Cards to Compete at Wake Forest Saturday

Saturday, February 7

Winston-Salem, N.C.

12 p.m.

University of Louisville

Wake Forest

February 06, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes Wake Forest Game Notes

Pat Kelsey returns to Wake Forest where he was on staff for eight seasons

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball hits the road for its first of four road ACC games in February. The Cardinals are slated to face Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. ET. The game can be found on ACC Network.

Louisville has won its last two contests, including a 76-65 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday evening. Wake Forest is currently on a four-game skid.

UofL is 10-5 all-time against Wake Forest, posting an even 3-3 record when playing in Winston-Salem. Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey was the Director of Operations (2001-04) and an assistant coach (2004-09) under Skip Prosser at Wake Forest. Kelsey is 1-0 all-time as a head coach against Wake Forest, picking up a 72-59 victory over the Demon Deacons in 2025.

GAME 23
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | William McDermott, analysis)
Watch: ACC Network (Wes Durham, pxp | Dennis Scott, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 173-67 (.721) all-time in conference play as a head coach. He holds an 80-40 (.667) mark in away league games.
Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. has logged five games of 20+ points, tying the most 20-point games by a Louisville freshman in a single season. LaBradford Smith had five in 1987-88.
As of Feb. 5, there are 29 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 297 on 717 attempts. He is 67 makes and 156 attempts ahead of the next closest player, Jacari White of Virginia.
Louisville is one of four DI teams with at least five victories of 40 points or more this season, joining Michigan (6), High Point (6) and Illinois (5).
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 43-0 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 nine teams in 2025-26 as of Feb. 5 to have five games or more of at least 24 assists. Louisville has had nine games of 20+ assists, one of 20 teams in the nation to do so.
Louisville is 15th in the country in scoring margin at +15.4 points per game. The program is also fourth in 3-point attempts per game (33.8), fifth in three pointers per game (11.6) and 17th in defensive rebounds per game (28.18).
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.
Kelsey reached his 300th career win on Jan. 10 with a victory over Boston College.