Mikel Brown Jr. returned from an eight-game absence and scored 20 points to lead No. 23 Louisville to an 85-71 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday.

Ryan Conwell hit five 3-pointers and scored 24 points, and all five Louisville starters scored in double figures as the 20th-ranked Cardinals routed Pittsburgh 100-59 on Saturday night.

Hadley expected to have only one season at Louisville when he transferred from Colorado.

But for this program, brought back into the March Madness fold after five long seasons away, the experience is being made new again.

It will be a different kind of Senior Day for the University of Louisville men’s basketball team.

At one point, Louisville missed 15 out of 16 three-point tries and saw its lead shrink from double digits to a tie game.

On Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center, this was something different.

Louisville continued its grind from ACC curiosity to ACC contender by taking down Clemson, 74-64, Wednesday night at the KFC Yum! Center.

Smith had 27 points and the Cardinals made a season-high 15 threes.