Cards in Action Tomorrow -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

One More Sleep til Game Day

Like kids on Christmas Eve, Cardinal fans are buzzing with anticipation today as the Louisville women's basketball team will be back in action tomorrow against Miami. It's a 4 PM tip, so it will be like when you go to Christmas at your uncle's house for dinner and have to wait all day for presents, but it's better than nothing. On the plus side, you can roll the end of the game straight into your New Year's Eve plans or, better yet, take a nap between the game and staying up to watch the ball drop. 

In an effort to leave Jeff something to write about on Sunday, I won't do a complete game preview here, but let's take a quick look at the season so far for each team. 

Louisville is coming off of a bounce back win over Washington after the dismal second half against UConn on December 16th. Tomorrow will be the 11th day since the last Louisville game, so the team will be well rested from a long break, but hopefully they will have stayed mentally sharp. Louisville won their first four games of the season before falling in that weird game against Alabama on Black Friday. They then won six straight before meeting UConn. Louisville has one ranked win on the road, which they picked up against Ole Miss on November 29th.

Miami would be Louisville's second ranked road win, depending on which polls you look at. The Canes are 10-1, suffering their only loss in San Antonio against Baylor two weeks ago. Miami also played on December 20th, but they've played a game since Christmas, as they beat Alabama State 81-36 on December 28th. A Thursday game against a team like that is not likely to have beaten Miami down much physically, but it will have gotten them back in the zone after the holiday break. That, combined with it being a home game, could give Louisville some fits. Miami also got their only ranked win of the season on the road in the ACC/SEC challenge. Miami's victory came against Sam Purcell and the Bulldogs of Mississippi State. Outside of that, the Canes have played a pretty light schedule. The two teams' only common opponent is DePaul. Both Louisville and Miami won at home, with the Cards winning by seven and Miami winning by five.

It'll be a close game, so be sure to tune in to ACC Network as Louisville WBB closes out 2023.

No Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast

We'll be out this week as holiday travel and other plans have the crew mostly out of commission. We're going to work to continue the show in the next couple of weeks, but noon games for MBB will have Jared out. We'll play it by ear, so be sure to check the site Saturday mornings to find out the latest.

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case