Gorgui Dieng is making the most of his opportunities with the Minnesota Timberwolves as their starting center, Nikola Pekovic, is battling injuries. Gorgui has recorded a double-double in each of the last two games as he has started and played significant minutes. On Sunday against the Kings, Dieng had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 5…
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Today, this years KDF game rosters were announced and both teams have a lot of familiar faces that have graced the Cards recruiting board at one time or another. (credit Evan Daniels) Number at the end indicates national rank White Team Keita Bates Diop – Ohio State – No. 19 Leron Black – Illinois –…
This is a little late notice, but we are having a CSZ NCAA Tournament bracket challenge this year! The top two finishers will receive gift certificates for FansCloset.com! First place will get $100 and second will get $50 towards the website. FansCloset.com sells both UofL and UK apparel so anyone can join, but only UofL…
ESPN.com’s Kieran Darcy published an article on Sunday night about the reaction that Manhattan head coach Steve Masiello had when the bracket popped up on the screen showing that their first round game would be against the Louisville Cardinals and his mentor, Rick Pitino. Needless to say, Masiello was not thrilled. Just check out this…
Remember when Louisville was playing at SMU and Luke Hancock was trying to dribble the clock out and not run up the score? Then the SMU player stole and ball and tried to dunk, so Luke dribbled down court and found Montrezl Harrell who pretty much ripped down the goal, and SMU fans got mad….
I think we are all finished believing the notion that the selection committee doesn’t look for story-lines when making the brackets. I haven’t even looked at a bracket yet, other than when they show up on TV, because for some reason I usually wait until I fill mine out on Tuesday or Wednesday to even look at…
This week…..on 55….. You know I normally start out the opening paragraph to 55 with a preview of what im going to talk about then end it with: Well here we go. Once again, I share with you the 55 most ridiculous things I have heard, had to debate, or just thought about this past…
AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Connecticut (36) 34-0 900 2 Notre Dame 32-0 864 3 Tennessee 27-5 795 4 Louisville 30-4 778 5 Baylor 29-4 741 6 Stanford 29-3 728 7 West Virginia 29-4 674 8 South Carolina 27-4 665 9 Duke 27-6 608 10 Kentucky 24-8 565 11 Maryland 24-6 535…
Join Jeff Walz and the women’s basketball team as they watch the women’s selection show tonight at the KFC Yum! Center. All of the details are on the picture, and as you can see, $2 beers, so enjoy!
The last basketball polls of the regular season are out. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Louisville Cardinals are ranked 3rd. The 3rd ranked team in the country is a 4 seed. Right in the middle of the four #1 seeds. Just saying. In the AP Poll, the Cards are 5th. Remember…
Gorgui Dieng got the start for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night in place of injured center Nikola Pekovic, and he stepped up big time. He played 37 minutes and had 12 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 2 steals! It was his first double double in the NBA as the Timberwolves beat the Sacramento…
Press Release From Kenny Klein LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville men’s basketball team will make its 40th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, facing No. 13 seed Manhattan in a Midwest Region second round contest on Thursday, March 20, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. A No. 4 seed, Louisville (29-5)…
We asked, and you responded. Heading into Selection Sunday, it seemed pretty clear that Louisville would get a 2 or 3 seed. Some analysts even said they could be a 1 seed based on the eye test. A 4 seed was not talked about very much, but that is what happened. They are also in…
The 4th seeded Louisville Cardinals will face off against the 13th seeded Manahttan Jaspers on Thursday night. The game will tip at approximately 9:50 pm and it will be shown on TNT. Here are the times and channels for the rest of the first round. And yes it is still the first round to me,…
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PRESS RELEASE VIA ESPN MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rick Pitino switched from coach to lobbyist the moment his Louisville Cardinals won their third straight conference tournament title. Of course, Pitino thinks the defending national champs deserve a No. 1 seed, even if he knows they likely won’t get one. Montrezl Harrell had 22 points, 11 rebounds…
Ok so the question here is what seed SHOULD Louisville get on Sunday? Not what you think they WILL get, because that can be based on what media people are projecting. This is just your opinion. What SHOULD they get? And if your answer isn’t on this poll, then you shouldn’t be voting anyway.
Today is a very busy day in Louisville Cardinals athletics. The highlight is the men’s basketball AAC Tournament Championship at 6:00 pm ET against UConn. But other than that, there are 8 other teams in action today. From GoCards.com… SATURDAY, MAR 15 SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME COVERAGE Men’s Basketball UConn (Finals) Memphis, Tenn. 6:00 PM…
When the Louisville Cardinals leave a conference, it is pretty standard for them to win the conference tournament on their way out. Dating all the way back to the Metro conference days, whenever the Cards just like to leave the previous conference something to remember them by. Let’s hope that continues tonight as we exit…
PRESS RELEASE VIA ESPN MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Russ Smith scored a career-high 42 points and No. 5 Louisville cruised to a 94-65 victory over Houston on Friday in the semifinals of the inaugural American Athletic Conference tournament. Smith shot 14 for 22 from the field and 5 for 7 from 3-point range. His final points…