Louisville basketball's NCAA transfer portal footprint has shrunk entering the 2025-26 season, but there are still more than a dozen former Cardinals hooping elsewhere across Division I.

Pat Kelsey lost only two players to the portal after his first year at the helm.

Most of the familiar faces below played at U of L during the Kenny Payne era.

It's that time of the year again — time to check in on all the former Louisville basketball players who are gearing up for a new season elsewhere after hitting the NCAA transfer portal .

The Cardinals' portal footprint has shrunk from 20 ex-players across Division I in 2024-25 to 16 entering 2025-26. What happened? Six former players reached the end of their collegiate careers, and Pat Kelsey returned five of the seven eligible members of h

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