Here we are for the final installment of Hungry and Driven….for now. First things first. (Don’t Iggy me) Most of you know I have a column I do during peak sports season called 55. That column will be making its debut right before the UL/Miami football game Monday night September 1st. No set time as of…
Category: Basketball
By Justin Renck and Steve Rummage: In our basketball recruiting notebook, we fill you in on where the Cards stand with their top targets in the class of 2015. This week we remove two targets off the board as well as add a new face. Enjoy this week’s notebook! Point Guard Donovan Mitchell (Commit) – Mitchell had…
The University of Louisville has announced a couple more starting times for games in the upcoming 2014-15 season. Yesterday it was announced that the Battle of the Bluegrass between Louisville and Kentucky will take place at 2:00 p.m. ET. It was already known that the game would be on Saturday December 27 and on ESPN2.
If you were on twitter last night, you probably kept reading about how new Louisville basketball commit Donovan Mitchell had some crazy dunk that “shut down” the famous Rucker Park. Video has finally surfaced of that dunk from the Reebok Breakout Classic. Now while you have seen Montrezl Harrell try to rip off rims for…
Went on vacation last week so I did not get to post but rest assured…I have more Taquan Dean. This past week was his birthday. As CardNation showered him with happy birthdays and well wished, Taquan showed off his birthday gift to himself. So very proud of this guy who I’m lucky enough to call…
247 Sports just updated their rankings for basketball recruits in the class of 2015. The Louisville Cardinals have all 3 of their commits in the top 30 overall. Raymond Spalding made the biggest leap of any of the future Cards, jumping up 59 spots from #80 to #21 overall. He also was upgraded to a…
According to UofL Sports Information Director Kenny Klein, the Louisville vs Kentucky basketball game on December 27 will tip at 2:00 p.m. ET. The football game between the two schools will happen on November 29, so these games will happen within 1 month of each other. Thanksgiving could be interesting if you are in a…
Rick Pitino just landed a commitment from his guy when 4-star PG/SG Donovan Mitchell committed to Louisville. The 6’3 180 lb guard cut his list down to 5: Louisville, FSU, Providence, Boston College, and Villanova before choosing the Cards. There may not have been a player this summer gain more than Mitchell. Mitchell was an under…
On Thursday afternoon, Louisville guard Chris Jones posted a picture on Instagram that showed he had been injured and would miss 6 weeks. Since then, UofL has released more information about his injury:
The folks at FansCloset.com have their next great deal for UofL fans! This one is for a UofL polo, originally $49.99, on sale for just $29.99! You can also get the shirt in red or white. Order this week and they will be shipped in time for the opening football game against Miami on September…
Chris Jones just posted this picture on Instagram. It looks like he has some kind of leg or ankle injury and will be out for 6 weeks.
By Justin Renck and Steve Rummage: In our basketball recruiting notebook, we fill you in on where the Cards stand with their top targets in the class of 2015. With small forward Deng Adel and power forward Raymond Spalding already committed, the focus is now on backcourt players. Point Guard Donovan Mitchell – Mitchell cut his list…
Perry Dozier (Class of 2015) is a 6’6 guard from Columbia, South Carolina. He is listed as a shooting guard and a point guard, depending on what site you look at. He is a 5-star player on both ESPN and 247, and a 4-star player on Rivals and Scout. He just released his top 5…
Not many players have had a better summer than 2015 SG/PG Donovan Mitchell. The 6’3 guard has seen his stock skyrocket, landing 10 offers alone since June 7. Although Providence has been recruiting him the longest, the Louisville Cardinals appear to be in a very good spot with Mitchell. On Thursday morning, he released his list of…
The fine folks at FansCloset.com have their next offer for Louisville fans, just in time for football season! This one is for FREE shipping when you spend over $25 on Cards gear! Let’s be honest, it isn’t that hard to spend $25 when shopping for UofL stuff! Just enter “Football” at checkout for the deal….
Peyton Siva has been waiting on news of where he would land after being cut by the Detroit Pistons a few weeks ago. It looks like he will wait no longer: Peyton Siva has agreed to terms with the Orlando Magic, a source told Yahoo Sports. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) July 29, 2014
In this weekly series we are going to let you watch one of the all time Louisville greats, Taquan Dean, doing what he loves to do, play basketball. Over the next 3 weeks I will release footage of former UofL Basketball Graduate Assistant Tim Gray putting Taquan through different workout movements to help evolve and sharpen his craft. In…
By Justin Renck and Steve Rummage: A few weeks ago we started a new weekly series that will update you on where the Cards stand with their top basketball recruiting targets for the class of 2015. We release a new post every Monday and give any updates there may be. Rather than talk about every recruit out there that Louisville has just talked to…
Ok, so you have your special Tom Jurich Maker’s Mark bottle. Heck, maybe you have 3 of them and a Tim Couch bottle! What’s next? Getting Tom’s signature on it of course! Here is the info you need to get your bottle signed. Info from Kenny Klein: