Jeff Greer
The University of Louisville already has two primetimenonconference games scheduled, but ESPN announced on Wednesday a pair of big-time ACC matchups that'll get primetime treatment, too.
Louisville will host North Carolina at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, as part of ESPN's "Big Monday" college basketball series that starts with league play in January.
A week later, the Cards' road game at Duke will have the same time and network -- a 7 p.m. tip-off on ESPN.
Those two games are two of the bigger conference contests Louisville has this coming season. The Cardinals also have home-and-home series with Virginia and Pittsburgh, home games vs. FSU and Syracuse and road games at Miami, NC State and Notre Dame.
Using ESPN's Early Top 25 for next season, Louisville's schedule features games against No. 2 UNC, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 4 Virginia (twice), No. 6 Duke, No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 19 Michigan State.
Here's the rest of Louisville's schedule that we know so far. It was pieced together using signed game contracts obtained through a public records request by The Courier-Journal.
Nov. 9 - Kentucky Wesleyan (exh.)
Nov. 13 - Samford
Nov. 14-24 - Hartford, St. Francis (N.Y), UNF (Brooklyn Hoops Classic)
Nov. 28 - Saint Louis (8 p.m., Barclays Center, Brooklyn)
Dec. 2 - at Michigan State (7:15 p.m., Big Ten/ACC Challenge)
Dec. 5 - Grand Canyon
Dec. 12 - Eastern Michigan
Dec. 16 - Kennesaw State
Dec. 22 - UMKC (Billy Minardi Classic)
Dec. 23 - Utah Valley (Billy Minardi Classic)
Dec. 26 - at Kentucky
Feb. 1 - North Carolina (7 p.m.)
Feb. 8 - at Duke (7 p.m.)
Contracted but no game date: Western Kentucky
THE COURIER-JOURNAL
The University of Louisville already has two primetimenonconference games scheduled, but ESPN announced on Wednesday a pair of big-time ACC matchups that'll get primetime treatment, too.
Louisville will host North Carolina at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, as part of ESPN's "Big Monday" college basketball series that starts with league play in January.
A week later, the Cards' road game at Duke will have the same time and network -- a 7 p.m. tip-off on ESPN.
Those two games are two of the bigger conference contests Louisville has this coming season. The Cardinals also have home-and-home series with Virginia and Pittsburgh, home games vs. FSU and Syracuse and road games at Miami, NC State and Notre Dame.
Using ESPN's Early Top 25 for next season, Louisville's schedule features games against No. 2 UNC, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 4 Virginia (twice), No. 6 Duke, No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 19 Michigan State.
Here's the rest of Louisville's schedule that we know so far. It was pieced together using signed game contracts obtained through a public records request by The Courier-Journal.
Nov. 9 - Kentucky Wesleyan (exh.)
Nov. 13 - Samford
Nov. 14-24 - Hartford, St. Francis (N.Y), UNF (Brooklyn Hoops Classic)
Nov. 28 - Saint Louis (8 p.m., Barclays Center, Brooklyn)
Dec. 2 - at Michigan State (7:15 p.m., Big Ten/ACC Challenge)
Dec. 5 - Grand Canyon
Dec. 12 - Eastern Michigan
Dec. 16 - Kennesaw State
Dec. 22 - UMKC (Billy Minardi Classic)
Dec. 23 - Utah Valley (Billy Minardi Classic)
Dec. 26 - at Kentucky
Feb. 1 - North Carolina (7 p.m.)
Feb. 8 - at Duke (7 p.m.)
Contracted but no game date: Western Kentucky
THE COURIER-JOURNAL
