Malea Williams: Photo Courtesy of @88gigs Twitter Account Number: 3 Height: 6’4 Class: Freshman Position: Forward Hometown: Georgetown, Ky Rankings: 5th Best Player in the State of Kentucky Accolades: Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches Region 11 POY Finalist for Miss Kentucky Basketball Finished her career with over 1,300 points and 1,100 rebounds. As a senior,…
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Ahlana Smith Number: 2 Height: 5’9 Class: Junior Position: Guard Hometown: Charlotte, NC Rankings: 5* Guard 31st ranked player class of 2018 (ESPNW Hoopgurlz) 34th best player (Prospects Nation) Accolades: Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) First Team All-American NJCAA (National Jr College All-American) Smith was one the top Juco players last year, as she averaged…
Merissah Russell Photo Courtesy of @MerissahRuss Number: 13 Height: 5’11 Class: Freshman Position: Guard Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario Ranks: 4* Guard 29th ranked guard by ESPNW Awards: Member of U17 Canadian Team 2018 Member of U19 Canadian Team 2019 Co-MVP of Women’s Bio Steel All-Canadian game Averaged 6.4ppg and 4.0rpg during FIBA Women’s World Cup Coach…
Cards Hive took time out to watch film of the 2021 Louisville Men’s Basketball early signees and give comparisons to UofL players of the past and present. Below, you can read his analysis of the four signees and their comparisons. You can see if you agree or disagree. Regardless, it’s a fun exercise. Enjoy! Bobby…
Coach Walz had a brief teleconference today. Here are a few quick hitters from the teleconference. Coach Walz on 2021 Signees: On Payton Verhulst: “When the night’s over and you look at the stat sheet, she rebounds the ball, she can pass it, she scores, she’s got very good instincts on the defensive end of…
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association just named Elizabeth Balogun to the Cheryl Miller Award watch list. 👀 𝙀𝙇𝙄𝙕𝘼𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙃 𝘽𝘼𝙇𝙊𝙂𝙐𝙉 👀Cheryl Miller Award Watch List 🔗: https://t.co/gL4ASoe4Zc#GoCards pic.twitter.com/DlE5sSLHEh — Louisville Women’s Basketball (@LouisvilleWBB) November 11, 2020 Balogun, who transferred from Georgia Tech, is a highly skilled guard/forward that creates…
Olivia Cochran Number: 44 Height: 6’2 Class: Freshman Position: Forward Hometown: Columbus, Ga. Ranks: 5* forward 18th ranked player (ESPNW HOOPGURLZ) 10th ranked player (Prospect Nation) Awards: 2020 McDonald’s All-American GACA AAAA South POY 2020 As a junior, she led Carver to a Class 4A state title and averaged 26ppg 16rpg, and 8bpg. As of…
Photo Courtesy of @UofLWBB Louisville women’s basketball released their 2020-2021 schedule today that has been limited due to Covid-19. The schedule consists of 5 non-conference and 20 conference games. There are 12 home games, 12 road games, and 1 neutral site tilts. 🚨 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 🚨 🔗: https://t.co/kEm3un0PId#GoCards pic.twitter.com/EuDeeoqk5c — Louisville Women’s Basketball…
With all the craziness in the world, I’m sure many of you forgot it’s the first day of the early signing period for college basketball. Louisville has four highly touted commits in Michael James, El Ellis, Bobby Pettiford Jr, and Eric Van Der Heijden. Of course, nothing is official until they put ink to paper…
Louisville fans have known what the non-conference schedule looks like for the men’s basketball team. They play Seton Hall, Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Prairie View A&M, and UNC Greensboro in the Wade Houston Classic to begin the season. Next, they travel to play Wisconsin in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. Finally, they will play arch rival…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville graduate transfer guard Charles Minlend will be sidelined for six weeks after suffering a knee injury in practice. Minlend suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee during practice last Thursday. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test at Norton’s Audubon Hospital, the Cardinals’ health care partner,…
Louisville F/C Malik Williams Will Miss 12 Weeks with Foot Injury Team co-captain will have surgery next week to repair a broken bone in his right foot ❤️ pic.twitter.com/IU7BSTpCoe — Malik Williams (@leek_willi) November 7, 2020 We at CSZ wish Malik a very speedy recovery!
Press Release From the University of Louisville: LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville women’s basketball has been selected to represent the United States at the 2021 World University Games, which will be played August 18-29 in Chengdu, China. “We are extremely excited that our team will get an opportunity to represent the United States in the…
With the Covid-19 pandemic still raging, college basketball looked to an idea from their pro brethren with several bubble events for the early non-conference schedule. Louisville, and specifically the KFC Yum! Center, were chosen as one of the sites. Slowly, names of teams were added until 9 were tentatively agreed on. Now, it’s all official…
Who will the Louisville Men’s Basketball team face in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge this season? The answer has been officially revealed. Louisville announced they will travel to Wisconsin to face the Badgers. This is the first time the Cards and Badgers have faced off in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. Wisconsin is projected by many leading…
Louisville grad transfer guard Carlik Jones earned a preseason All-American honor this evening. Stadium, and their College Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman, named Jones to their Preseason All-American Third Team. 🇺🇸 @Stadium Preseason All-American 🇺🇸@CarlikJones pic.twitter.com/fmkwwaKqiU — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) October 29, 2020 Jones came to Louisville from Radford. At Radford, he had an amazing…
Floyd Street is changing again! Today, Athletic Director Vince Tyra announced that a new dormitory is being built across the street from the Planet Fitness Kuber Center. It will house both UofL student-athletes and regular students. The beautiful new dorm will be cost about $23.5 million to build and UofL will commit $3.5 million of…
Louisville Athletics announced a tentative plan to have fans in the KFC Yum! Center this season. According to the press release, which you can read below, UofL will be allowed 15 percent capacity or approximately 3,000 fans per game at the Yum Center. This capacity includes both men’s and women’s basketball games. The 15 percent…
Louisville Men’s Basketball has an interesting season lying in front of it. Yes, there’s an ongoing pandemic to deal with, but it’s also the fact that the roster is relatively inexperienced. Last year, Coach Chris Mack relied heavily on upperclassmen, including grad transfer Fresh Kimble. While Coach Mack did bring in two excellent grad transfers…
Louisville Men’s Basketball is a little over a month out from the beginning of what promises to be a very unique season. On the eve of the new season, Louisville announced that two captains were chosen by this year’s team. Neither of the choices should be a surprise to fans. #Team107 𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘:@Leek_Willi + @CarlikJones pic.twitter.com/EKZdLMgFG8…