Just in case anyone is interested in catchingit beforeregular seasonstartsthis weekend. 6pm on ACC network.

Hopefully we can track roster turnover here.
First one I’ve seen - Carson Liggett. Makes me wonder if he ever, fully recovered to his pre-injury self.

It’s Taco Tuesday.
Going to the state fair today. It’s old folks day.

Until Louisville Live!

Reagan Bender from Sacred Heart commits to Louisville basketball. I really like this a good athlete who is a hometown girl. I wonder where that sUcK fan is who said Bender was a sUcK lean?

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Ranking ACC basketball programs as a generational talent and three new teams join the conference​

1) Duke
2) UNC

3. Louisville​

Biggest losses: Skyy Clark (13.2 ppg); Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (12.9 ppg, 8.4 rpg); Mike James (12.6 ppg, 5 rpg); Tre White (12.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg); JJ Traynor (10.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg); Ty-Laur Johnson (8.7 ppg, 3.6 apg); Curtis Williams (5.3 ppg); Kaleb Glenn (3.9 ppg)

Returning rotation players: None

Top 100 freshmen added (1): No. 34 Khani Rooths

Top 100 transfers added (4): No. 17 Terrence Edwards Jr. (James Madison), No. 46 Chucky Hepburn (Wisconsin), No. 61 J’Vonne Hadley (Colorado), No. 70 Kasean Pryor (South Florida)

Why they’re here: Can you rebuild a whole program in a single offseason? We’re about to find out, with Louisville as the national test case. The Cardinals got rid of their coach, their entire roster and somehow still ended up with the most experienced and productive group of players in the ACC.

Pat Kelsey’s team leads the league in D-I minutes played, career made 3s and top 100 transfers added — but no one, obviously, has done anything in a UL uniform. Still, having five players with over 2,000 career D-I minutes, plus five who have made at least 50 career 3s, should be a boon for Kelsey’s 3-point happy offense. In Kelsey’s 12 years as head coach, his teams have finished in the top 75 in 3-point rate 10 times — including last season, when College of Charleston finished 17th nationally after taking 46.9 percent of its shots from deep.

Among the notable additions: Edwards, the Sun Belt Player of the Year who led JMU to a program-best 32 wins; Hepburn, an All-Big Ten defender and three-year starter; and Pryor, who led USF to 21 wins in 22 games last season after becoming a starter. This ranking is admittedly a gamble on Kelsey getting all the players to coalesce, but Louisville has the talent to make one of the biggest year-to-year leaps in the sport — and get back to the NCAA Tournament.

4) Miami
5) Wake Forest
6) Pitt
7) Georgia Tech
8) Clemson
9) Virginia
10) NC State
11) Syracuse
12) Notre Dame
13) SMU
14) Cal
15) Virginia Tech
16) Boston College
17) Stanford


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Happy Monday everyone
Before we know it we will down to single digits.
Not good news about Lacy. I had the same injury in high school. No fun.

It’s Sunday and we are less than two weeks. Does anyone less think it’s strange to play games and call it week 0?

TCU where HVL will be playing next year is having their problems. LSU seemed like they had internal problems and now it looks like TCU is having some as well. I read one of their main players transferred out because of her mental health problems she was having with the team. Now 129,000 TCU fans have signed a petition to remove their 6’7” center Sedona Prince from the team. It seems as though Sedona has been abusive to her girlfriend and the fans don’t want the negative spin it is causing the team. Have fun HVL at your new home.

Lacy is out for a while with a broken collarbone

Exactly 2 weeks.
This will be a fun season.
Happy Saturday everyone

If you had told me Plummer would be the starting QB for the Panthers first pre-season game, I would have said you were nuts. But here we are in the middle of August, and he is fighting for a roster spot. Granted, not a great showing against the Patriots but he's in the discussion.

Any word on how season ticket sales are going?

Will Louisville pull off the upset for this highly rated CB??

It’s getting closer and closer.
It’s also Friday. My favorite day of the week.

It’s Friday Eve.
Go,make someone happy today.