No. 20/18 Cardinals Host Boston College for Saturday Contest

Saturday, January 10

LOUISVILLE, KY

12 p.m.

University of Louisville

Boston College

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No. 20/18 Cardinals Host Boston College for Saturday Contest

January 09, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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Louisville hosts Boston College, looks to snap two-game skid

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball is seeking to bounce back on Saturday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center when it hosts Boston College for the Cardinals' fourth ACC game of the season. The Cards and Eagles will play at noon on The CW.

Both teams enter the game on a two-game conference skid as Louisville recently fell to No. 6 Duke on Tuesday evening while Boston College dropped a game to NC State.

Louisville is 11-8 all-time against Boston College, including a 5-1 mark at home. UofL head coach Pat Kelsey is 1-0 against the Eagles, winning last season's matchup 84-58 in Chestnut Hill.

GAME 16
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: The CW (Tom Werme, pxp | Seth Davis, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

PROMOTIONS

502 Day | Celebrate the city we all call home throughout the game with special activations and recognitions.
Mental Health Awareness | Stand with us and the Cards All In student-athlete mental health organization in recognizing the importance of mental health.

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 168-65 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.
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 38-0 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.
A pair of Cardinals represent Louisville on the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List and Oscar Robertson Trophy 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 while Brown is on the Midseason List for the John Wooden Award.
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.
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.