Cards Face Baylor in Non-Conference Finale

Saturday, February 14

Fort Worth, Texas | Dickies Arena

4 p.m.

University of Louisville

Baylor

February 13, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Player Press Conference Pat Kelsey Press Conference Louisville Game Notes

Louisville takes a break from ACC play to take on the Baylor Bears in a neutral site game at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball puts a pause on ACC play to play a neutral, non-conference matchup against Baylor. The two programs will meet at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

The Cardinals are on a four-game winning streak, most recently coming off a historic 118-77 victory over NC State on Monday evening. The Baylor Bears have lost their last two contests, including a 99-94 defeat at the hands of BYU on Tuesday night.

The two programs have only ever met one other time, also in a neutral site game. Baylor defeated Louisville 66-63 on Nov. 25, 2016 in the Battle 4 Atlantis Championship. UofL head coach Pat Kelsey has never faced Baylor in his career.

GAME 25
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Jody Demling, analysis)
Watch: ESPN (Dave Pasch, pxp | Sean Farnham, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

CARDINAL NOTES

Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. tied Louisville's single-game scoring record with 45 points against NC State on Feb. 9. He tied the legendary Wes Unseld who was the lone owner of the record since Dec. 1, 1967. Brown also broke the ACC freshman single game scoring record, previously set by Cooper Flagg at 42 points.
Louisville had two 30-point scorers in one game for the first time in program history as Mikel Brown Jr. scored 45 and Ryan Conwell scored 31 against NC State on Feb. 9. UofL is just the second team in DI this season to have a game with two 31+ point scorers. The duo became the first pair of ACC players to drop 30+ each against another ACC team since Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson of UNC did it at Florida State on Jan. 4, 2016.
According to OptaSTATS, Mikel Brown Jr. and Ryan Conwell are the only DI teammate duo in the last 30 seasons to combine for 75+ points, 15+ rebounds and 15+ threes made in a game. Only one NBA duo has ever done it: Damian Lillard and Nassir Little during Lillard's 71-point game on Feb. 26, 2023. Mikel Brown Jr. is the only DI player since at least 2010-11 to record 45 points, nine rebounds, two assists and three steals in 34 minutes or less in a single game. He did so against NC State on Feb. 9.
As of Feb. 11, there are 22 players in DI shooting 41.5% 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 302 on 726 attempts. He is 85 makes and 217 attempts ahead of the next closest player, Milan Momcilovic of Iowa State.
Louisville is one of three DI teams with at least six victories of 40 points or more this season, joining Michigan (7) and High Point (6). The six 40+ point wins are the most UofL has ever had in a single season.
Mikel Brown Jr. is one of six players in DI this season to score 45 points, and one of four to do it in a regulation length game. He joins Dennis Parker Jr. of Radford (53), Dominique Daniels Jr. of California Baptist (47, OT), Javontae Campbell of Bowling Green (47, OT), Paul McNeil Jr. of NC State (47) and Keaton Wagler of Illinois (46).
Louisville is one of four programs that has logged at least three games of 18+ made 3's, joining Cornell (4 games), Charleston Southern (3) and VMI (3).
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 12 teams in 2025-26 as of Feb. 11 to have five games or more of at least 24 assists. Louisville has had 10 games of 20+ assists, also one of 12 teams in the nation to do so.
Louisville shot 60% from the 3-point line against the Wolfpack on Feb. 9. It was the best the Cards have shot from the arc, since shooting 62.5% in an 82-74 victory over Florida State on March 8, 2018.