Louisville Opens ACC Play with No. 9 Duke

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball opens ACC play on Sunday evening by hosting No. 9 Duke in the KFC Yum! Center at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.

The Cardinals will look to stop a two game skid, most recently falling to No. 23/20 Ole Miss 86-63 in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils won their Challenge game 84-78 against No. 2 Auburn on Wednesday evening in Durham.

Louisville and Duke have faced off 24 times since 1958; Duke leads the all-time series 15-9 overall and 5-4 in Louisville. The programs met twice in the 2023-24 season, the Blue Devils claiming both outings. Head coach Pat Kelsey is 0-1 in his career against the Blue Devils.

GAME 9
RV Louisville (5-3, 0-0 ACC) vs. #0 Duke (6-2, 0-0 ACC)
Sunday, December 8 | 6 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 (Mark Schumacker, pxp | Jon Crispin, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Stats

PROMOTIONS

10-Year ACC Anniversary | The 2024-25 season is the 10th anniversary of Louisville joining the ACC.

TOP STORYLINES

The Cardinals received 27 votes in the Dec. 2 AP Poll.
Senior guard Chucky Hepburn was named ACC Player of the Week and is one of five Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week after his stellar performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis. See 'Hepburn's Hot Hand' on Page 7.
Fifth-year senior forward Kasean Pryor tore his ACL and will be out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
Junior guard Koren Johnson tore his labrum and will be out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
Louisville's 89-61 victory over No. 14/15 Indiana in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis was Louisville's first win over a ranked team since beating No. 19/20 Virginia Tech 73-71 on Jan. 6, 2021. It's the highest ranked opponent the Cards have beat since beating No. 3 Duke 79-73 on Jan. 18, 2020.
In the win over Indiana, UofL's Chucky Hepburn logged 16 points, 10 assists and seven steals. He's the first DI player with at least those marks since Markquis Nowell of Kansas State did it against West Virginia with 23 points on Dec. 31, 2022.
As of Dec. 6, Louisville is seventh in the country in three point attempts per game (31.6), 21st in turnovers forced per game (16.63), and 37th in offensive rebounds per game (13.75). Chucky Hepburn is second in the country in steals per game at 3.5.
Against Winthrop on Nov. 22, Louisville logged 10 blocks, including seven in the first half. Sophomore James Scott blocked five on his own. The 10 total, seven in a half and Scott's five were all the first time those feats happened for the Cardinals since March 7, 2018 against Florida State.
Louisville will play six ranked teams all before January 2.
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 266-125 career record, including four NCAA Tournament bids. Kelsey has recorded winning seasons in 11 of his 12 complete seasons as a head coach

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Players Mentioned

Chucky Hepburn

Koren Johnson

Kasean Pryor

James Scott

University of Louisville Athletics