Men's Basketball Holds Annual Media Day

October 11, 2016 | Men's Basketball

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Head coach Rick Pitino and the Players met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the upcoming season

By: Kim Pemberton

LOUISVILLE, KY. – The University of Louisville men's basketball team held its annual media day at the KFC Yum! Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Head coach Rick Pitino met with the local and national media first while breakout interviews with the players followed.

The Cardinals return 10 lettermen from last year's team that finished with a 23-8 overall record. Louisville finished fourth in the ACC and beat two Final Four participants in North Carolina and Syracuse. It was the 14th-consecutive season UofL has won 20 or more games and the Cardinals were ranked 16th in the Final Associated Press national rankings.

The Cardinals will compete in a pair of public Red-White intrasquad scrimmages in the KFC Yum! Center on Wednesday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 21. Both games will start at 7 p.m.