Louisville senior Russ Smith is one of 15 finalists for the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year Trophy. The winner will be announced on Friday, April 4 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This season, Smith is averaging 17.5 points per game. He is also averaging a career high in both assists (4.5) and…
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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…
We are a couple weeks away from the first American Athletic Conference Tournament. The Tournament will be played from Wednesday March 12th through Saturday March 15th on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU. Over the next couple weeks we will let you know just what that bracket will look like. If the season ended today the…
Press release from UofL: LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The ninth-ranked Louisville baseball team’s home game against Morehead State scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at Jim Patterson Stadium has been postponed due to inclement weather. The teams are working to finalize a date to reschedule the game and those details will be announced when they are determined. The Cardinals…
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…
Recent Louisville football signee Sharieff Rhaheed-Muhammad finds himself in trouble in relation to an investigation going back to last year. The following article comes from TCPalm.com. The first few paragraphs will be posted and then you can click the link at the bottom for the rest of the article. Apparently Bobby Petrino is aware of…
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…
Here are the latest standings for the American Athletic Conference as well as the remaining games for the top 4 teams. American Standings TEAM CONF OVERALL Cincinnati 13-2 24-4 Louisville 12-2 23-4 Southern Methodist 11-4 22-6 Memphis 10-4 21-6 Connecticut 9-5 21-6 Houston 5-9 13-14 Rutgers 4-10 10-17 South Florida 3-11 12-15 UCF 2-12…
3-star cornerback Jalen Thompson (Mobile, Alabama) tweeted out his top 5 around 10:00 pm on Monday night. Thompson is listed at 5’11 and 170 lbs. His hudl page says that he runs a 4.53 40-yard dash. Top 5: 1. Florida 2. Georgia 3. Louisville, 4. South Carolina 5 Auburn 🏈🏈 — Jay ✌🏽 (@NoFlyZone_7) February…
Photo courtesy of GoCards.com Just another “Player of the Week” honor for the Louisville Cardinals! We also have a player on the weekly honor roll. Press release from TheAmerican.org Feb. 24, 2014 Baseball PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In a strong week across The American, players from Houston and Louisville again earned recognition for Weekly Awards. Cougars’ pitcher…
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.
–Teddy Bridgewater spoke to the media at the NFL Combine on Saturday. He said he thinks he is the best quarterback in the draft (well, yeah), he is NOT throwing at the combine, and he talks about his relationship with his mother. Check out the video below. -There was a big deal made about the…