Aly Khalifa was the show in the second half for Louisville, 11 points, three second-half threes, five assists, three blocked shots and enough sleight-of-hand to make David Blaine jealous.
Now, Louisville gets to see what it missed.
Louisville coach Pat Kelsey, somber but resolute, stood in front of his team and said, “We’ve had to rally around Aly.”
Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey was back in his hometown Thursday — not just back but on the mound at Great American Ballpark, throwing out the first pitch before the Reds beat the White Sox.
If healthy, Khalifa was expected to give Louisville a versatile offensive weapon.
So here we are again. The NCAA is denying the eligibility of a big man in the Louisville men's basketball program.
For the first time since the Louisville men's basketball program introduced Pat Kelsey as its new head coach on March 28, WDRB Sports Director Tyler Greever sat down with the new leader of the Cardinals.
March has brought more misery than madness to Kentuckiana in recent years, but that seems likely to end.
Practicing safe browsing is the reminder University of Louisville athletic director Josh Heird always gives and tries to remember in his daily encounters with social media.
Aly Khalifa, a native of Egypt who was one of the better passing big men in the college game under Mark Pope at BYU last season, has committed to the University of Louisville, he told On3Sports on Thursday afternoon.