AI-assisted summary
Unlike balanced rivalries like Duke and North Carolina, Kentucky has consistently defeated Louisville, even when the Cardinals have had the better team.
Louisville is considered well-positioned for the home game, with key players and a talented roster capable of competing with Kentucky.
Every rivalry has its ebs and flows, but currently in the Louisville - Kentucky basketball series, the Cardinals have mainly been on the receiving end of elbows without delivering too many blows in return.
Pat Kelsey has to change that on Tuesday.
It’s just the third game of the season and the earliest U of L and UK have ever played in the series.
Losing would not eliminate U of L from making the NCAA Tournament . It has no impact on its pursuit of the program’s first ACC

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