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 TAJ ROBERTS, JAYDA CURRY LEAD CARDS WBB IN SCORING

With two games left in the regular season, it looks like a two way battle to see who will lead this 2024-25 UofL WBB team in scoring. Freshman Taj Roberts has 13.2 points in 27 games and senior Jayda Curry has 13.0 points per game in 23 contests. Only one other Card is in double figures and that is grad student Olivia Cochran.

Roberts and Curry are also the 1-2 punch in three-pointers...45 for Roberts and 43 for Curry. Curry is the clear leader in free throws made, with 73, and also the most accurate with a sizzling 92% success rate. 

Her  high school jersey in background, we all  know 

                                         "O" is #44.

When it comes to rebounding, it's Cochran leading the way with 177 on the season, followed by Nyla Harris with 152. 

After 27 games, the Cards have scored  5450 points and their opponents have also scored 5450 points. I don't think I have ever seen a team and its various opponents tied in scoring this late in a season. 

96-57 is the largest margin of victory this year for UofL WBB (over Grambling) and the Cards biggest loss came to UConn (52-85) . 

Louisvill'se eight losses have come to: UCLA, Kentucky, Oklahoma, UConn, NC State, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame and North Carolina. Seven of these schools are in the AP Top 25. 

If the ACC Tournament were starting tomorrow, Louisville would earn a #4 seed and get a double bye...they are tied at 12-4 with FSU and Duke but own wins over both. With two regular season games left (Clemson and Notre Dame), if the Cards finished 20-9...they would watch with great interest that season ending battle between FSU and Duke, which could determine if UofL gets the double bye. FSU has to also go to Notre Dame, so, it appears their battle to earn the double bye might be the toughest of all...Duke's other final games, beside FSU,  is hosting UNC, another tough task. 

It's the final season for the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, I'd surely love to be there this year, but odds are I won't get to make the trip. 

For Louisville, the key is to...at least go 1-1 to have a shot at that coveted ACC Tournament double bye....along with Notre Dame, UNC and NCST 

ACC PICK EM

We'll be running our annual ACC Tournament "Pick Em" Tournament this year.. with some major changes in the judging crew of your entries. Jared , former bracket czar, has stepped aside from the duties this year, so it'll be me and Cardinal Couple writer Case Hoskins doing the tracking and judging.

You'll need to get your entries in before the first game on March 5th.  We'll also request that all entries be posted in the comments sections of articles...we won't track any entries sent to us other ways. 

We have two great gift cards in the prize vault...one for legendary Wagner's Restaurant (near Churchill Downs) and one for Cracker Barrel. 

One entry per participant and we'll offer an entry format example (from the lovely Sonya) once the seeds are revealed. 

paulie