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Louisville vs Duke: Cards Fall Short In Brooklyn
After opening up a 12-point lead with 13 minutes left to play, the Cards failed to put Duke away and watched as the Blue Devils cut short Louisville’s first ACC tournament appearance since 2015 by a final score of 81-77.
Once again, free throw shooting proved to be this team’s Achilles heel. Louisville shot 15-26 from the line and to add to that the Cards shot an abysmal 4-21 from 3-point range. Even with those horrific shooting numbers, Louisville still led the majority of the game, only to crumble down the stretch, both offensively and defensively.
Louisville vs Duke: ACC Tournament Rematch
After Louisville lost to Wake Forest last Wednesday, the concern over ACC tournament seeding was very real. Thanks to a bounce-back/revenge victory over Notre Dame on Senior Day, the Cardinals secured a double bye in the ACC. Duke lost to UNC, a game that had the Blue Devils won, would’ve improved Louisville to the 3-seed. Obviously, that’s not how it played out and that’s how we got here, Duke beat Clemson yesterday in a tough fought game and now two of the teams no one wants to see this time of year get to play each other today in Brooklyn at 2pm on ESPN for a Semifinal spot.
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Louisville vs NC State: Pregame Breakdown
After the 55-point record-setting dismantling of Pittsburgh on the road Tuesday, the No. 13 Louisville Cardinals return home to welcome the Wolfpack and star player Dennis Smith Jr. today at 1pm in the Yum! Center, the game can be seen on the ACC Network. Louisville is currently a 13.5-point favorite over the Wolfpack.
Louisville at Pittsburgh: Postgame Recap
Jan 25, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; A Pittsburgh Panthers cheerleader cheers before the game against the Louisville Cardinals at the Petersen Events Center. Louisville won 80-68. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
If you say you called Louisville winning in a blowout tonight, you’d be correct. If you said Louisville would beat Pittsburgh on the road by 55 points, you’d be lying.
No one could have foreseen tonight’s outcome. Louisville has had their way with Pittsburgh for the 10th time in a row after tonight’s win. But tonight, the Cardinals beat Pittsburgh in a way they had NEVER done before. Without their starting point guard, Quentin Snider, Louisville put together its best team performance of the season, on the road against a solid Pittsburgh team. The Cards shot 58% from the field, 54.5% from 3-point range (12-22), assisted on 24 of the 39 made shots, allowed only 13 made field goals on 51 attempts, and most impressively outrebounded Pittsburgh 48-26 en route to a 106 to 51 thumping of Pittsburgh on their home court.
AP Top 25: Men’s Basketball
The Cards come off of a 2-0 week with wins vs Pitt & Duke to rise 2 spots this week.
| 1 |  |
Villanova (28)
Record: 17-1
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PV Rank
3 Points
1,580 |
| 2 |  |
Kansas (32)
Record: 16-1
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2
1,562
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| 3 |  |
UCLA (3)
Record: 18-1
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4
1,472
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| 4 |  |
Gonzaga (2)
Record: 17-0
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5
1,433
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| 5 |  |
Record: 15-2
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6
1,357
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| 6 |  |
Record: 16-1
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1
1,315
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| 7 |  |
Record: 15-2
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10
1,185
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| 7 |  |
Record: 17-1
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8
1,185
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| 9 |  |
Record: 16-3
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11
1,063
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| 10 |  |
Record: 16-2
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9
964
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| 11 |  |
Record: 16-2
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13
931
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| 12 |  |
Record: 15-3
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14
900
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Louisville vs Duke: Postgame Recap
The No. 14 Louisville Cardinals defeated the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils today by a final score of 78-69. If you watched the entire game then you know the score doesn’t exactly reflect just how dominant the Cards were today. After a back and forth beginning to the game, the Cardinals appeared to settle in and capitalize on the stout defense they had been playing by connecting on a few shots, and more importantly, building confidence.
Louisville entered halftime with a 4-point lead, lead for nearly 75% of the game, and never allowed Duke to get into a rhythm from the 8 minute mark of the first half, on. It was a balanced effort from the Cardinals, Anas Mahmoud recorded a career high of 17 points to go along with 11 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell added 15 points, Quentin Snider chipped in 13 with 6 assists and 5 rebounds, and Ray Spalding scored 11 points, as well.
This win was huge for the Cardinals now, and going forward. Anas Mahmoud continues to look better each game and he dominated today. A 2-0 week to build on when the Cards play Clemson on Thursday at 9pm at the Yum! Center. The game can be watched on ESPN.
Go Cards!
Louisville vs Duke: Pregame Breakdown
In the state of Kentucky, fans of the state’s major basketball schools (UofL and UK) don’t agree on much. They disagree so much that many fans argue Louisville and Kentucky are two completely different geographical locations with no relationship. One thing the entire state can agree on, however; everybody hates Duke.
Duke is an all-time top-5 basketball program. That alone is cause for all other fan bases to despise a program. Add in all the easily unlikeable personalities like Christian Laettner, JJ Reddick, every Plumlee brother, Greg Paulus, this post would be too long to name them all, but you get my point. Duke has the stereotypical mold for the most hated player in college basketball, year in and year out. Crazily, we may be looking at the most hated player in Duke history between the two fan bases of the Bluegrass State, Grayson Allen.
CSZ On 93.9 The Ville 10-15-16
Here is this weeks CSZ on 93.9 The Ville! Thanks to Marques Maybin & Dave McGee for coming in & a special thanks to Nicky V for coming in to produce the hottest sports show on the weekends……..
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UofL Football Video Highlights: Duke
Here are video highlights from last night’s victory over Duke last night from the fine folks at The ACC Digital Network.
Postgame Presser: Duke
Here’s the video footage of the Postgame press conferences from after the 24-14 victory over Duke.
Duke’s Coach Says Louisville Has Weapons Of Completeness
Duke’s coach, David Cutcliffe, is very impressed with Louisville. He told ESPN’s David Hale “I’ve coached against at least 10 national champions, and I have never seen anyone with the weapons and completeness of this Louisville team.” I am curious to hear his post game comments on Friday night after we drop 90 on Duke
Read more: http://thespun.com/acc/louisville/louisville-football-david-cutcliffe-duke
BucketHatism: BYE Week
**The court was closed in observance of the BYE week.**
While sitting around the house trying to get excited about the first Cardinal-less football week since August 27th, the BHK jotted notes down. I admit, these notes veered away from football at times but I blame the disappointing games that I saw this week. Here are some things I jotted down from the last 8 days without Cardinal football:
- I thought Sunday was hard after the Clemson game, try last week. I know people may call me crazy but I seriously think we pissed off the programming director at ESPN back in the late 80’s or early 90’s. I say this because ESPN replayed the Clemson game damn near every night last week. It was like getting punched in the face every night just as your nose was healing. And I get that it was a great game and we are still the talk of College Football, but that game will be a game I will probably never watch again. I put it up there with the NCAA tourney game against that team down the road in 2014. Burn the tape.
Blackout Is Official
After months of speculation, today it was made official. The Friday night prime time game will be a blackout. Will we see new jerseys? Maybe. Will we have new helmets? Maybe. I have been assured that we will not be let down. Regardless of what’s new, I can’t wait…..Go Cards!
Louisville Slugger Field To Host 2017 ACC Baseball Championship
PRESS RELEASE
Garett Wall
UofL Baseball SID
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship will be played at Louisville Slugger Field in downtown Louisville as announced by the conference on Tuesday. Originally slated for Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, the 2017 baseball championship was among eight neutral site championships relocated by the ACC.
Louisville Slugger Field, which opened in 2000, boasts a seating capacity of 13,131. Home the Louisville Bats’ minor league team, the stadium played host to the 2008 Triple-A All-Star Game and features 32 private suites in addition to second-level club seating.
Nunnsense: 2016 Louisville Football Game By Game Predictions
Here is my game by game predictions for the 2016 football season. Las Vegas has set the regular season win total at 9.5 games. I believe it’s a wise bet to take the over. Usually when I say to take the over it’s my heart talking but after looking at each game I believe the Cards can very realistically win eleven games but my head says that there might be one game that we slip up that we shouldn’t so ten wins is a safer bet. It’s still over the Vegas total. I pride myself in not getting caught up in the hype and I always keep it real with you even though you might not always like me for it. So here is the ugly truth. Since Petrino returned to Louisville they are 0-4 vs Clemson and Florida State. They are 0-6 vs ranked teams (No, Notre Dame was not ranked and we were ranked 24th). I believe this is the year that all changes. As of now we have 3 chances to beat a ranked team. I think we win 2 of them. I truly believe Louisville wins 11 regular season games this year. That look that Petrino has in his eye, that grin he carries with him at every media appearance and that slightly elevated happy tone in his voice reminds me of Rick Pitino just before the start of the 2013 year and we all know how that turned out (No I don’t think Louisville will win a championship but it could be one of the best years ever). Just like Pitino, Petrino knows he has something special with this team.
Here are my predictions, Read the rest of this entry
Pre-Season ACC Football Poll Released
Here are the 2016 ACC Football Media Standings released this morning.
UofL Blu Ray Deals!
If you are looking for recent UofL Football and Basketball games on Blu-Ray, LordKayoss.com is the place to go. I just picked up this 3 pack of the 2016 Basketball Sr night game and festivities/UNC&Duke/uk&TAMU in football this season for just 40 dollars. That’s with shipping included! Click here to go directly to the site. It will ask for a password. The password is cardnation and then proceed. I have ordered every disc he has put out and they are all in high quality and have been worth the money. Right now he has a deal where you can get last years CFB ND/uk combo disc for just $10!!! Act now before this deal goes away……….
Athlon Ranks The Toughest Games On The Louisville Football Schedule
I know you all are itching intensely for some Louisville Football. I intend to scratch that itch today. Well not me per say but I bring you something to scratch that itch. Does that make me a back scratcher? WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS??? Sorry, Let’s get back on track. Today Athlon Sports released a list of Louisville’s toughest games and ranks them in such order. Who is the toughest on the schedule? What does Athlons think about UofL Football? Here is an excerpt from the story.
For the last five seasons, the ACC champion has either been the Clemson Tigers or the Florida State Seminoles. If there’s one team that could change that, it is the Louisville Cardinals. After beginning the 2015 season just 2-4, head coach Bobby Petrino‘s Cardinals won six out of their last seven games to finish 8-5. With 16 returning starters, Louisville is a dark horse pick to win the ACC championship this fall. The road through the ACC won’t be an easy one as the Cardinals will have to play both Florida State and Clemson since all three are in the Atlantic Division. Louisville also has a tough non-conference slate with road games to Houston and Marshall on tap.
Is The ACC Moving Towards A Nine Game Conference Schedule?
The ACC Network has been a hot button topic as of late. With the member institutions wanting to make as much money as possible, things are been discussed on just how to attain this goal. One thing that has been discussed in depth is the nine game conference schedule which would be a one game increase. How would that help you may ask? It would be one more game against a school in your conference. More money for your conference schools and if the quality of the league is high, it is another way to build conference prestige. This isn’t the first time that increasing the number of conference games has come up:
Campus Insiders Pre-Season College Football Top 1(25)
Our good friends at Campus Insiders have done something pretty great. I am not saying others do not do this. I am just saying I haven’t seen this done before. They took on the task of ranking every single division 1 team. I am going to list for you the opponents on Louisville’s schedule so that you can see what we are up against this season. It is a schedule with 3 top 25 teams on it, 2 within the first 5 games. I am also going to show you Louisville’s rank as well the entire list will be at your fingertips at the end. Let’s start off with:
