I’d venture it’s a good thing we didn’t make the PO or play PSU this year?

In fairness I haven’t watched it so maybe there is a 35 point (at this time) excuse?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men’s basketball returns to league action with a one-off game at Florida State on Saturday afternoon in Tallahassee, Fla. The game will be broadcast on The CW beginning at 2 p.m. ET.



The Cardinals recently suffered a tough loss to in-state rival No. 5 Kentucky last Saturday. Louisville fell to the Wildcats 93-85. Florida State beat Winthrop on Monday night 82-64.



The former Metro Conference teams have significant history with each other with 53 meetings between the two programs. Louisville leads the all-time series 35-18 and holds a 12-11 edge in Tallahassee. The programs will meet twice this year in ACC action: once on Saturday, Dec. 21 and again in Louisville on Saturday, Feb. 22.



GAME 12

Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);

Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)

Watch: The CW (Tom Werme, pxp | John Henson, analysis)

Live Stats: Florida State Statbroadcast



TOP STORYLINES

• Through the last three games, fifth-year senior Terrence Edwards Jr. is averaging 22.0 points a game off the bench, shooting 51.3% from the floor and 52.6% from the 3-point line.
• Senior guard Chucky Hepburn was named ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 2 and was one of five Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week after his stellar performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis.
• Louisville could play six ranked teams before January 2. The Cardinals have the 11th best strength of schedule according to KenPom as of Dec. 20.
• Louisville’s 89-61 victory over No. 14/15 Indiana in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis was Louisville’s first win over a ranked team since beating No. 19/20 Virginia Tech 73-71 on Jan. 6, 2021. It’s the highest ranked opponent the Cards have beat since beating No. 3 Duke 79-73 on Jan. 18, 2020.
• In the win over Indiana, UofL’s Chucky Hepburn logged 16 points, 10 assists and seven steals. He’s the first DI player with at least those marks since Markquis Nowell of Kansas State did it against West Virginia with 23 points on Dec. 31, 2022.
• All four of Louisville’s losses are to teams now in the top 20 in the AP Poll: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 4 Duke, No. 13 Oklahoma and No. 19 Ole Miss.
• As of Dec. 20, Louisville is sixth in the country in three point attempts per game (32.5) and 49th in turnovers forced per game (15.1). Chucky Hepburn is fifth in the country in steals per game at 3.0 and in total steals with 33. Reyne Smith is 34th in the country in 3-pointers per game at 3.18 and 13th in total three point attempts.
• Against Winthrop on Nov. 22, Louisville logged 10 blocks, including seven in the first half. Sophomore James Scott blocked five on his own. The 10 total, seven in a half and Scott’s five were all the first time those feats happened for the Cardinals since March 7, 2018 against Florida State.
• Fifth-year senior forward Kasean Pryor tore his ACL and will be out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
• Junior guard Koren Johnson tore his labrum and will be out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
• Louisville has 11 players who were on teams that played in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The roster in total has made 14 NCAA Division I Tournament appearances at their previous schools, playing in 20 NCAA Tournament games across their careers.

Less than ideal… figured he was going to be a key guy next year.

About time we played a team that didn't or couldn't suffocate the Cards defensively. This Cards team needs to find its groove offensively and FSU was the perfect opponent.

18 assists and 6 turnovers.

Good looks usually leads to made shots and the Cards did just that. Great game for Smith and kudos for Waterman.

All around great butt kicking on the road.

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Started out looking good on their first drive and the QB makes a horrible decision on fourth down. Has the first down but opts to throw it instead of just taking the first down. Incomplete pass killed the drive. Stupid. They hold Penn St get the ball and he throws a pick six. Damn they have actually looked good on D. Some questionable play calling on O isn’t helping

Can confirm he's here for his visit. Like Louisville's chances - a lot.

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I know we have a HUGE match coming up, but I figured some may be interested in this, so here it is.

I was perusing the Pitt message boards to see what they were saying about losing to us, and stumbled on this tidbit ...

Purdue's coach of 22 years is apparently retiring, which has several players hitting the transfer portal. One of whom is rumored to be a Louisville lean. Cutting and pasting the relevant post from over there:

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Louisville has 6 seniors so they will have a lot of holes to fill.

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Based on Volleytalk buzz, Instagram following, some suggest 80% Chicoine ends up at Louisville.

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Chicoine is CHLOE CHICOINE ... her bio is here, but she was rated the #1 ranked recruit in the nation, and she will be a junior next season, so a couple of years left of eligibility.





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I think we're better than both.

Not sure who's calling the plays for IU. Playing to not lose.

I missed the first part of the first set, I came in when we were down by 8 and watched us go on a run. We closed the gap but lost 25-21 we did look good towards the end of that set. I hope that carries over to the 2nd set.

Total frauds

simple facts people, simple facts. happy holidays and Go Cards in both Bball and Vball!!!

Netflix is doing a series on SEC football that will air next summer. They followed 8 SEC schools and sUcK was one of them. The 2 games that Netflix covered for sUcK was their blowout losses at home to South Carolina and to Louisville. That might be a lot of fun watching that series.

Cards Rally win 3 straight sets defeat #1 national Seed Pitt 3-1. Do it without Anna DeBeer in the 4th set after leaving injured high ankle sprain early in the 4ht Set. Go Lady cards Volleyball win the Natti in Da Vill Sunday!!!

It was a battle and a blast to watch.
Cards on to the NATTY!
GO CARDS!

Fri 20 Dec:

IU - ND -- Domers rip the training wheels off of the Hooshiers on Irish home field in welcoming them to big boy CFB, they are not ready for prime time either.

Sat 21 Dec:

CU - TX -- Dabo gets his best performance of the year by his Tigers and upsets the over rated all year long Longhorns, Tigers hook um horns in a big surprise to the folks in Texass.

UTenn - OSU -- Tough call for me on this one... but going with the HF adv that the Buc Eyes will have in this game. Vols will find a way to choke but keepit close

SMU - PSU -- will turn out to be the best game of the four, the Mustangs will strut their stuff vs the overated Nitwit Lions rolling to the W as speed kills and the tangs have more of it then the plodding Lions--Tiebreaker - 34 - 27 Tangs.

Good fortune to ya! and there you have it, my best WAG in this first ever 12 team playoff to get down to the Elite 8. What say you guys?

Now get to pic'n and grin'n. Lets have some fun. Game commentary is encouraged and appreciated by all. TY.

Did not know that former Cardinal, Harry Douglass was a member of ESPN. He had a pretty hot take, saying that Ryan Day has to win the National Championship in order to save his job. If that is the case then Ohio $tate really is out of their minds.

Pitt vs Toledo -----26 Dec Thur --Panthers in a squeeker

Cuse vs Wash St -27 Dec Fri --- Cuse in a shootout

GT vs Vandy ------27 Dec Fri ----Toss up game but Tech proves their play vs UGA was for real and takes down the SEC suprise of the year

UNC vs UConn ---28 Dec Sat ---Huskies take advantage of the changes the Heels are experiencing

BC vs Nebraska - 28 Dec Sat --The Huskers want to prove they have arrived and the Eagles will just try to survive

IowaSt vs Miami--28 Dec Sat -- The Canes cane the Cyclones and show they should not have been left out of CFP...Cam goes off, alot

ECU vs NC St ----28 Dec Sat -- Wolfpack have to beat down little brother in the battle of Caroliina to salvage the season

Cards vs Wash ---31 Dec Tues -- Hate it for the Cards to go out west again...take it our on the UW's of the BIG and kick they butts

Duke vs Ole Mis ---2 Jan Thur -- This is the match I wanted the Cards to get...hope Duke keeps it close in this one...will they? Naw say LK

VT vs Minn ---------3 Jan Fri -- This is my who cares game!. Hokies smokie the gophers in this one

There you have it, my WAG for the ACC in this years Bowl games. With Clemson and SMU in the CFP that makes 12 of 17 teams in the league with an extra month of practice for next year...and well deserved for most of them. Good luck to them and good fortune in your Pic's. Now get to pic'n and grin'n! Enjoy the games!!!! And have a Merry X-mas and Happy New Year!

I think this dude is gonna restore the glory of this rivalry. He’s great from an X’s and O’s perspective and has a huge amount of fight. Watched the post game presser and he was entertaining while being upset about the L. I think UofL got the right guy. Don’t want to lose any games against y’all but expect to over the next few years. IMO Louisville is headed back to a top 10 program under his leadership.

Pitt and Wisconsin were both fortunate to escape 5 set matches against underdogs, and several weaknesses were exposed that had been previously concealed by both survivors.

Overwhelming evidence of ESPN’s SEC bias was on display last night. As soon as the Wisconsin game ended, the ESPN TV analyst directed their full attention to TX A&M’s “heroic effort” in their loss; if someone had not seen the game, you would have thought A&M ahad won the match. Earlier in the post game interview, another ESPN reporter asked the Wisconsin star “how she felt when hearing the A&M crowd cheering louder than her Wisconsin Home fans?” You can’t make this stuff up; it is so intentional, it’s humiliating to the viewers.

Huge match between Pitt vs UK WVB game will be playing at the same time UK vs UL MBB Game; depending on how our UL Men are performing, will determine what I will be watching the closest. Before the WVB Tournament started, I thought Pitt was unbeatable, particularly in Pittsburgh. After witnessing the Thursday matches, it is evident that UK is playing about as well as any team right now, other than our UL Ladies. I will not be so surprised to see UK beat the Panthers, and that will considered as big of an upset as this sport as seen.

If our UL Ladies plays with the same focus and intensity they displayed on Friday over Purdue, we will sweep a very good Stanford Team.

I really didn’t care who we played for the title because I liked our chances no matter who we played. However after watching the Nebraska vs PSU match I started cheering for PSU. The reason being is because of Nebraska’s fan base which is huge. I didn’t want them to outnumber us on our own home court.