Before "roster construction" became a buzzword in college sports and long before players were getting salaries, Louisville women's basketball became one of the most consistent winners in the country.

Louisville at Arkansas. Red vs. redder. Fast vs. faster. Past vs. present. From the minute they announced the SEC-ACC Challenge matchup, the intrigue was obvious.

Jeff Walz knows better than to downplay a rivalry. But as his 21st-ranked Louisville Cardinals prepare to host No. 20 Kentucky at the KFC Yum! Center on Saturday, he's more focused on execution than emotion.

Indiana held at No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 for a third consecutive week after its last-minute comeback to avoid a loss at Penn State. Louisville dropped four spots to No. 19 -- third highest in the ACC behind No. 14 Georgia Tech and No. 16 Miami.

It's a trap game with a trapdoor. The kind that Indiana teams of the past would walk straight into.

With Pat Kelsey, you figure you can count on two things right from the jump: taglines and tempo.

Louisville took out No. 4 Stanford on its home court, 3-1, ending a 20-match home win streak.

Louisville's loss at Stanford last November is the gift that keeps on taking. It knocked the Cardinals out of the AP Top 25 and the College Football Playoff rankings in one swoop.

What a difference a year makes.

You can see that Pat Kelsey's Louisville basketball team does not have a team in the national Top 25 in its path.