Louisville started out strong, but ultimately needed a late run to prevail over Virginia 80-73 on Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville improves to 21-3 and 12-1 in the ACC. Virginia falls to 15-7 and 7-5. Jordan Nwora led Louisville with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Malik Williams scored 13 points and grabbed 6…
Category: Basketball
It has been five long years since the Louisville Men’s Basketball team won a game over the University of Virginia. Having played at least twice every season, that’s nine straight losses. Louisville’s only win since joining the ACC came at home in 2015 in what is now known as the Mangok Mathiang game. Since then,…
Louisville Men’s Basketball has a rich history. Three titles have been won by the Cards over the years, but the first was back in 1980. A team led by senior G and Louisville native Darrell Griffith defeated perennial powerhouse UCLA to win the school’s first championship 59-54. Griffith had guaranteed the team would win the…
Louisville F Jordan Nwora has had a very good year and has, for the most part, met expectations. The 6’7 junior has averaged 19.3 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game. He’s shooting 46.2% from the field, 43.7% from the three-point line, and 81.1% from the free throw line. His stats, and Louisville’s winning…
Louisville entered Wednesday night’s game in the midst of its most promising stretch of basketball all season. The ensuing performance was hardly a great one, but the Cardinals extended their win streak to nine games with a comeback 86-76 victory over the Demon Deacons at the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville is now 20-3 overall with…
Louisville is back at home on Wednesday night for a conference matchup with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Louisville improved to 19-3 and 10-1 in the ACC on Saturday with a win at NC State. Wake Forest enters the game at 10-11 and 3-8. Louisville leads the all time series 6-2. Senior Brandon Childress leads…
It’s Tuesday, and that means it is time to talk Bracketology. Louisville impressed in two road wins last week and the Cards have solidified themselves as contenders for a 1 or 2 seed. Plenty of highly ranked teams are losing, and Louisville has not lost in a month. Last Week, we broke down Louisville’s NCAA…
Welcome back CardNation, to your weekly recap of all Louisville athletics! What a week it has been right? Between Lamar getting his MVP, Donovan being named an All Star, to our men’s and women’s basketball teams being top 5 in the country, its great to be a Card! Let’s get into it! #10/#19 Swimming and…
Louisville Men’s Basketball went 2-0 again this week. Both wins, Boston College and NC State, were on the road and in convincing fashion. Those wins, coupled with some other teams losing, led to Louisville being ranked in the top 5 in both polls this week. AP Poll Louisville moved up one spot to 5th this…
The Louisville Cardinals pulled away late in a 77-57 win at NC State on Saturday afternoon. Louisville is now 19-3 overall and 10-1 in the ACC. NC State dropped to 14-8 and 5-6. The Cards have now won eight straight since losing to Florida State on January 4th. NC State has lost three in a…
The Louisville Men’s Basketball team wraps up its short road trip on Saturday with an afternoon matchup at NC State. Louisville enters the second half of the conference season atop the ACC at 9-1 and 18-3 overall. NC State comes in at 14-7 and 5-5. The Wolfpack have lost two straight; one to Georgia Tech…
The Louisville Cardinals handed the struggling Notre Dame Fighting Irish a 30-point loss in an 86 – 54 contest. The depleted Irish fall to 7 – 14 on the season. This is arguably the worst season for Notre Dame under head coach Muffet McGraw. A season ago, the Irish were the National Runner Up in…
Louisville rapper B Simm is known for his song, “You Don’t Want These Cards.” Now, he has released a new video for his song and I must say it is quite spectacular. There are a number of cameos from former Cards spanning a couple of generations. The most prominent cameo is by former UofL Hall…
The Louisville Cardinals play the first of a two game road trip at Boston College on Wednesday Night. Louisville extended its win streak to six games on Saturday with an 80-62 win over Clemson at home. Louisville is 17-3 overall and 8-1 in the ACC. Boston College is 10-10 and 3-5. The Eagles have lost…
The new men’s college basketball polls were released yesterday and Louisville finds itself holding steady in both polls. The are number 6 in the AP Poll and number 5 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll. This, after a week where they defeated a feisty Georgia Tech team 68-64 and overwhelmed Clemson 80-62. That Clemson team…
The Louisville Cardinals lead the entire way during its 80-62 win over Clemson on Saturday at home. Louisville is now 17-3 and 8-1 in the ACC. Clemson falls to 10-9 and 3-5. Darius Perry scored a career high 19 points with 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Samuell Williamson added 14 points on 5-6 shooting. Jordan…
Louisville Head Coach Chris Mack announced junior C Malik Williams is questionable for Saturday’s game against Clemson today. According to Coach Mack, Williams suffered a bruised knee in the first half of Wednesday’s win over Georgia Tech. This will be a significant blow for the Cardinals heading into this Clemson matchup if he can’t play….
Two Louisville signees have been named McDonald’s All Americans. Olivia Cochran and Hailey Van Lith will both participate in the McDonald’s All-American game on April 1st in Houston, Texas. Van Lith, a WA native, is a 5’7 G ranked number 1 at her position and 8th overall in the 2020 class by ESPN HoopGurlz. Her…
Louisville Men’s Basketball will be wearing special uniforms on Saturday when they host the Clemson Tigers. These uniforms are to honor the 1975 Final Four Cards that took eventual National Champ and 70s dynasty UCLA to the brink in a 75-74 loss. However, the uniforms aren’t really the story here. The 1975 team will be…
The Louisville Cardinals trailed well into the second half, but responded in time for a 68-64 win over Georgia Tech at home on Wednesday night. Louisville improved to 16-3 overall and 7-1 in the ACC. Georgia Tech fell to 8-11 and 3-6. Steven Enoch and Malik Williams led all Cardinal scorers with 13. David Johnson…