The University of Louisville board of trustees has called a special meeting scheduled for Monday morning at 9 AM. The board will discuss the latest allegations surrounding the University of Louisvilles mens basketball program brought forth by a federal investigation. By law, the board must give 24 hours notice prior to holding a meeting. The…
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Louisville junior guard, Asia Durr, completed her first day of practice at the USA Basketball National Team Training Camp. Durr is just one of five collegiate All-Americans included on the training camp roster. The remaining 25 spots are filled with WNBA players. Below is a transcript of Durrs comments after day one: How did the…
Its been a rough week here in Louisville, but no love has been lost for our Cardinals Basketball players. 90 second plus standing ovation for the UofL men's basketball team and interim coach David Padgett. pic.twitter.com/m1vWhzzBgF — Steve Bittenbender (@freelancehack) September 30, 2017 UofL Men's Basketball Cards get some love at the football game….
For the first time since the bribery scandal broke, we got to hear from the players themselves. The 2017/2018 captains,Anas Mahmoud, Deng Adel, and Quentin Snidersat down with the media today to address everything that has transpired in the last 72 hours. Captains Anas Mahmoud, Deng Adel, and Quentin Snider addressed the media following today's…
Today at 5 PM, David Padgett was formally introduced at the University of Louisvilles interim head basketball coach. This was the move the players and fans alike were rooting for. Hear for yourself what he had to say in his first press conference below. Hear from David Padgett, as he addressed the media after being…
Today, Coach Rick Pitino gave a statement to Scout’s Jody Demling. Here is Coach Rick Pitino’s statement: https://scout.com/college/louisville/Article/A-statement-from-Hall-of-Fame-basketball-coach-Rick-Pitino-on-th-108170843
David Padgett has been named interim head coach of the University of Louisville mens basketball team. He was signed to a six month contract. David Padgett played for UofL from 2005-2008. He had previously been working as an assistant coach for the Cardinals. Padgett was a fan favorite while playing as a Card and the…
Jeff Goodman with ESPN asked 6 coaches if they would take the Louisville job right now. What are the pros? Money? History? ACC? The cons? Scandals? Unknown? Rebuilding? You can decide for yourself what you think, regardless the answers are interesting. Let us know what you think. I spoke to six coaches who could be…
Terry Meiners shared a text message that Rick Pitino sent him this week. Rather you believe he should be gone or not, you can tell how much he misses the sport already. NEW: Rick Pitino allowed me to share this text. pic.twitter.com/Eubgy2oyXR — Terry Meiners ™️ (@terrymeiners) September 29, 2017
I think we are all scandaled out aren’t we? This week all the hearts of every person that supports the Cardinals were sunk into despair with the revelation we cheated. An assistant coach caught on video and audio recordings arranging to buy a player. A “coach 2” involved that has been reported by numerous outlets…
Dick Vitale has figured out how to use Periscope kind of and spoke on his good friend Rick Pitino. Today, he spoke to Rick Pitino, and Rick had some interesting things to say. With no surprise to anyone. Listen for yourself, and then let us know what you think. Hoops Scandal continues / spoke to…
Putting it simply, We CANNOT have Tom Crean at the helm of Louisville Basketball. Not for one day. Not for one month. Not for one year. Not EVER. If you would like to email Dr. Postel to express your feelings about who you feel should be an interim coach, I have included his email below….
Today was one of the hardest days in Louisville Athletics history. The decision to place Rick Pitino and Tom Jurich on leave, has not come without much backlash. Nobody is hurting more right than the current players, but the former players are not far behind. Here is what some of the former and current…
Some of the current and former players of the University of Louisville Mens Basketball team, have come forward to show the world what Rick Pitino meant to them. https://twitter.com/AlhajiMohammed/status/913072083575492610 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anas Osama Mahmoud (@anas14mahmoud) https://instagram.com/p/BZjld25HQMY/ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ryan McMahon (@ryanmcmahon)…
Evan Daniels with Scout.Com is reporting that David Padgett has taken over day to day operations of the Louisville men’s basketball team at this time. For the time being, David Padgett is in charge of day to day operations for the Louisville basketball team, per a source. — Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) September 27, 2017
Fan favorite, Jeff Walz made his first public statement since the men’s basketball scandal broke. He has solidified that UofL is where he wants to be, and where he will stay. I'm working hard to continue to build on the tradition we have in Women's Basketball. I'm not going anywhere! Love this team &…
ESPN.com is reporting that sources have told them the unnamed player UofL President Greg Postel said had been suspended indefinitely and withheld from team activities is Brian Bowen. You can read ESPN’s full story below.
Today, the sad news continued. Louisville basketball received word that the 2018 commits, Courtney Ramey and Anfernee Simons, both de-committed. These players were in the top 25 for their recruiting class and even though despite all the bad news we do respect their decisions. We will wish them all the best luck in their future…
Following yesterdays news, Rick Pitino is no longer the head coach of the University of Louisville mens basketball team. He has been placed on non-paid, administrative leave. The likelihood of his return, does not look high at this time. Now official: Louisville has fired Rick Pitino as its basketball coach. — Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) September…
Eric Crawford with WDRB has laid out the contract details for Rick Pitino regarding what his future could look like. Rick Pitino’s contract outlines guidelines the university agreed to follow if attempting to terminate it — including 10 days notice pic.twitter.com/EYDOjDkxLK — Eric Crawford (@ericcrawford) September 27, 2017