Fans’ Starting 5 Jeremy’s Starting 5 Steve’s Starting 5 Justin’s Starting 5 Point Guard Now this wasn’t an easy choice for me. I’ve always been a ‘guard kind of gal’…if that’s a thing. This is who run’s the offense, my favorite aspect of the game. Some of my first cognitive memories following Cardinal basketball were…
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Fans’ Starting 5 Jeremy’s Starting 5 Daryl’s Starting 5 Justin’s Starting 5 I’ve said many times that I will cry the day Rick Pitino retires. Pitino is everything a head coach should be and through the years has had some tremendous players. But if I am putting together a Louisville Rick Pitino Dream Team, it’s…
Fans’s Starting 5 Steve’s Starting 5 Daryl’s Starting 5 Justin’s Starting 5 I am gonna start this off by being honest. I went to UofL to finish my Bachelors degree from 05-06 and was around that basketball team 365 since I had so many friends on that team. I may be a little biased. I may not…
First of all, thanks to everyone who voted on this. I think it was a really cool topic to vote on and discuss with other fans. Hopefully we can do more of these in the future. On the results, the % is rounded, so it may not equal exactly 100% for some reason. So without…
My friend Chris Tingley posed this question to me a couple of weeks ago, and it is very interesting and fun to talk about. Of all the players that Rick Pitino has coached at the University of Louisville, who would be your starting 5? Now I will say that some players did play multiple positions,…
The Mid Season Wooden award list has been cut to 25 and our own Russ Smith has made the cut. Russ, who was a Pre Season First Team All American, is averaging 18.4 points a game along with 4.7 assist this season. Here is the full list of 25:
Young Russ Smith showing off the handles! Some of this video was shown during the Louisville-UConn game.
Without watching the game for a second time, I will just give my quick analysis and reaction to the Louisville-UConn game. It seems like it is always a close one when we play at UConn and this one was no different. When it looked like the Cards had pulled away, UConn made a late run,…
18/14 Louisville Cardinals (15-3, 4-1) @ UConn Huskies (14-3, 2-2) Game Info Date: Saturday January 18, 2014 Time: 9:05 p.m. ET Site: Gampbel Pavilion (Storrs, Conn) TV: ESPN (Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale, Shannon Spake) Radio: WHAS 840 AM (Paul Rogers and Doug Ormay) Series History: Louisville leads 8-6 Last Meeting: Louisville won 73-58…
18/14 Louisville Cardinals (14-3, 3-1) vs Houston Cougars (10-6, 2-1) Game Info Date: Thursday January 16, 2014 Time: 7:00 p.m. ET Site: KFC Yum! Center TV: CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan, Pete Gillen, Evan Washburn) Radio: WHAS 840 AM (Paul Rogers and Bob Valvano) Series Record: UofL leads 13-5 Last Meeting: Houston…
This week on 55…………. Time to take a deep breath in and out. This week on 55 I had planned to do a Teddy’s top play version of 55 seeing that he declared and we thought for sure that he was the only guy we would have to mourn this week. Clearly we were wrong. It’s OK…
This week…..on 55….. We celebrated our birthday at CSZ (got 0 cake) and watched the Cards dominate their bowl game after falling a little flat during the basketball game. I really hope you guys love this feature. I really do do (hehe) this for you guys. If it’s a hit then awesome and if only…
All this week we will be breaking down the match-ups at each position for the Louisville vs Kentucky basketball game for this Saturday December 28. Today we continue with the shooting guard position. Point Guard position battle Louisville Russ Smith Season Avg: Points: 16.8 Assists: 5.0 Rebounds: 3.2 Steals: 1.7 Turnovers: 2.4
All this week we will be breaking down the match-ups at each position for the Louisville vs Kentucky basketball game for this Saturday December 28. Today we begin with the point guard position. Louisville Chris Jones Season Avg: Points: 13.5 Assist: 2.7 Rebounds: 2.6 Steals: 2.1 Turnover: 1.3
The 9th ranked Cards (6-1) got back on track Friday night with a dominating 69-38 win over Southern Miss (6-1). The Golden Eagles entered the game averaging 74 points per game and were held to just 38, which is incredible. After giving up 93 points on Sunday in a loss to North Carolina, it was…
Here is what happened the weekend of Friday November 22nd through Sunday November 24th around CardNation: Friday November 22nd Swimming and Diving: The Cardinal swimming team completed its first day of competition at the Michigan Open in Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan with five wins and another school record. In the 200-free relay, the foursome of Rachael Lewis (23.40), Johanna Cowley…
Here is what happened the weekend of Friday November 15th through Sunday November 17th around CardNation Friday November 15th Men’s Cross Country: Tyler Byrne and Ernest Kibet each ran to top-15 finishes to lead the University of Louisville men’s cross country team to a 10th-place showing at the NCAA Southeast Regional on Friday afternoon in Earlysville, Va. Byrne and Kibet each earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors…
The Cards boom factor just keeps…on…going. After a 4:30 minute 20-2 run to start the game, the Cards cool off to defeat Cornell 99-54. The Cards were led by a hot shooting Wayne Blackshear with 20 points and Montrezl Harrell’s career high 15 rebounds. SVT and Russ Smith add 10 each. Chane Behanan goes for…
LOUISVILLE, KY-(A.P.) Russ Smith scored 21 of his game-high 30 points in the first half and No. 3 Louisville made 12 3-pointers to set the tone for a 97-69 rout of Hofstra on Tuesday night. Louisville’s victory in the first of four games in the Hall of Fame Tipoff tournament was its 18th straight dating…
Tonight at 7:00 pm ET, the 3rd ranked Louisville Cardinals (1-0) will host the Hofstra Pride (1-1) in their first of four games in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff. The Cards are 33 point favorites in this game and should not have too much trouble fending off the Pride, who have gone 17-47 the…