Louisville Returns Home for Standalone White Out Game

Monday, February 9

LOUISVILLE, KY

7 p.m.

University of Louisville

NC State

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February 08, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes

The Cardinals take on NC State on Monday night at 7 p.m. in the KFC Yum! Center

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball returns home for a Big Monday matchup against the Wolfpack of NC State. The 7 p.m. ET game will be televised on ESPN.

Louisville has won five of its last six games, most recently earning a conference road win at Wake Forest Saturday. NC State comes to the KFC Yum! Center on a six-game winning streak that started with an overtime victory on Jan. 20 at Clemson.

The Cardinals are 15-14 all-time against NC State, holding a 7-4 record at home. Louisville last defeated the Wolfpack at home on Jan. 24, 2019. UofL head coach Pat Kelsey 1-1 all-time in his coaching career against the Pack.

GAME 24
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Bob Valvano analysis)
Watch: ESPN (Dave O'Brien, pxp | Jay Williams, analysis | Molly McGrath, sideline)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

PROMOTIONS

White Out | Be loud, wear white, and pack the KFC Yum! Center. Cardinal Authentic/Collective will have specialty White Out shirts for $15 in addition to all white apparel being 25% off on Monday. The first 3,000 fans will receive an LED rally towel courtesy of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 174-67 (.722) all-time in conference play as a head coach.
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. 8, there are 32 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 300 on 721 attempts. He is 68 makes and 155 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 44-0 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 11 teams in 2025-26 as of Feb. 8 to have five games or more of at least 24 assists. Louisville has had nine games of 20+ assists, one of 22 teams in the nation to do so.
Louisville is 14th in the country in scoring margin at +15.1 points per game. The program is also third in 3-point attempts per game (33.4), fifth in three pointers per game (11.5) and 17th in defensive rebounds per game (28.09).
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.
Both Ryan Conwell and Mikel Brown Jr. represent Louisville on the preseason Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List.