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NCAA Tournament Friday open thread

A full day to sit back, relax, and enjoy some March Madness knowing there’s another Cardinal basketball game to be played on Saturday. Nothing beats it. Here’s the lineup: (7) Kentucky vs. (10) Santa Clara | 12:15 p.m. | CBS (5) Texas Tech vs. (12) Akron | 12:40 p.m. | truTV (1) Arizona vs. (16) […]

Hoopaholic’s Gazette: Second Thoughts

Just a few things. Shame shame shame on me for not singing the praises of Kobe Rodgers in my GameCap. My sincerest apologies. Both Coach and players mentioned him the victory’s post game presser. Pointing to the importance of his hugely significant rebound of a Bull miss with 1:25 left and the Cards clinging to […]

Louisville tops South Florida: Highlights and Postgame Videos

Feel free to watch every second of these, or turn the highlight videos off around the 9-minute mark of the second half. Either way, go ahead and soak this up. It’s been a while. Highlights: Pat Kelsey postgame from the bus: Locker room celebration:

Seedy K’s GameCap: South Florida

You wander in the desert for 3290 days, and it makes sense that you might get nervous when you finally spy the promised land. Louisville 83, South Florida 79. For the first time since March 17, 2017, the Louisville Cardinals face a 48 hour turnaround to play in the NCAA Round of 32. So, all […]

NCAA Tournament First Round Preview: Louisville vs. South Florida

6) Louisville Cardinals (23-10) vs. 11) South Florida Bulls (25-8) NCAA Tournament East Region First Round Game Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: KeyBank Center: Buffalo, N.Y. Television: TNT Announcers: Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Jim Jackson (analysis), Allie LaForce (sideline) Favorite: Louisville by 4.5 Series: Louisville leads, 29-4 Last Meeting: Louisville won, 80-45, on Feb. 18, 2014 in Louisville Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville […]

Louisville Football Spring Practice Notes

Louisville football started spring practice this week after a few months following a 9-win season under Jeff Brohm. The Cards are coming off another portal window, where they were major buyers in an effort to replace some of their top players. The staff was also able to hold on to some of the top players […]

South Florida Bulls breakdown

I’ve watched hours of South Florida men’s basketball over the last two nights so that you don’t have to. Here’s what I’ve learned. STARTERS #35 Izaiyah Nelson — F, Sr., 6-10, 218 lbs.15.7 PPG/9.6 RPG/1.4 BPG/1.6 SPG Let’s start with the accolades, I guess. Nelson, who followed Hodgson to Tampa after spending the first three […]

Mikel Brown Jr. out for NCAA Tournament opening weekend

U of L has released the following statement on the status of star freshman point guard Mikel Brown Jr.: University of Louisville freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. (back) will be out for Louisville’s NCAA Tournament Round of 64 game on Thursday against South Florida and would remain out the rest of this week should the […]

Tuesday afternoon Cardinal news and notes

—Spread check (men vs. South Florida): Louisville by 5.5. —Spread check (women vs. Vermont): Louisville by 26.5. —Eric Crawford writes about the task at hand for the U of L men in Buffalo this week. —The whole world certainly seems to be on the Bulls. I don’t hate it. —It feels wrong given the weather […]

Hoopaholic’s Gazette: Let’s Dance!

The Cokes are in the icebox/ The popcorn’s on the table Sam Cooke got it right. Figuratively speaking. Actually tis Vernor’s and Dr. Brown’s in the fridge. With a tournament level supply of Black Jewell Slightly Buttered ordered and on the way. It’s time. We’re havin’ a party. Everybody’s swingin’/ We’re dancin’ to the music, […]

South Florida’s Wes Enis says Bulls are ‘the better team’

Louisville’s players and staff didn’t have to wait too long after the bracket reveal to get some bulletin board material for Thursday afternoon’s first round contest against South Florida. During the team’s media availability on Monday, USF leading scorer Wes Enis was asked what it would mean to pull off an 11/6 upset of a […]

Pat Kelsey previews NCAA Tournament

Not much of an update on Mikel Brown Jr. here. Can’t imagine we know something one way or the other until the initial injury report is released. Here’s the full video of Kelsey reacting to drawing USF as well as some thoughts on how the team performed at the ACC Tournament in Charlotte last week.

U of L women earn 3-seed, will host Vermont in round one

From U of L: A day after the Louisville women’s basketball team found out it was hosting the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2026 NCAA Tournament, the full field was announced at the Selection Show on Sunday night. The Cardinals (27-7, 15-3 ACC) earned a No. 3 overall seed and will face off against […]

Louisville to face South Florida in NCAA Tournament opener on Thursday

Louisville will look to win a game in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nearly a decade when it takes on American Conference champion South Florida on Thursday in Buffalo. The contest between the East Region’s 6-seed and 11-seed will tip-off at 1:30 p.m. ET on TNT. South Florida enters the March Madness […]

NCAA Men’s Tournament Selection Show Open Thread

I guess it can’t be any worse than last year (knocks on every piece of wood in house). Final prediction is the same as last night: Cards get a 6-seed playing the winner of a First Four game. I’ll throw a dart and say Miami University vs. Missouri. Feel free to toss out your own […]

Louisville will host first two rounds of women’s tournament

We won’t have the full bracket for another day, but we now know for certain where the Louisville women’s basketball team will be playing the first two games of its NCAA Tournament run. The NCAA Selection Committee revealed the top 16 teams for the tournament that will all be playing host for the first two […]