CARDS WBB RANKED 10th OR 11th or 12TH...depending on the poll. -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 LOUISVILLE WBB TOP RANKED ACC SQUAD

So...the Louisville WBB squad (14-3) goes into their Jan 8th game at Miami either 10th, 11th r  12th...depending on the poll. The AP has the Cards at #10, the USA Coaches poll puts UofL at #11th. and the NCAA Net Rankins say "around" #12.

The Cards have started out 2026 with two wins...85-60 over Virginia Tech and a 91-58 romp over SMU. Let's look at five Cards who have been integral to UofL 2026 success. 

-In the two games of 2026: 

LAURA ZIEGLER: 26 pts. 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal.

IMARI BERRY: 24 Pts. 12 rebounds,  6 assists, 1 steal

TAJIANNA ROBERTS: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals

ELIF ISTANBULLUOGLU: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals

MACKENLY RANDOLPH: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals,

The Cards sits atop the ACC with a 4-0 record in conference, along with three other teams...Virginia, NC State and Duke. 

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In other news, Cardinal Couple has not received an word yet on whether they can cover games live from Media Row yet.  Paulie did receive an e-mail, from a coach from another school who preferred to remain anonymous:

"Anytime you want to cover the WBB at --------, from our media section...just let me know."

We have petitioned four people associated with UofL women's sports to get my writers and photographer back in there under the Cardinal Couple name. None of the four have responded yet. A check up with my cardiologist yesterday indicated that he doesn't recommend me going without 02 support. My pulmonologist basically said the same thing last week. Upcoming for me, a trip to Cleveland Ciinic Feb 12th to see what they can do for those two things and my kidneys. 

I appreciate the support you readers have given me. I ask you not to be critical, abusive or defamatory with the decision maker that has me on this "black list". As Martin Luther King said: 

"With patient and firm determination until every valley of despair is exalted to new peaks of hope. , until every mountain of pride and irrationality is made low by the levelling process of  humility and compassion, until  the rough places of injustice are transformed into a smooth plane of equality of opportunity and until the crooked places of prejudicial treatment are transformed by the straightening process of bright-eyed wisdom" 

paulie