Louisville to Play Opening Exhibition at Home Monday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball will play Young Harris College in its opening exhibition at home in the KFC Yum! Center on Monday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. ET. The game will stream on ACC Network Extra.

The contest will be the first in the KFC Yum! Center in the new Pat Kelsey era. The 2024-25 roster features 16 newcomers and one returning letterwinner.

It's the Cardinals' first of two home exhibitions in October before officially tipping off the season against in-state foe Morehead State on Nov. 4.

Louisville took a foreign tour trip to the Bahamas in late July to play two exhibition games in the Baha Mar Hoops Summer League. The Cards beat Bahamas Select 111-59 and the University of Calgary 111-71.

EXHIBITION GAME 1
Louisville (0-0) vs. Young Harris College (0-0)
Monday, October 21, 2024 | 7 p.m. ET
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

MEDIA INFORMATION/LINKS
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ACC Network Extra (Jody Demling, pxp | Larry O'Bannon, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Stats

TOP STORYLINES

The Cardinals hold a connection to Young Harris head coach Jeremy Currier through two coaches on their own staff. During his coaching tenure, Currier coached at Pfieffer University in North Carolina shortly after Cards' assistant coach Thomas Carr played and graduated from there. UofL assistant coach Brian Kloman and Currier also coached together at Daniel Webster College.
Louisville was selected ninth in the ACC Preseason Media Poll.
Louisville has the chance to potentially play eight teams ranked in the AP Preseason Top 25 all before January 2. The first of those opponents will be current No. 12 Tennessee at home in the KFC Yum! Center on November 9.
Four of the Cardinals head to The Ville with more than 1,000 career points scored: Terrence Edwards Jr. (1,414), Reyne Smith (1,212), Aboubacar Traore (1,033) and Chucky Hepburn (1,013).
Louisville has 11 players who were on teams that played in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The roster in total has made 14 NCAA Division I Tournament appearances at their previous schools, playing in 20 NCAA Tournament games across their careers.
Head coach Pat Kelsey has won 11 total conference championships across his 261-122 career record, including four NCAA Tournament bids. Kelsey has recorded winning seasons in 11 of his 12 complete seasons as a head coach.
Pat Kelsey was hired on March 28, 2024 as the 24th head coach in Louisville's 110-year history, and the 10th in the past 79 years

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Players Mentioned

Terrence Edwards Jr.

Chucky Hepburn

Reyne Smith

Aboubacar Traore

University of Louisville Athletics