Reid Detmers, the ace of Louisville Baseball’s staff for the last 2 years, is now a Los Angeles Angel. Detmers was selected with the 10th pick by the Angels in the 2020 MLB Draft. 🚨 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗗 🚨 🚀 @RDetmers #⃣1⃣0⃣🏟️ @Angels #MLBDraft ╳ #L1C4 pic.twitter.com/tmfeTxedqn — Louisville Baseball (@LouisvilleBSB) June 11, 2020 A two-time All-American,…
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The 2020 MLB Draft is set to take place Wednesday and Thursday. While under normal circumstances there would be 40 rounds, this year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be just 5 rounds. As is always the case since Dan McDonnell arrived at Louisville, there are two likely first round draft picks that fans…
Louisville Men’s Basketball had only one commitment in 2021 until today. Head Coach Chris Mack was able to land the commitment of a newly minted 4 Star player named Bobby Pettiford Jr. https://twitter.com/dhoops0/status/1270790251276091394?s=21 Pettiford, a 6-foot-1 175 lbs PG out of Creedmoor, NC, chose the Cards over offers from Virginia Tech, Providence, and Ole Miss,…
Louisville Football Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks Coach Bryan Brown held a teleconference yesterday to speak with the media. He answered questions about the defensive players that were in the first group returning to campus, a single team meeting they had with players arriving on campus, how the team and coaches are dealing with the protests…
Louisville Football continues blazing on the recruiting trail. The staff has been looking to add to its stable of RBs in this class. They were able to do so by getting the commitment of 4 Star RB Trevion Cooley. #FlyVille21 pic.twitter.com/kNEk7MoZAo — Trevion Cooley (@TrevionCooley) June 8, 2020 The 5’11 205 lbs RB chose the…
Louisville Baseball Head Coach Dan McDonnell held a teleconference on Thursday. The purpose of the teleconference was to address the upcoming MLB Draft and how it will effect the Louisville Baseball roster. He opened the presser by addressing the current protests taking place all over the country. Specifically, he mentioned that he has been in…
Louisville Men’s Basketball only has 1 commitment for the 2021 class in 4 Star F Bryce Hopkins. However, they have a PG on the radar for 2021. Coach Chris Mack offered 4 Star NC PG Bobby Pettiford Jr back on May 6th. Pettiford announced recently he has set June 10th as the day he will…
Louisville Athletic Director Vince Tyra has done an admirable job since he became the head of the athletic department. Tyra has had to do a lot of work with hiring a basketball coach, a football coach, a men’s tennis coach, and replacing a legendary soccer coach. Yet, he’s come through with flying colors. Now, he’s…
It was announced a couple weeks ago that a limited number of Louisville student-athletes would be returning to campus. Today, some 75 have returned to campus under the athletic department’s first phase of having student-athletes return to campus. One of the things that had to be done first and foremost was the testing of the…
Louisville Men’s Basketball has had its fair share of legends wear the red and black through the years. Wes Unseld is one of those legends. He didn’t just play for the Cards, though. No. Unseld was a son of our great city itself. Sadly, he passed away today at age 74. Statement from the family…
Reid Detmers is one of the best pitchers to have ever taken the mound for Louisville Baseball. Sadly, Card fans were deprived of his full final season on the mound due to Covid-19. However, we will not forget watching as he threw a dominating fastball and devastating curveball to overwhelm opposing hitters and rack up…
A successful college basketball program must identify and follow a winning culture laid out by the head coach. Coach Mack is not only an outstanding leader and teacher, but he expects every member of his team to follow the culture that he has established: “Tough, Together, Unbreakable.” Now, most people who read this will probably…
Louisville Football has been blazing on the 2021 recruiting trail. Despite a worldwide pandemic, they are cooking in the recruiting world. Today, they added yet more sizzle to the class as 3 Star CB Rance Conner joined the flock. https://twitter.com/humblerance03/status/1263907673948459008?s=21 The 5’10 173 lbs CB chose UofL over offers from Florida, Florida State, LSU, South…
Louisville Athletics announced today that a plan has been put into place for a phased reopening. The reopening will allow a small number of student athletes to return to campus on May 27th, get their medical checkups on June 3rd, and resume voluntary training, without coaches present, on June 8th. There will also be a…
Can you say sizzle? Louisville Football has the sizzle on the recruiting trail. After picking up a commitment from WDE Ashton Gillotte three days ago, yesterday they picked up yet another defensive line commitment in 3 Star SDE RJ Sorensen. https://twitter.com/rjsorensen13/status/1262712845671763970?s=21 The 6’4 240 lbs SDE chose Louisville over offers from Nebraska, Maryland, Syracuse, Indiana,…
A couple of months ago, CSZ discussed Sports Betting Dime’s Way Too Early 2020 Heisman odds. In that post, we saw that Javian Hawkins, Tutu Atwell, and Micale Cunningham were all on the radar albeit long shots. Javian was the highest of the 3 with the 19th best odds. He was followed by Tutu with…
There aren’t too many schools as hot as Louisville on the recruiting trail right now. The staff had already secured 6 commits and yesterday they added another in 3 Star DE Ryheem Craig. I just wanna thank god for everything that I’ve accomplished in life and for every school that has believed in me ……..
David Johnson took time out to speak with media earlier today. He was asked questions ranging from what he’s doing during this lockdown, if he’s able to work out and get shots up, and how far he thinks this year’s team would’ve gone in the tournament. Johnson said he is working out at a nearby…
Mekhi Becton is a mountain of a man. He throws other big men around on the field like they’re rag dolls. However, Mekhi’s big stature is only matched by his big heart. He recently virtually visited Goryeb Children’s Hospital, located in Morristown, NJ, and spoke with some of the pediatric patients. http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=29163151 Becton spoke with…
Louisville Baseball had a promising season snuffed out by the Coronavirus. They came in ranked number 1, boasting a trio of prospective MLB pitchers in Reid Detmers, Bobby Miller, and Luke Smith. They had young offensive pieces in guys like Henry Davis, Alex Binelas, and Levi Usher. They were expected to be making a trip…