• It's that time of the year again: time to make some bold predictions for the upcoming Louisville basketball season. • Pat Kelsey's Cardinals enter 2025-26 ranked 11th in the preseason AP Top 25. On paper, they look like a team with Final Four potential. • We're expecting big things from five-star freshman point guard Mikel Brown Jr., sharpshooting transfer Isaac McKneely and German big man Sananda Fru.

You could fill the KFC Yum! Center with all the hype surrounding Louisville basketball entering Year 2 of the Pat Kelsey era.

The Cardinals aren't wasting any time in trying to justify it.

U of L, ranked No. 11 in the preseason AP Top 25, is hosting No. 19 Kansas on Friday for what's shaping up to be the most anticipated exhibition in program history. The record won't reflect the re

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