Entering the NCAA Tournament game vs Manhattan Career Scoring Leaders 1. Darrell Griffith – 2,333 2. DeJuan Wheat – 2,183 3. Pervis Ellison – 2,143 4. Reece Gaines – 1,945 5. Russ Smith – 1,856
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I think we are all finished believing the notion that the selection committee doesn’t look for story-lines when making the brackets. I haven’t even looked at a bracket yet, other than when they show up on TV, because for some reason I usually wait until I fill mine out on Tuesday or Wednesday to even look at…
Shock. That’s what most of CardNation including myself felt when Louisville was announced the 4 seed in the Midwest bracket. A bracket that will go down as one of the all time hardest including 3 of last years final four (Louisville, Wichita St., and Michigan) and the Cards hated rival Uk. Every analyst on…
PRESS RELEASE VIA ESPN MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rick Pitino switched from coach to lobbyist the moment his Louisville Cardinals won their third straight conference tournament title. Of course, Pitino thinks the defending national champs deserve a No. 1 seed, even if he knows they likely won’t get one. Montrezl Harrell had 22 points, 11 rebounds…
PRESS RELEASE VIA ESPN MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Russ Smith scored a career-high 42 points and No. 5 Louisville cruised to a 94-65 victory over Houston on Friday in the semifinals of the inaugural American Athletic Conference tournament. Smith shot 14 for 22 from the field and 5 for 7 from 3-point range. His final points…
After Friday night’s AAC Tournament game vs Houston Career Scoring Leaders 1. Darrell Griffith – 2,333 2. DeJuan Wheat – 2,183 3. Pervis Ellison – 2,143 4. Reece Gaines – 1,945 5. Russ Smith – 1,837
Entering Friday night’s AAC Tournament game vs Houston Career Scoring Leaders 1. Darrell Griffith – 2,333 2. DeJuan Wheat – 2,183 3. Pervis Ellison – 2,143 4. Reece Gaines – 1,945 5. Milt Wagner – 1,836
Louisville will play their first game in the AAC Tournament on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 pm ET against 7th seeded Rutgers, who defeated 10th seeded South Florida 72-68 yesterday. Rutgers improved to 12-20 with the win. The last time these two teams met was on February 16 at the KFC Yum! Center as the Cards…
Lunardi’s new Bracketology still has the Cards a #4 Seed in the East region but added a new team to the fold at the 7 spot.
Press release from the American Athletic Conference. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES ALL-CONFERENCE AND ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS Three unanimous selections highlight All-Conference First Team MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Three finalists for the Wooden Award, which goes to the nation’s top player, were among the five players chosen for the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team, as voted…
This week…..on 55….. We talk about huge basketball wins, Women’s Basketball advancing to the AAC tourney final, Sr night and the end of 55? And much, much more. Well here we go. Once again, I share with you the 55 most ridiculous things I have heard, had to debate, or just thought about this past…
Bleacher Report released their All-Conference picks for the American Athletic Conference as well as their individual awards. Russ Smith and Montrezl Harrell made the first team, and Terry Rozier was named Freshman of the Year in the conference. Click here to see the full page on their site. First team F Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, sophomore –…
The regular-season awards are starting to roll in for Russ Smith. Today, the All-American teams were named for NBC Sports, Bleacher Report, and Sporting News, and Russ made the 1st team for all three! That is a huge honor for the senior guard. All 3 publications mention the 13 assists that Russ dished out on…
The latest Joe Lunardi Bracketology has the Cards as a #4 seed in the East. While I think the Cards will be a 2 or a 3 I would gladly take this draw.
Russ Smith continues his climb in the UofL record books in some categories. The biggest surprise to me is one where he isn’t even in the top 10 yet, and that is assists in a season. Russ needs 11 assists to tie Reece Gaines for the 10th most assists in a single season. Raise your…
Here is the latest video from @CrumsRevenge of TheCrunchZone.com. It is a great tribute to one of the most beloved Cardinals to ever wear the jersey. It is simply titled: Russ
Here is the video of the Senior Day festivities for the Men’s team for those of you that didn’t get to see it or want to see it again. Enjoy! Here’s the Women’s: *Video Courtesy of UofL
Check out this funny story that Peyton Siva posted on Instagram about Russ Smith.
We asked on twitter, and you responded. This group of seniors have given us many moments in their time at UofL. Here are your favorites!
Rick Pitino and the four seniors (Russ Smith, Luke Hancock, Stephan Van Treese, and Tim Henderson) all met with the media on Friday afternoon and talked about what Senior Day will be like. These videos are all courtesy of Jody Demling of CardinalAuthority.com.