If you had a better plan for the University of Louisville men’s basketball team to stir a final whiff of hope about this season, beating the Panthers and Wolfpack on back-to-back home Saturdays had to be on Line 1.
The Cardinals lost for the fifth time in six league games Saturday afternoon at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. The final score was 90-65 and it did not seem that close.