Louisville Men’s Basketball Head Coach Chris Mack held a virtual press conference today. He discussed many topics including Jay Scrubb and his status, how players currently on the team are working out, their strategy in recruiting grad transfer guards, and how this year’s recruiting cycle will work with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. To hear all…
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The NCAA cancelled its annual basketball tournament on March 13th. For the first time in 81 seasons, there will not be an official NCAA men’s basketball champion. With an unprecedented amount of March Sadness sweeping the nation, a Twitter account was created to fill the void. The @NCAAsim2020 has proclaimed itself as the “most accurate…
Louisville Head Coach Chris Mack has been pining the grad transfer market for players and he finally hit gold. The number 1 grad transfer on the market, former Radford G Carlik Jones, announced his commitment to Louisville last night. Jones chose the Cards over Michigan State, Gonzaga, Maryland, Marquette, Texas Tech, and West Virginia, among…
Many people remember former Louisville G Alhaji Mohammed. He was a JUCO transfer who played significant minutes for the Cards for 3 years. He was both a starter and a key player off the bench; a defensive dynamo that could add some scoring punch when need be.
As we wait for this new generation plague to finally pass, we are without one of our greatest escape of sports. However, the ACC Network is trying to get us through it by airing games that happened this past season. Six Louisville games from this past season will be re-aired on the ACC Network. Among…
Louisville Athletics has been trying to connect athletes with the fan base after the Coronavirus has caused havoc throughout society. Yesterday evening, Cards F/C Malik Williams answered questions from fans on Twitter. Some of the questions Malik answered were personal and some were basketball related. I would definitely check out the answers on what he’s…
The off season awards are continuing to pile up as yet another current or future Cardinal received an award. This time it was future Louisville Cardinal Hailey Van Lith being honored. High school girls basketball players of the year in all 50 states. 🏀⬇️ ✍️https://t.co/gjidN2UxWk pic.twitter.com/nCsLdB8L1p — MaxPreps (@MaxPreps) March 24, 2020 Hailey was awarded…
With the 2019-2020 college basketball season officially canceled, “way-too-early” preseason rankings are being published every day. Louisville is particularly hard to rank because the roster is not even close to being finalized. The Cards are losing a significant portion of their minutes from last season. There will almost definitely be additions made to the roster…
Dwayne Sutton has been Mr. Consistent throughout his Louisville career. This year was no different, as he was the only player to start all 31 games. He shot 50% from the field, while averaging 9.1 points and 8.2 rebounds. His hustle was unmatched and will be sorely missed. Thank you to the hometown hero.
Louisville’s Coach, Chris Mack, has officially become a Tik Tok Dad. On Sunday afternoon, a video was released featuring Coach Mack, Cincinnati coach John Brannen, and their families showing off their dancing skills. In such trying times without sports, it’s nice to see college coaches bring forth a little levity. Coach Mack has obviously proven…
Louisville’s Jordan Nwora has been racking up postseason honors and rightfully so. He just picked up another one today as the junior forward was named a 3rd team AP All-American. 🇺🇸 Louisville's 21st All-America selection 🇺🇸 Congrats @JordanNwora!!https://t.co/NtsfaXKe7L pic.twitter.com/qg20aN1R6B — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) March 20, 2020 Nwora was Louisville’s best player this season averaging…
We Louisville fans are all feeling a deep sadness as today was supposed to be the first day of the NCAA Tournament. March Madness in Louisville is like a national holiday. It’s a time when the air is warming with the coming of spring. A time when we gather at a friend’s house, a bar,…
Darius Perry will not be spending his final year at Louisville. The 6’2 G has entered the transfer portal and will look to find a new home where he can likely see increased minutes and possibly start. Source: Louisville G Darius Perry just entered the transfer portal. Averaged 5.2 PPG, started 26 games for the…
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is official. We are entering March Sadness. It was announced earlier in the week that the 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled, much to the chagrin of players, coaches, and fans worldwide. An entire season down the drain as a precaution to a once in a lifetime (I hope) pandemic that…
I spy with my little eye – new uniforms for the men’s team as they head into the ACC tournament on Thursday and the NCAA afterwards! What do you think of the new swag? Time to shine. #GoCards pic.twitter.com/CkCMyjM0Gk — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) March 10, 2020
The accolades continue to roll in for junior Louisville F Jordan Nwora. It makes sense because he has excelled in all aspects of being a student-athlete. On the court, he’s averaging 18 points and 7.7 rebounds a game. In the classroom, he’s got a 3.40 GPA and is on track to graduate in 3 years….
Jordan Nwora had a terrific year for the Louisville Cardinals. The 6’7 junior F averaged 18 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Nwora was an excellent 3-point shooter, shooting 40% from beyond the arc. Overall, he shot 44% from the field. He scored a career high 37 points against Boston College and helped carry the…
The Louisville Cardinals did not lead in the second half of their loss at Virginia on Saturday. In spite of a late comeback, the Cards fell 57-54 in Charlottesville and will finish in a tie for second place in the ACC. Louisville drops to 24-7 overall and 15-5 in conference play. Virginia improves to 23-7…
The 10th ranked Louisville Cardinals wrap up their regular season on Saturday with an afternoon matchup with the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville. Louisville enters the day at 24-6 overall and 15-4 in the ACC. The Cards most recently beat Virginia Tech at home on Sunday. Virginia comes in at 22-7 and 14-5 with a slim…
Louisville junior F Jordan Nwora has had a very good season on the court. His season has been such a success, that Nwora is a finalist for the Julius Erving Award which recognizes men’s college basketball’s best SF. The other 4 finalists include, Corey Kispert (Gonzaga), Precious Achiuwa (Memphis), Saddiq Bey (Villanova), and Naji Marshall (Xavier)….