Press release from UofL: Louisville, Ky. – Louisville head coach Jeff Walz was named an assistant coach for the 2014 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team, USA Basketball announced today. Walz will assist head coach Dawn Staley, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and University of South Carolina head coach. Michigan’s Kim Barnes-Arico will also join them on the…
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Yes, this is a University of Louisville blog. However, since DeMarcus Cousins was voted as our most disliked UK player of all time, his antics can be newsworthy for us, right? Well he was at it again on Tuesday night against the Rockets as he got his 14th and 15th technicals of the season, which…
Press release from UofL: Louisville, Ky. – A limited number of tickets are remaining for the final University of Louisville women’s basketball home game against top-ranked UConn. The only tickets that remain are upper level seats for $5. The UConn game is Senior Night for seniors Tia Gibbs, Shoni Schimmel, Antonita Slaughter and Asia Taylor. Head Coach Jeff Walz and the Cardinals will…
It looks like former Louisville Cardinal forward Earl Clark has found himself a new team after being waived by the Philadelphia 76ers just a few days ago. The following is from ESPN.com… The New York Knicks have agreed to a deal with Earl Clark, a source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com on Tuesday. The five-year veteran averaged 5.2 points in…
I don’t know who he (or she) is. I don’t know where they live or work. I just know they make awesome highlight videos. The great VillenHD has returned out of nowhere to make a highlight video from the Louisville-Cincinnati game on Saturday. The last video was 10 months ago, so this one was a…
On Monday afternoon, Louisville assistant Wyking Jones went to watch Justin Simon, the #1 point guard in the 2015 class (according to Scout). Jones went to watch him practice, and now it is being reported that Simon has an offer from Louisville. https://twitter.com/TheRecruitScoop/status/438163558460035072 https://twitter.com/WGNRecruits/status/438161678337703937 Simon is from Temecula, California and is listed at 6’4 or 6’5…
Photo courtesy of bigstory.ap.org Here is the press release from TheAmerican.org Feb. 24, 2014 Men’s Basketball PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly men’s basketball honors for the week-ending Feb.23.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has released his latest Bracketology, and the Cards are a 5 seed. Clearly, he still sees Louisville dropping a couple of games before the tournament starts. Right?
This week…..on 55….. In honor of the huge win yesterday vs #7 Cincy I thought I would go Throwback on you guys and honor one of my favorite 55’s (I can’t think of one other) Joseph N’Sima. This week on 55 is a little different as we have a guest writer. @LarleesWorld won the very…
Here is the new AP Poll: AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Connecticut (36) 28-0 900 2 Notre Dame 27-0 864 3 Louisville 27-2 804 4 South Carolina 25-2 775 5 Stanford 26-2 764 6 Baylor 24-3 737 7 Duke 24-4 680 8 Penn State 21-5 615 9 Maryland 22-5 605 10 Tennessee…
RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS FIRST PLACE VOTES PREVIOUS RANK 1 Florida 25-2 791 24 2 Gators 2 Wichita State 29-0 771 8 3 Shockers 3 Arizona 25-2 727 0 4 Wildcats 4 Louisville 23-4 660 0 5 Cardinals 5 Syracuse 25-2 625 0 1 Orange 6 Kansas 21-6 619 0 8 Jayhawks 7 Duke…
Record Votes Previous Rank 1. Florida (47) 25-2 1,606 2 2. Wichita St. (14) 29-0 1,549 3 3. Arizona (4) 25-2 1,494 4 4. Syracuse 25-2 1,410 1 5. Kansas 21-6 1,310 8 6. Duke 22-6 1,286 5 7. Louisville 23-4 1,152 11 8. Villanova 24-3 1,113 9 9. Creighton 23-4 1,103 11 10. Saint Louis 25-2 1,047 10 11. Cincinnati 24-4…
Here is another view of Russ Smith’s shot against Cincinnati, followed by the on court celebration. This video is from TheCrunchZone.com. Great job with that one guys.
Here is the video of Russ Smith’s game-winning shot against Cincinnati on Saturday. Enjoy!
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports *UPDATE 12:05 a.m.* According to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Earl Clark has been waived by the Philadelphia 76ers. We will see where he ends up. Former Card Earl Clark was traded on Thursday from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Philadelphia 76ers. Clark is avergaing 5.2 points and 2.8 rebounds…
Photo courtesy of cbssports.com I am sure you remember Justin Jackson from the last time Louisville and Cincinnati played. The picture aboveperfectly sums up the way I picture him. All he did was flex and make a scowl. He played some basketball, but mainly just acted like a fool. Apparently his behavior is not…
CardNation, Sydney Brackemyre needs you! Voting is open for the Ohio National Guard Girls Basketball Player of the Year Award. Our own Sydney is in the running for this prestigious award decided by fan vote. You can vote as many times as you like and voting is open until 4 p.m. on March 16. Get…
A few things that happened around CardNation today: – #7 Louisville baseball team took the field for their home opener, routing EKU 13-1. Lucas (Louisville, Ky.) finished 2-for-4 at the plate with a career best 4 RBI and his second career home run, while Crain (Lexington, Ky.) knocked in a career best three runs with his second career…
If I am not mistaken, the University of Louisville was the first school to start keeping track of dunks as a stat. After all, we did have the Doctors of Dunk in 1980 led by Darrell Griffith when the Cards won their first National Championship. Entering Tuesday night’s game against South Florida, sophomore Montrezl Harrell…
Here are the latest odds for teams to cut down the nets in Dallas this season on VegasInsiders.com. May not be a bad idea to put a little money on Wisconsin Green Bay. Also, Indiana did make this list, so there is likely a court storming going on right now as well as nets being…