Photo from fullcourt.com Jeff Walz got a big commitment today when 5-star point guard Taja Cole (Class of 2015) gave her verbal pledge to the Cards. Cole is rated as the 17th best player in the entire class of 2015. She is 5’7 and from Richmond, Virginia. ESPN has these notes about her: Explosively athletic…
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This week…..on 55….. In honor of MY beloved Steelers hiring former Steeler great Joey Porter…and because I couldn’t find any new 55 pics…I have dedicated the title pic to you Joey Porter. Congrats! On the job not being the header on 55, or both, whatever. This week on 55 we discuss long layoffs, an all seeing…
USA Today Coaches Poll RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Syracuse (32) 25-0 800 2 Florida 23-2 752 3 Wichita State 27-0 747 4 Arizona 23-2 679 5 Louisville 21-4 618 6 Duke 20-5 611 7 San Diego State 22-2 591 8 Kansas 19-6 554 9 Cincinnati 23-3 526 10 Saint Louis 23-2 513 11 Villanova…
AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Connecticut (36) 26-0 900 2 Notre Dame 24-0 864 3 Louisville 25-2 803 4 South Carolina 23-2 764 5 Stanford 24-2 761 6 Baylor 22-3 733 7 Duke 22-3 696 8 Maryland 20-4 627 9 Penn State 20-5 563 10 Tennessee 20-5 536 11 North Carolina 20-6…
AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Syracuse (64) 25-0 1,624 2 Florida (1) 23-2 1,543 3 Wichita State 27-0 1,489 4 Arizona 23-2 1,427 5 Duke 20-5 1,296 6 San Diego State 22-2 1,232 7 Cincinnati 23-3 1,157 8 Kansas 19-6 1,129 9 Villanova 22-3 1,020 10 Saint Louis 23-2 1,019 11 Louisville…
This was #3 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays of the Day.
Photo courtesy of abcnews.go.com The following article was written by Jason King of BleacherReport.com. It is a great read. He interviewed former Card Chane Behanan and Behanan goes into detail about some of his problems at UofL. He talks about going to Houston and what John Lucas has done for him. I will post…
Official Press Release from UofL: LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On the same day Russ Smith earned attention for his on-the-court accomplishments, the University of Louisville men’s basketball senior is receiving recognition for his abilities off the court. Smith is one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, it was announced Thursday. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement…
Official Press Release from UofL: Feb. 13, 2014 Louisville, Ky. – Senior guard Shoni Schimmel was named one of the Top 30 midseason candidates for the Women’s Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T. Schimmel joins four UConn players, giving the American Athletic Conference five players on the list. Schimmel was also named to the Wooden Midseason list in January….
It is that time of year again when there are many different sports going on for the University of Louisville. Both basketball teams are still in action, and now baseball and softball are getting their seasons started! It really is an exciting time for Louisville fans. What really makes it exciting is when your school…
ESPN’s Andy Katz just tweeted out that Temple has announced that tonight’s men’s basketball game between Louisville and Temple has been postponed until Friday evening due to weather. As of 9:50 a.m., the time has not yet been determined. Temple announces tonight's game against Louisville is postponed until tomorrow night due to the storm. —…
On Wednesday afternoon, Rick Pitino met with the media to preview the upcoming game against Temple. As always, they discussed much more than just the opponent. Click here to see the full press conference. Here are the main points from it. *Wayne Blackshear will play against Temple. *With Blackshear having a concussion, this last layoff…
This week…..on 55….. We talk 2014 Football signing class, emoticons and emoji, The valiant effort of the Women’s Basketball team (Not Lady Cards, been trying to spread the word coach) to a surprise for the loyal readers of 55, and so much more. Here’s a little backstory on this week’s 55 pic. The above picture…
AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Connecticut (36) 25-0 900 2 Notre Dame 23-0 864 3 Duke 22-2 811 4 Louisville 23-2 758 5 South Carolina 22-2 739 6 Stanford 22-2 737 7 Baylor 20-3 710 8 Tennessee 19-4 659 9 Maryland 19-4 604 10 North Carolina State 21-3 541 11 Penn State…
AP Poll AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Syracuse (65) 23-0 1,625 2 Arizona 23-1 1,525 3 Florida 21-2 1,477 4 Wichita State 25-0 1,445 5 San Diego State 21-1 1,373 6 Villanova 21-2 1,288 7 Kansas 18-5 1,234 8 Duke 19-5 1,130 9 Michigan State 20-4 1,025 10 Cincinnati 22-3 970 11…
This past Saturday night, Ballard point guard and future Louisville Cardinal Quentin Snider became the all-time leading scorer in Ballard history. He broke the record set by Allan Houston, who went on to play at Tennessee and had a good career for the New York Knicks. He now has 2,280 career points. Snider entered the…
Check out highlights from last night’s game with Louisville signee Jaylen Johnson.
Photo courtesy of zimbio.com Rick Pitino said today that junior Wayne Blackshear suffered a concussion in practice on Monday and will not travel with the team to their game at Houston on Wednesday. He suffered the concussion when he was elbowed in the head by Akoy Agau. Blackshear started last game against UCF and played…
Joe Namath because…well why not? There has been a lot going on in Louisville sports lately, highlighted by football commitments every 5 minutes (seems like it). So I figured I would get you all caught up here on what has been going on. Consider this your one-stop shop for recent Louisville news. But come back…
This week…..on 55….. Additions, Subtractions, Super Bowl & JC Penneys? Yeah I try to cover it all. From people going crazy on me to signing day to the omission of a certain someone, it’s here. A powerful and swift campaign swept twitter last Tuesday and you know what? It worked. Well here we go. Once again, I share with…