Cardinals Close Out Homestand with Virginia

Tuesday, January 13

LOUISVILLE, KY

7 p.m.

University of Louisville

#16 Virginia

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January 12, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes Pat Kelsey Press Conference

Another Top 25 match up is on the slate for Louisville Tuesday night

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball will look to keep the momentum going on Tuesday night as it faces off against Virginia at the KFC Yum! Center at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.

The Cardinals recently got back in the win column after a two-game conference skid, defeating Boston College on Saturday afternoon. The Cavaliers have won their last three ACC games, including defeating Stanford 70-55 most recently.

UofL head coach Pat Kelsey is 2-0 in his career against the Hoos while Louisville is 7-24 all-time against UVA. This is just the second season since Louisville joined the ACC that the Cardinals and Cavaliers are only slated to play each other once in the regular season.

GAME 17
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ESPN2 (Dave O'Brien, pxp | Cory Alexander, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

PROMOTIONS

Ville'ns Appreciation | Students of the official student section of Louisville Athletics, The Ville'ns, will have a chance to win exclusive giveaways and participate in activations throughout the game.

CARDINAL NOTES

Senior guard Isaac McKneely will face off against his former team on Tuesday night - the Poca, W. Va., native played his first three seasons at Virginia.
Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 169-65 all-time in conference play as a head coach.
Kelsey reached his 300th career win on Saturday afternoon with a victory over Boston College. He has achieved 39 of those wins as the head coach at UofL.
Louisville is one of five DI teams with at least four victories of 40 points or more this season, joining Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky and High Point.
Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. was recently named the 2025 USA Basketball Men's Athlete of the Year.
There were 14 players returning to DI this season that had made at least 175 3-pointers with a career 3-point field goal percentage of 38% or more; Ryan Conwell and Isaac McKneely are two of those 14.
Louisville is 39-0 under Kelsey when leading with five minutes to play.
Louisville has had four games of at least 24 assists, the first time since 2010-11 that the program has had multiple games of 24+ assists; the Cardinals had five games of at 24+ assists that season.
The late great Junior Bridgeman is the sixth player in Louisville men's basketball history to have their jersey number retired.
Against Memphis on Dec. 13, Louisville had four different players with at least three 3-pointers apiece for the first time since Nov. 22, 2010 when the Cards played Chattanooga. It was the second time in program history that six different players made multiple 3-pointers, the first time being at WKU on Dec. 22, 2010.
Senior guard Ryan Conwell is the only DI men's basketball player since at least 2010-11 to log at least 32 points, nine rebounds and six assists in 24 minutes or less, according to Sports Reference. He notched that stat line against NJIT on Nov. 26.
Louisville netted 20 3-pointers against NJIT on Nov. 26, the second-most made 3's in a single game in program history. It's just the second time ever the Cardinals have made at least 20 3's in a game. UofL was the third team in DI this season to make at least 20 3-pointers against another DI team.