Cards Open Regular Season Monday vs. UMBC While Honoring Denny Crum

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men's basketball opens its 110th season and 14th year in the KFC Yum! Center against UMBC at 7 p.m. ET Monday. The game will stream on ACC Network Extra.

The Cardinals went 1-1 in exhibition play, routing Simmons College 91-50 on Oct. 18 before falling to Kentucky Wesleyan 71-68 last week.

UMBC went 18-14 last season and fell 79-75 to Fordham in its lone open exhibition this season. Louisville and the Retrievers have never met before. UMBC is the only first-time opponent on the Cardinals' schedule this season.

GAME 1

UMBC at Louisville
November 6, 2023 | 7 p.m. CT
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

MEDIA INFO

Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship); Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)

Watch: ACC Network Extra (Kent Taylor, pxp | Jody Demling, analysis)

Live Stats: Louisville Stats

PROMOTIONS/TICKETS

Single-Game Tickets | Season Tickets

TOP STORYLINES

• UofL is set to honor legendary head coach Denny Crum, who passed away in May, at Monday's game. There will be a moment of silence pregame, as well as a ceremony at halftime to unveil Crum's seat as permanently changed to black and marked in the KFC Yum! Center. Players will be wearing a red jacket patch on their uniforms all season. More information about UofL's planned tributes to Crum and the Hall of Fame coach's career is available here.

• Louisville has won 18 of its last 19 season openers and 27 of its last 30. The Cards are 75-34 all-time in season openers, and have won 21 of the last 22 home openers. This is the eighth time in the last nine years that UofL has opened at home.

• In two exhibition games, sophomore transfer Skyy Clark led the team with 16 points per game. Redshirt sophomore Mike James averaged 14 points and 6.5 rebounds. Freshman Dennis Evans averaged a team-best seven rebounds.

• The Cardinals made 54 of 67 free throws (80%) across both exhibitions, including 31 of 38 against Kentucky Wesleyan. Their 54 made free throws were 13 more than their opponents even attempted (41).

• Six of Louisville's top eight scorers in exhibition play are new to the team, including Clark, sophomore transfer Tre White, and all four members of the freshman class – Evans, Curtis Williams, Kaleb Glenn and Ty-Laur Johnson.

• The Cardinals are returning 47.1% of their scoring, 57.1% of their rebounding and 28.1% of their assists. They have eight newcomers who together created the sixth-best recruiting class in the country, per 247Sports.

HISTORY VS. UMBC

First meeting

HONORING DENNY CRUM

Denny Crum, who won two NCAA Championships while serving as the University of Louisville's men's basketball coach for 30 years (1971-2001), passed away at his home on May 9, 2023. He was 86.

He directed Louisville to the 1980 and the 1986 NCAA Championships, ranking him as one of only 14 coaches in NCAA history to win two or more titles. Six times he guided the Cardinals into the NCAA Final Four, including four times in the decade of the '80s. Only five coaches all-time coached more Final Four teams than Crum.

The man admirably labeled "Cool Hand Luke" by former commentator Al McGuire was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 9, 1994.

Louisville will recognize Crum with a moment of silence before Monday's game, and will also host a special dedication for his seat at the KFC Yum! Center at halftime. Fans are encouraged to arrive early Monday and remain in their seats at halftime for these tributes.

Crum's seat in Section 106 will be permanently changed to black and marked in his honor to distinguish it from the rest of the venue's red seating. This gesture is similar to one previously complete for one of Crum's mentors, John Wooden, at UCLA.

Crum's family will be on hand for the dedication and will join the ceremony from the court bearing his name.

UofL players will have patches displaying Crum's iconic red jacket on all of their uniforms this season, while the coaching staff will wear pins in his honor Monday night. The players will also wear a special shooting shirt pregame highlighting some of Crum's most notable accomplishments.

Video tributes to Crum are planned throughout the evening, and more information will also be shared on the upcoming release of the Denny Crum Legacy Collection of apparel and other items, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Denny Crum Foundation.

University of Louisville Athletics

Cards Open Regular Season Monday vs. UMBC While Honoring Denny Crum

Players Mentioned

Skyy Clark

Dennis Evans

Kaleb Glenn

Mike James

Ty-Laur Johnson

Tre White

Curtis Williams

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