Big Monday on Deck for Cardinals

Monday, January 26

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

University of Louisville

Duke

January 25, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes Duke Game Notes

No. 23/21 Louisville will travel to No. 5/5 Duke to take on the Blue Devils at 7 p.m. ET on Monday evening

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball hits the road to play its first repeat opponent of the season in the Duke Blue Devils on Monday night in Durham. The game can be found on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET.

The Cardinals moved to 4-3 in ACC play on Saturday after defeating Virginia Tech 85-71. Duke remains undefeated in conference action so far, posting a perfect 7-0 record. The two programs met on Jan. 6, and the Blue Devils left Louisville with an 84-73 win.

UofL trails Duke 9-18 in the all-time series between the two teams. The Cardinals have won 3 of 8 matchups all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have won the last eight games with Louisville's last victory in the series coming at Duke on Feb. 27, 2021 in overtime. Head coach Pat Kelsey is 0-4 in his career against Duke.

GAME 20
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ESPN (Dave O'Brien, pxp | Cory Alexander, analysis | Jay Williams, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

CARDINAL NOTES

UofL has a 66-89 record against Top 25 teams over the last 15 years.
Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 171-66 (.722) all-time in conference play as a head coach, including an 80-39 (.672) record on the road in league action.
As of Jan. 25, there are 25 players in DI shooting 41% or above from 3-point range in their career. No one in that group has made or attempted more 3-pointers than senior guard Isaac McKneely, who has made 287 on 695 attempts.
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. returned to the floor on Jan. 24 against Virginia Tech after missing eight games due to injury. He was named the 2025 USA Basketball Men's Athlete of the Year on Jan. 6.
Louisville is 41-0 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 is one of 13 teams in DI this season to make at least 20 3-pointers against another DI team, as of Jan. 25.
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.