Louisville released its nonconference women's basketball schedule Wednesday.

For the Louisville women's basketball team, finishing had become less a skill than a séance.

The Louisville women’s basketball team has done the respectable things. It has grown up. It has gotten older. It has listened better. It has improved.

Louisville knew it was going to be home for the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Now, the Cardinals know the next step in front of them.

Louisville women's basketball will host the first and second rounds of the 2026 NCAA Tournament at the KFC Yum! Center, the NCAA selection committee announced.

With one regular-season road game remaining after that — and March Madness looming — Cardinals fans may have already seen Mikel Brown Jr. play his final game at the KFC Yum! Center.

This is what success looks like at Louisville. Not satisfaction. Maintenance. Don’t expect any different from Louisville heading into Sunday’s 4 p.m. season finale against Notre Dame at the KFC Yum! Center.