It's Draft Night in the NBA.
When the University of Louisville men's basketball team started its two-hour bus ride to Indianapolis for the 1980 NCAA Final Four, the conversation centered on Iowa, the Cardinals' opponent in the national semifinals.
Soon, there will be three Derek Smith basketball events on the local basketball calendar to honor him.
Rick Bozich calls it the most joyful addition to the local basketball calendar of the year.
Students needing additional support are being encouraged to reach out to school counselors.
People around the Louisville basketball program are feeling it.
Smith, the son of Derek Smith, a star on the Cards’ 1980 NCAA championship team, played point guard at Duke and worked on Mike Krzyzewski’s staff the last five seasons.
Nobody who knows the history of the Payne and Smith friendship is surprised by the news that Smith’s son, Nolan, is likely to join Payne’s first Cardinals’ coaching staff.
The best high school quarterback in Kentucky decided to take his shot with a program that hasn’t had a winning season since 2014 over opportunities at Kentucky and Louisville.