University of Louisville
Pittsburgh
Louisville Hits the Road for Pittsburgh
January 16, 2026 | Men's Basketball
The Cardinals travel to the Steel City to take on the Panthers Saturday night
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball hopes to get back in the win column on Saturday evening when it takes on conference foe Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center. The game will tip at 8 p.m. ET and can be found on ESPN2.
Louisville has fallen in three of its last four contests, most recently to No. 16 Virginia on Tuesday night. Pitt picked up its first ACC win of the year on Wednesday night when the Panthers dominated Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 89-66.
The Cardinals are 23-11 all-time against the Panthers, holding a 10-5 mark when the game is played in Pittsburgh. Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey played Pitt twice last season, winning both contests and creating a 2-0 record against the Panthers in his head coaching career. The Cards won at Pitt 82-78 on Jan. 11 before doubling back on March 1 at home, winning 79-68.
GAME 18
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);Â
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Jody Demling, analysis)
Watch:  ESPN2 (Dave O'Brien, pxp | Cory Alexander, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.
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CARDINAL NOTES
- Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 169-66 all-time in conference play as a head coach. He has a 79-39 record all-time in away league games, for a winning percentage of 66.9% on the road.
- Kelsey reached his 300th career win on Jan. 10 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, 2010Â 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.
- Both Ryan Conwell and Mikel Brown Jr. represent Louisville on the preseason Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List. Conwell is also on the Lute Olsen Early Season List while Brown is on the Midseason List for the John Wooden Award.
- Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. was named to the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Preseason Watch List while senior guard Ryan Conwell was named the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Preseason Watch List.
