Cards to Celebrate Senior Day Saturday

Saturday, February 21

LOUISVILLE, KY

2:15 p.m.

University of Louisville

Georgia Tech

February 20, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes Georgia Tech Game Notes

Louisville plays Georgia Tech on Saturday afternoon at 2:15 p.m. at the KFC Yum! Center; Senior Day ceremonies will follow the game

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball heads back to the KFC Yum! Center for its second to last home game of the season. Louisville is set to take on Georgia Tech at 2:15 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon. The game will be broadcast on The CW.

Prior to a loss at SMU on Tuesday night, Louisville was on a five-game win streak. Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets head to The Ville on an eight-game skid, most recently falling at Virginia on Wednesday evening.

Louisville is 27-16 all time against Georgia Tech, holding a 15-4 record at home. Head coach Pat Kelsey is seeking his first win against the Yellow Jackets as his record sits at 0-1.

GAME 27
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 | Mike Gminski, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

PROMOTIONS

Senior Day Red Out | Support the Louisville Men's Basketball seniors and wear red to commemorate their time in The Ville.
Kids Day | The KFC Yum! Center has been taken over by kids! The youngest members of Card Nation will participate in exclusive activations and experiences.

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.
Freshman Mikel Brown Jr. was named ACC Player and Rookie of the Week on Feb. 16 in addition to Naismith Trophy Player of the Week and AP National Player of the Week.
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. 19, there are 25 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 304 on 733 attempts. He is 81 makes and 211 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 seven players in DI this season to score 45 points, and one of five 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), Keaton Wagler of Illinois (46) and Dontae Horne of Prairie View A&M (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 14 teams in 2025-26 as of Feb. 15 to have five games or more of at least 24 assists. Louisville has had 10 games of 20+ assists, also one of 20 teams in the nation to do so.