Louisville Starts Three Game Homestand with Duke

Tuesday, January 6

LOUISVILLE, KY

7 p.m.

University of Louisville

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The No. 20/18 Cardinals play host to No. 6/6 Duke on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. ET

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball returns home for the start of a three-game homestand beginning with a rematch of the 2025 ACC Championship. The Cardinals are slated to play Duke on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

The Cards most recently dropped an ACC road game at Stanford on Friday night. Meanwhile, Duke has begun its conference slate 2-0 with victories over Georgia Tech and Florida State.

Louisville is 9-17 all-time against the Blue Devils with a 4-6 record when playing the contest at home. UofL head coach Pat Kelsey is 0-3 against Duke, having faced Blue Devil head coach Jon Scheyer twice last season.

GAME 15
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ESPN (Dan Shulman, pxp | Jay Bilas, analysis | Kris Budden, sideline)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

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CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville is 66-87 against Top 25 teams in the last 15 years. UofL has won 25 of its last 66 games when facing Top 10 teams.
Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 168-64 all-time in conference play as a head coach.
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.
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 38-0 under Kelsey when leading with five minutes to play.
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 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.
A pair of Cardinals represent Louisville on the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List, Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List and the Wooden Award Preseason Watch List; both Ryan Conwell and Mikel Brown Jr. were named to the esteemed lists. Conwell is also on the Lute Olsen Early Season List.
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