UofL Spends Saturday Afternoon Hosting Virginia Tech

Saturday, January 24

LOUISVILLE, KY

2:15 p.m.

University of Louisville

Virginia Tech

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January 23, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes

The Cardinals will host the Hokies ahead of a weekend snowstorm; Louisville’s men’s game will tip at 2:15 p.m. ET after the women’s game

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball will host Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon at 2:15 p.m., moved up from the original game time due to expected inclement weather in the evening. The game can be found on The CW.

Louisville most recently dominated at Pitt before having a mid-week bye. The Hokies took down Syracuse on the road on Wednesday evening, 76-74.

Louisville is 37-12 all-time against the longtime foe Virginia Tech, with a 19-5 record at home. Head coach Pat Kelsey is 2-1 in his career against the Hokies, having played them at all three of his heading coaching stops.

GAME 19
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Jody Demling, analysis)
Watch: The CW (Thom Brennaman, pxp | Brian Oliver, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

PROMOTIONS

Coaches vs. Cancer | Join Men's Basketball and the Coaches vs Cancer cause in the fight against cancer as survivors from the community are recognized throughout the game. Men's basketball coaches will also be wearing shoes decorated by local children affected by pediatric cancer; the shoes will be auctioned off online beginning on Saturday.

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 170-66 (.720) all-time in conference play as a head coach.
Kelsey reached his 300th career win on Jan. 10 with a victory over Boston College. He has now achieved 40 wins as the head coach at UofL.
Louisville is one of three DI teams with at least five victories of 40 points or more this season, joining Michigan (6) and High Point (6)
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 40-0 under Kelsey when leading with five minutes to play.
Louisville has had five 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. Louisville is one of six teams in 2025-26 as of Jan. 21 to have five games of at least 24 assists.
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.
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.