Louisville men’s basketball isn’t easing into Year Two of the Pat Kelsey era. It’s diving headfirst into the fire.

Next season's ACC-SEC Challenge will be pretty spicy for the Louisville basketball program.

Before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the 2025 MVP of the National Basketball Association, SGA was named the MVP of Kentucky’s season-opening victory over Mark Pope and Utah Valley on Nov. 10, 2017.

Josh Heird said the early November date is the result of a combination of factors and that he and coach Pat Kelsey are working on "a few other" non-league games with juice.

At least seven players from that 2024 U of L squad entered the transfer portal again.

On Thursday, athletic department sources at Louisville and Indiana declined to comment on the chatter that the programs are discussing playing for a third straight season.

The Cardinals climbed from No. 28 to No. 15 in average attendance in Division I basketball.

“I wore number 23 because that’s the number my grandfather wore when he played for Louisville,” Carson Howard said. “It was so cool to do it for him this year.”

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 I don’t remember why I needed to interview Junior Bridgeman. I only remember that I did.