Cards Join AP Top 25 -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Louisville Cracks Rankings at #25

Following a 1-1 week against a pair of highly ranked teams, Louisville women's basketball has found itself back in the rankings. The Cards enter the AP Poll at #25.

Last week, Louisville went to then-#11 Duke and secured a win. They followed it with a down-to-the-wire loss to then-#9 North Carolina loss. The latter was a game where Louisville led for 39 of the full 40 minutes but a late game collapse plus some interesting antics by referee Maj Forsberg and her crew led to another loss on the schedule.

While Louisville boasts a 19-8 overall record, the losses have come against some of the toughest competition available. The eight losses have come against current ranked teams:

#2 UCLA (by 7)

#3 Notre Dame (by 18)

#5 UConn (by 33)

#8 North Carolina (by 4)

#9 NC State (by 30)

#13 Oklahoma (by 6)

#15 Kentucky (by 10, OT)

unraked Virginia Tech (by 5)

The Cards are one of six ACC teams currently ranked with Georgia Tech and California in the receiving votes category. Louisville is joined by #3 Notre Dame, #8 North Carolina, #9 NC State, #16 Duke, and #24 Florida State.

Clemson on Thursday night and a rematch with Notre Dame are the only remaining regular season games. Winning both games would solidify a top-four seed and a double-bye in the ACC Tournament. One or two losses would drop them down to a single-bye. The Cards cannot finish below sixth in the ACC this year.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Louisville Volleyball

UofL celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Sunday. Louisville volleyball and new head coach Dan Meske were recognized at halftime. Louisville women's soccer coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes was also recognized at halftime.

Dan Meske

Karen Ferguson Dayes with Amy Calabrese and Josh Heird

Angel McCoughtry

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared