, but Louisville Football fought back against the Hokies. However, they eventually succumb to Virginia Tech 42-35. It was far from a pretty performance, but it was definitely gutsy. The game seemed doomed from the start as 9 players were ruled out before the game for reasons not disclosed. This included…
Who will the Louisville Men’s Basketball team face in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge this season? The answer has been officially revealed. Louisville announced they will travel to Wisconsin to face the Badgers. This is the first time the Cards and Badgers have faced off in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. Wisconsin is projected by many leading…
Louisville grad transfer guard Carlik Jones earned a preseason All-American honor this evening. Stadium, and their College Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman, named Jones to their Preseason All-American Third Team. 🇺🇸 @Stadium Preseason All-American 🇺🇸@CarlikJones pic.twitter.com/fmkwwaKqiU — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) October 29, 2020 Jones came to Louisville from Radford. At Radford, he had an amazing…
Floyd Street is changing again! Today, Athletic Director Vince Tyra announced that a new dormitory is being built across the street from the Planet Fitness Kuber Center. It will house both UofL student-athletes and regular students. The beautiful new dorm will be cost about $23.5 million to build and UofL will commit $3.5 million of…
Louisville Athletics announced a tentative plan to have fans in the KFC Yum! Center this season. According to the press release, which you can read below, UofL will be allowed 15 percent capacity or approximately 3,000 fans per game at the Yum Center. This capacity includes both men’s and women’s basketball games. The 15 percent…
Louisville Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks Coach Bryan Brown and redshirt junior LB Nick Okeke spoke to the media after practice. The defensive improvement over the last two games, the upcoming matchup with Virginia Tech, and the newfound confidence the defense is playing with are some of the topics discussed. Coach Brown discusses the secondary and…
Louisville Football announced its 4 pm Halloween game will be a blackout. So fans, break out your black t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and the like, and turn Cardinal Stadium pitch black. Louisville will be wearing the all black uniform combo for the first time this season. UofL did a sweet job of marketing the blackout with…