Cards Lose Guard -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Louisville Opens NCAA Without Skylar Jones

Louisville women's basketball will begin their 2026 NCAA Tournament run today in the Yum! Center, but we learned yesterday that they'll do so with a surprising change to the roster. Coach Jeff Walz announced yesterday that Skylar Jones is no longer with the Cardinals program. In a statement, Walz said, "She will not be participating [in the NCAA Tournament]. She's no longer with the team, so we've just parted ways. It's best for both parties."

Rumors will fly, to be sure, but we try not to participate in the rumor mill itself. It sounds as though there was a disconnect between Jones, the coaching staff, and potentially teammates, and that disconnect didn't lend itself to a cohesive team going into the tournament. Regardless of your individual opinion of the player and her effectiveness, it is fair to say that a shakeup like that is bound to have interesting effects on the way the team performs going forward. 

Jones played in all 34 games for Louisville this season, starting one. She averaged just 16.6 minutes per game, though, the fewest of any player that played in every game. Jones shot 30.8% from three, making 20, and 44.6% from the field, making 104. She averaged 2.9 rebounds, and she had 33 assists and 51 steals. However, she had 56 fouls (nearly one per ten minutes played) and 41 turnovers. 

We'll have to wait and see exactly what happens with the offense without a significant role player off the bench. Jeff Walz has done plenty with his teams, especially personnel management, to earn trust, but this is definitely an interesting decision. 

Louisville tips off against Vermont at 12pm today in the Yum! Center. The game will be on ESPN. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

Cards Back in Top 10 -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Louisville WBB on the Rise

After head coach Jeff Walz's 499th and 500th wins over the past week, Louisville has seen themselves move back into the top ten of the AP poll. The Cards moved up from 13th to 10th, taking advantage of their opportunities as other teams fell. LSU lost a pair of games to drop from 5th to 12th, and Iowa State and TCU each lost one game to drop them behind the Cards. Louisville is the highest ranked three-loss team in the poll, with Baylor (13-3) checking in at 16th after their win over then-#10 ISU. 

The USA Today Coaches Poll releases on Tuesdays, so we'll see how many spots the Cards gain there, but the NET ranking shows that the games played matter as much as the results. Louisville remains 12th in the NET, as home games against middling opponents added a Q2 and Q3 win each. Those don't get you a ton of credit, but they're better than losses, to be sure. LSU, after two Q1 losses, remains fifth in the NET. 

Louisville's four ACC wins keep them at the top of the pile in the league, but they still haven't distanced themselves in this early season. Virginia, NC State, and Duke also sit at 4-0. All three of those teams have won six straight games, one behind Louisville's current streak of seven. Notre Dame dropped back-to-back ACC games with an overtime loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta and an 82-68 loss in Durham. The Irish have given up more than 60 points just five times and have lost four of those games (won 78-65 at James Madison). They've also failed to score 70 just four times and lost three of them (won 61-59 against USC). 

Louisville will put their rankings to the test in the coming weeks, starting with a road trip to Coral Gables to take on the Miami Hurricanes. Miami is 10-5 this season and 2-2 in the ACC. They find themselves ranked 45th in the NET, which isn't much to write home about, but four of their losses came in their four Q1 opportunities. They'll be looking to snag a big win when the Cards come to town on Thursday. After that, Louisville returns home for a classic trap game against Pittsburgh. The Panthers are 8-9 (1-3) this season and they are ranked 243rd in the NET. The following game week is huge for the Cards as they travel to Notre Dame and NC State on the 15th and 18th, making it a prime opportunity for Louisville to lose a bit of focus after their road game against Miami. 

Just like I said last week, there is a ton of basketball left to play. Teams left and right are showing how easy it is to slip up or underestimate an opponent. Louisville has had a few games this season where they have "gotten away with it," and we'll hope that the signs of consistency we've seen more recently are here to stay. This year's team has shown they can match up well with really good opponents, so we'll see what the rest of the season brings. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

Cards Crush Canes 74-56 -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Daryl is off celebrating her nuptials, so you'll have to put up with me today instead. You'll see me again tomorrow and Daryl should be back next week. 

Jayda Curry's 21 Leads All Scorers in Rout

In my article on Saturday, I alluded to Miami's 11-1 record being a bit misleading. Although they hadn't played much of anyone, they weren't even receiving any votes to be ranked, which is a bit of a slap in the face, to be honest, since they were still winning the games. Unfortunately for Tricia Cullop's squad, it's been a tough week. Cullop took over in Coral Gables after Katie Meier retired and left Jeff Walz alone as the longest tenured coach in the ACC. Cullop is the winningest coach in Toledo history, but that wasn't much comfort to Canes fans last night. 

After a fairly close battle against UNC on Sunday (a 69-60 loss at home), Miami came to Louisville looking to pick up a signature win against a Louisville team that has been struggling. We can put the Boston College win aside for a moment, as the Eagles were beaten 86-59 by Duke last night after trailing 42-19 at halftime. The Cards needed to beat Miami to prove to themselves that they still hoped to make some noise this season. In the end, Louisville came out on top, winning even more handily than the final score suggested.

The Cards gave up the first basket of the game, but seemingly never looked back. After Ja'Leah Williams tied the score at 2, Olivia Cochran scored the game's next five points with a jumper and a three-pointer. Louisville would go on to extend their lead to 11-4 before Haley Cavinder (yes, the twins are still there) scored her first points of the night. Cavinder would finish just behind Jayda Curry with 19 points. Not content with a seven-point lead, Louisville's boom continued, and a quick 6-0 run, all on two-point baskets, triggered a Miami timeout. Out of the break, Miami missed a three and Louisville punished, making it a 19-6 game. 

After Miami finally broke their scoring drought with a three, Louisville committed three straight fouls, starting with an offensive foul creating a turnover, and put Miami in the bonus with 1:28 remaining. Nothing much came of that, though, as Miami didn't go to the line for the remainder of the quarter after Hanna Cavinder went 1-2 from the stripe. The Cards added free throws of their own and another basket, but a turnover on the final possession of the quarter gave Miami a breakaway layup to set the deficit at 9 instead of a potential 13. Cards led 23-14.

Despite only shooting 1-6 from beyond the arc in the first quarter, Louisville finished 10-16 from the floor. That means they were 9-10 from two-point land, and that's quite alright by me. The defense held Miami to a matching number from three and allowed just 37.5% shooting from the floor overall. 

Louisville opened the second quarter with a three from Elif Istanbulluoglu, almost as if to say, "Yeah, we're just pouring it on now." Elif scored Louisville's next basket as well, on a jumper, to reiterate that the Cards were capable of scoring from anywhere with their bigs. Elif's jumper came after Hanna Cavinder's second and final basket of the evening, as she would finish with just five points, far off the pace set by her sister. 

Leading by 12, Louisville went through a short slump that allowed Miami to close back to within seven before a Merissah Russell three-ball fell. The make brought the Cards back into the game a bit, and after another Miami basket with 5:30 remaining put the lead back at eight points, Louisville went on a 12-2 run to close the half... almost. A foul on the last shot put Miami to the line with three seconds remaining and they scored a pair to set the halftime score at 43-27. 

During that run, Tajianna Roberts scored eight of her 14 points with a pair of triples and another jumper. Roberts wouldn't make another three, but she added four rebounds, four assists, and two steals to her 14 points for a solid stat line over 22 minutes. She did tie for the team lead in fouls with three, but at least one was a questionable offensive foul call. Imari Berry had a forgettable night, as she had three fouls in just six minutes and wasn't able to score. 

The third quarter saw Louisville match the first as far as the deficit goes. The Cards put on their biggest scoring run of the night with another boom to close the third, as they scored 12 points over a 2:27 span. Curry started the run with a pair of free throws to put the Cards up 17 and ended it with a three to functionally end the game. Louisville led 65-38 with 1:22 remaining in the third. Miami would again score free throws to close the quarter, but the 25-point fourth quarter deficit was too large to overcome. 

Louisville's fourth quarter left a fair amount to be desired. Curry opened the quarter with a three and Williams matched a Miami bucket to keep the lead at 28, but the Cards couldn't quite stretch it to 30. In fact, they'd stay stuck at 70 points for just under five minutes before Williams bookended the scoring drought with another jumper. Fortunately for Louisville, Miami joined them in their scoring protest for much of the quarter. After Louisville's basket at 8:34, the Canes hit two quick threes and scored a layup to cut the deficit to 20 with 7:01 remaining. 

Caption this classic pic of Walz in the comments.

Jeff Walz called timeout to get things back on track, but apparently only the defense got the memo. At any rate, Williams' jumper with 3:35 remaining was the first score for either team after the timeout. Woof. Isla Juffermans knocked down a pair of free throws with 2:50 remaining, and Louisville would not score again. I've repeatedly talked about Louisville being seemingly unable to put a complete game together. This game was pretty decent, don't get me wrong, but the Cards scored 70 points in the first 31:26 and scored four points over the last 8:34. 

To put that into a bit of perspective, that means the Cards were on an 88.8 ppg pace for just over 75% of the game and scored at just an 18.8 ppg pace for the remainder. And it wasn't just because they called off the dogs. Louisville had three of their 13 turnovers in that stretch and shot 1-9 (0-5) from the floor. Again... Woof. The Cards will take an 18-point conference win, but I am sure Walz will have plenty for Louisville to address in practice ahead of their next matchup.

The FRED Report

 

F - Free Throws: Louisville didn't get to the line very much, but they were efficient when they did. The refs only called 31 fouls total, and 19 of them were on Louisville. Two of Louisville's seven free throws came after a flagrant was awarded on review. Curry knocked those down as part of her 5-5 night and Juffermans had the other two. 7-7 is 100% so that's a capital 'F'.

R - Rebounds: Louisville was outrebounded in this one, which is certainly not ideal. Although they won the second chance points battle 6-5, they were beaten on the glass on both the offensive (8-6) and defensive (25-24) ends. The Cards were technically at a height disadvantage, but they were also outhustled for a fair number (Haley Cavinder and Ahnay Adams, both 5'-6", combined for 10 rebounds). No letter.

Fred Willard was delighted
with Louisville last night.

E - Effort/Execution: Louisville shot 47.5% from the floor and 34.6% from three. They had just 13 turnovers and forced 19 from Miami. If you exclude the fourth quarter, which I'm going to ascribe mostly to bad luck and questionable shot selection, the Cards were a glittering 53% from the floor and 42% from three. If the men's team shot 42% from three they'd score a million points per game. Louisville didn't seem to give up the fight in this one, despite how the fourth quarter looked. I'm awarding a capital 'E', but I completely understand any disagreement on that front. 

D - Defense: We've established that Miami's early opponents were bad, but they entered the game averaging 74.2 points per game and Louisville gave up just 56. Louisville let Haley Cavinder (19) and Cameron Williams (12) score their averages (18.3 and 11.9, respectively), but no one else was in double digits. The Cards also held the Canes well below their shooting averages of 46.5% and 30% from three, as Miami finished just 38.5/23.5%. I've mentioned the turnovers once already, but 19 is more than Miami's average in that category, and the Canes had just a .474 ATO ratio compared to .995 on the season. Another generous(?) grade from me: capital 'D'.

That's a final tally of F-_-E-D, which much like the game was close to perfect with a glaring question mark. 

The win moves the Cards to 9-5 and 2-1 in conference play. They've won their last three games -- their longest streak since November. The Cards won't get much credit from the voters or the committee for the win over Miami, but it should build confidence as they head into a short road trip ahead of a big home game against GT next week. Louisville will get the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest on Sunday in Winston-Salem, and they'll head to Pittsburgh on Thursday. Neither team has a conference win yet, and I'd rate it as "unlikely" that Pitt scores one against Duke before playing the Cards. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

Volleyball Sweeps; WBB Set for UK -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

#3 Cards Handle Duke in L&N FCU Arena

At 5-9 in conference and 9-16 overall, I don't think anyone was overly concerned about Duke coming into Louisville last night and sparking an upset. Even with that, though, the level of beatdown that Coach Dani Busboom-Kelly's squad put on the Blue Devils was a bit unexpectedly thorough. The Cards opened with a 25-13 win in the first, allowed slightly more for Duke with a 25-16 second, and then came out of the halftime break to end the match with a 25-10 thumping. If there was any worry that Louisville would be looking ahead to the more interesting matchup against UNC on Sunday, the Cards quashed it immediately. 

I'll spare you the recap of a play-by-play, as there wasn't any drama. Duke led for exactly one point in the match, after they won the first point of the third set. A bit ironic, you could say, that the only time they led came in the set they were beaten most badly. The Blue Devils actually managed to tie that set at 3, as well, before Louisville went on an 18-5 run. In seasons of late, Louisville Volleyball has been the most deserving UofL program of the Boom U nickname. 

In the match, Anna DeBeer led all hitters with 13 kills. She was on fire, hitting .550 for the match. She also added nine digs, which tied Elena Scott for most in the match. While she was one dig short of the double-double, DeBeer's nine kills pushed her over the 1,000 dig milestone. Anna is the fourth Cardinal all-time to eclipse 1,000 career kills and digs. 

As a team, Louisville hit .432, putting up 41 kills with only nine errors. It helped that Duke could only manage three blocks, but Louisville showed their dominance offensively. Charitie Luper finished with eight kills and no errors, while Sofia Maldonado Diaz had six and one. It was a bit of a quiet day for the middles, offensively, as Cara Cresse and Hannah Sherman combined for only nine kills and two errors. They only had sixteen total attempts, though. Defensively, both were stellar, as each had two solo and three assisted blocks. Louisville had ten blocks as a team. 

Louisville will now turn their attention to the Tar Heels of UNC. As expected, their glittering season turned out to be a bit of fool's gold once the schedule toughened up. UNC is no longer tied for the lead in the ACC, having dropped three straight to ranked opponents. In fairness to the Heels, they took GT to five sets in Chapel Hill, but they were swept in Pittsburgh and lost 3-1 in Dallas. UNC defeated Notre Dame 3-1 last night. All that said, Louisville still can't afford to take any opponents lightly. The Cards hold onto a buffer over Stanford, but they're still tied atop the league with Pitt. Tomorrow's match gets underway at 1PM and will stream on ACC Network Extra. 

WBB Battle of the Bluegrass Tonight

In what feels like a pretty early matchup, Louisville and Kentucky will renew their rivalry this evening with a new twist. No longer will the Cards have to worry about the big matchups against UK and Kenny Brooks separately; those now happen at the same time. Tonight's Battle of the Bluegrass will be the first with Kenny Brooks at the helm for the Wildcats, and he has the Cards' familiar foe Georgia Amoore suiting up in blue for good measure. 

This will be an incredibly interesting matchup, as both teams are ranked roughly the same. UK started the season ranked 20th, and dropped two spots to 22nd after a season opening win over USC Upstate 98-43. The Cats responded with a 29-point victory over NKU and beat Wofford 76-42 on Tuesday. Unlike Louisville, who has played three games in three different arenas, UK has not yet left the friendly confines of Memorial Coliseum. With another home game after tonight and then games against Arizona State and Illinois in Nashville, Kentucky does not play a true road game until December 5th against UNC. How's that for friendly scheduling? 

With this being a road game for Louisville, it certainly isn't a bad thing that they've played a neutral site game against a highly ranked opponent and a true road game against a scrappy UT Martin squad. While the Cards weren't necessarily dominant against the Skyhawks, they never appeared threatened, either. Tonight will be different, of course, with a tough opponent and all of what goes into the UofL/UK rivalry. 

While Georgia Amoore is the big name Louisville fans will be worried about, Clara Strack is the big player sure to be on Coach Jeff Walz's whiteboard. Strack is averaging a double-double so far this season, leading the team in both points per game (17.7) and rebounds per game (11.3) with a 27 minute average. Amoore has shot just 34.3% from the field and 17.6% from three so far this season, so I'm sure she'll pick tonight to find her rhythm. On the outside, Louisville will need to cling to Dazia Lawrence, as she is shooting 50% from the floor so far and is 7/12 on the season from deep. 

Tonight's game tips at 6PM and will air on SEC Network +. I believe that availability should be similar to ACC Network Extra, but I know that an ESPN+ subscription will get you the game. Tune in for what should be an exciting matchup in the first of a new era. 

Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast

We should have four on the line today, with Daryl otherwise occupied. With volleyball in the thick of their season and basketball really getting off the ground, we'll have plenty to discuss. It should be an exciting show, so be sure to tune in. You can check out the live stream of the show by going to the Cardinal Couple YouTube page and clicking on the live video. Jeff usually creates that about an hour before the show, which officially starts at 11 AM Eastern. If the live time doesn't work for you, there are plenty of playback options, so be sure to check out whichever is best for you!

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Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

Comeback Comes Up Short -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Slow Start Dooms Cards Against ND

Louisville basketball had a strong first half against Notre Dame to close out the regular season before folding down the stretch in the second half. The rubber match between the two teams, a 4/5 matchup in the ACC tournament, was reversed, with Louisville scoring just 17 first half points before outscoring the Irish by eight in the second half. The Cards needed more, as they still fell 77-68 in the ACC quarterfinals and will await the selection committee's decision to determine their postseason fate.

Louisville opened the game with 3-13 shooting in the first quarter and, though you might not think it possible, shot worse in the second quarter with a 3-16 effort. They made one three-pointer in each, but the shooting was poor inside the arc as well. Louisville was 2-8 in the first and an abysmal 2-13 in the second. That's 15%. Goodness gracious. To make matters worse in the second quarter, which they entered already trailing 19-10, Louisville attempted 0 free throws. Fortunately for the Cards, Notre Dame also cooled off a bit, shooting just 4-14 from the field and making just one three-pointer. Unfortunately, the Irish went to the line ten times in the first half and they walked away with ten points. 

Louisville finished the first half with 13 turnovers. Since Notre Dame only finished the game with five steals, I'll let you fill in the rest of that puzzle. We've talked about Louisville's defensive lapses and struggles to account for the game plan, but, generally, scoring and turnovers hadn't been massive issues for this team until recently. Whether it is a matter of everyone being in their own heads or getting tired after a rigorous schedule, it really doesn't make much difference. We're in the "win or go home" portion of the season, and Louisville has shown a startling propensity to "go home" of late.

Trailing 34-17 at the half, Louisville was facing an uphill battle, and frankly, it wouldn't have been that surprising to see them pack up and get ready to head to the airport. There is fight in this team, though. Louisville came out in the second half firing, led by Jayda Curry (who scored 23 of her 26 after the break), and took the third quarter 22-17. The Cards were 8-17 from the floor in the third, including a much improved 7-14 from inside the arc. The Irish didn't quite agree with the idea of flipping the script, though, as they still shot 7-14 from the floor themselves. Louisville also fell apart a bit at the free throw line, leaving five of ten possible points on the table. 

The Cards biggest chance to turn things around came as they built momentum at the end of the quarter. Notre Dame held its 17-point lead, or thereabouts, for most of the quarter until the last two minutes. Louisville took advantage of some Notre Dame misses to clear out the boards and use an 8-1 run (the one point coming on a technical free throw) to cut the lead to ten. With a chance to go into the fourth trailing by just ten, Louisville needed a stop on the last possession as ND tried to hold for the last shot. Hannah Hidalgo missed a jumper as the clock wound down, but Louisville wasn't positioned well for the rebound and a putback layup moved the lead back to 12. 

Had the Cards entered the fourth quarter on their run, perhaps things could have continued to fall in their favor. As it was, Notre Dame used the opportunity to right the ship. Louisville continued to apply pressure, cutting the ND lead that had grown to 14 back down to single digits. At the media timeout, Notre Dame led by just eight, having made a shot after Louisville brought it down to six. Merissah Russell sank a three out of the timeout to make the lead just five points, the closest the game had been since four minutes into the game when ND extended their lead to 10-2. As the seconds wound down (and the free throw numbers went up) the Cards continued reeling in the Irish. An Olivia Cochran jumper with 31 seconds left made it a one possession game at 71-68. Louisville wouldn't score again. Playing the foul-and-then-try-to-score game went awry when a Notre Dame steal incensed Coach Jeff Walz enough to earn his second technical and hit the showers a minute early. A 6-0 run for Notre Dame, all scored when the clock was stopped for free throws, sealed the deal. 

The FRED Report

F - Free Throws: Louisville just eked out a lowercase 'f' here. They shot 19-27 from the free throw line, with the 5-10 third quarter really hurting their chances to make a splash. The Cards shot 11-13 from the line down the stretch, which kept them in touching distance, but it wasn't enough. (Notre Dame was 24-30 from the line, and went 3-4 on technical free throws.)

R - Rebounding: The Cards had a fairly sizable advantage in rebounds, bringing down 39 compared to 31 for Notre Dame. Louisville picked up more points in the paint (30-28) but fell flat on second chance points, losing the category 9-4. With more rebounds on both ends of the floor, I'll award a capital 'R'. Could more rebounds in key situations have helped? Sure. I'd say more buckets would have helped more. 

E - Effort/Execution: As I mentioned, Louisville could have mailed it in in that second half. Instead, they fought back from a 17-point deficit to make it a one possession game in the critical moments of the fourth quarter. I'm quite torn. I want to reward that effort, but the execution was poor from the top down. A pair of technicals sending Walz packing is bad. Shooting 38% from the floor overall is bad. 20 turnovers is very bad. I think the cons outweigh the pros. I'm going to outside the bounds of the grading scale and give a tiny 'e'.

Brazil's current Fred, Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos (L) not to be confused with their old Fred, Frederico Chaves Guedes (R).

D - Defense: Another tough one. Louisville held Notre Dame to just 40.7% from the floor and forced 15 turnovers. The Cards had more blocks (3-2) and matched the Irish in steals with five. Notre Dame had a better percentage, but both teams made the same number of threes. Notre Dame took three more free throws, but four of those came off of technicals. The Cards committed one less foul on the floor. Louisville gave up just four fast break points, but that kind of exposes their set defense as Notre Dame scored 22 points off Louisville turnovers. The Irish are scoring 80 points per game, and Louisville held them closer to 70 before the flurry of free throws. That said, 77 is the most that the Cards have given up to ND in their three games and is tied for the third-most they've given up in conference play. I'll go lowercase 'd'. (As an aside, Louisville has won just three games all season when giving up at least 70 points.)

Final tally of f-R-e-d. There's not much else to say about this game. It was a valiant effort down the stretch, but it was ultimately an obstacle of Louisville's own making. The Cards are not where you want them to be in the middle of March. A team is ideally playing its best ball at this point of the season. Instead, Louisville, who is now 24-9 overall, is just 6-6 since the calendar turned to February. The trend that started with the win over Syracuse and loss to NC State continues, as the Cards have alternated wins and losses without fail. If that pattern holds, Louisville's run of Sweet 16s will end. Given that they have a loss to Virginia and two thoroughly unimpressive wins over Boston College in that stretch, I'm not overly optimistic that they can avoid an upset in the first or second round of the NCAA tournament. 

ACC Tourney Pick 'Em

It's going to come down to the wire here folks. While there are some who are a bit off the mark (sorry, Joe), seventeen entries remain above .500 and plenty of brackets are still in play for the win. Full standings are below. A perfect day for Arthur yesterday sees a new face join the top of the pack.

8-3: Jared, Nick O, Paulie, Arthur

7-4: Katy, Jason, Vivian, Karen, Emily, Kenneth Stark Sr

6-5: Blue Lou, Case, Daryl, Bea, Jeff, Mike D

5-6: Sonja, Kenny Schneider, The Chimps

4-7, 3-8, 2-9: Cindy, Clemson Cuz, Joe Hill

Volleyball Starts Spring Play

Louisville played a fairly rotated lineup in their spring opener against Dayton yesterday evening. Charitie Luper was out as she nurses a foot injury and PK was limited with a hand injury. Though the final match score was a 3-1 loss to Dayton, I'd say Coach Dani Busboom-Kelly was not significantly concerned with the outcome. Spring play is about getting your new faces comfortable with the team (if they've arrived early) and seeing what some of the bench players can contribute as they work to backfill spots that have opened up. The Cards are on the road for their next two spring matches before returning to L&N Federal Credit Union Arena in April. 

Softball Postponed

The opening of Louisville softball's ACC season was delayed due to the weather that came through the area yesterday. The Cards and Hokies will wait out the rain and look to start the series with a double-header today before the finale tomorrow. Louisville lists a 3PM start time for the first game, with admission being free and ACC Network Extra hosting the stream. 

Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast

We should have a full house on today's show, and we'll try to have a more sunny disposition than the current Louisville forecast, despite the results of the week. As always, you can check out the live stream of the show by going to the Cardinal Couple YouTube page and clicking on the live video. Jeff usually creates that about an hour before the show, which officially starts at 11 AM Eastern. If the live time doesn't work for you, there are plenty of playback options, so be sure to check out whichever is best for you!

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Case

Cards Collapse Against Cuse -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Cards Stuffed 73-72 by Orange

Road warriors they are not. Louisville women's basketball gave up a nine-point lead with five and a half minutes to go against Syracuse to lose another road game..The Cards are just 4-3 in their last seven games and still have a rematch against Notre Dame in South Bend on their schedule. Officiating gripes aside, Louisville has another road game in the northeast this week before a big game against Virginia Tech in the KFC Yum! Center on Sunday, February 18th. 

Louisville traded punches with Syracuse to open the game. Louisville jumped ahead early but were unable to stretch their lead to any more than four points for the better part of the quarter. A pair of free throws by Kiki Jefferson made the score 16-10 with 3:45 remaining in the first, and the Cards kept the Orange at arm's reach for the remainder of the quarter. Syracuse was unable to cut the lead, which Louisville grew to eight, to any less than three before Jayda Curry's buzzer beater set the final quarter score of 25-19.

In the end, this game was just out of reach...
despite Nyla Harris's best efforts.

The second started much the same, with the two teams trading baskets, misses, and turnovers. This time, however, Louisville had a six-point cushion to start. After a Nyla Harris layup gave the Cards a 33-26 lead with 6:51 to go, that cushion started to slip away. The next possession saw yet another offensive rebound by Syracuse (who had 13 in the first 15 minutes), but a Merissah Russell steal prevented a second-chance opportunity. The offense was what began to give, with Syracuse chipping away at the lead one basket at a time. A Georgia Woolley jumper cut the lead to one with two minutes remaining in the half before a couple of trips to the free throw line pushed the Cards back out a bit. Among those four free throws came Louisville's only miss of the afternoon. Louisville got the lead back to six with eleven seconds to go, but Dyaisha Fair returned the favor of Curry's buzzer beater and one-upped it by making a three from the logo. Louisville led 40-37, with the Fair three breaking the otherwise 15-15 tie in the second.

Syracuse opened the second half with the ball and the quarter started with a missed jumper, rebounded away by the Cards. It was quick offense for UofL, as just nine seconds later, Jefferson buried a three to push the lead back to six. A steal by Olivia Cochran led to a fastbreak Nyla Harris layup, and all of the sudden, Louisville was back in front by eight. Another miss (so far Fair was the final Orange player to touch the ball on every possession of the half) eventually sent Jefferson to the line, where she extended Louisville's advantage to their largest of the day: 10. Syracuse scored their first basket of the quarter on the ensuing play, and the game would remain within single digits for the duration. 

Outside of the nine-point lead I mentioned in the opening, Louisville also pushed their lead to nine with 4:32 to go in the third. This came after Syracuse had managed to cut the deficit to five, and it was short lived. With Louisville's lead coming mostly on the back of Syracuse misses, the gap shrunk rapidly when the Orange stopped missing. Less than three minutes later, Louisville was staring at a three-point lead while on defense. Another miss was followed by a Sydney Taylor layup to give the Cards a bit of breathing room. Turnovers and blocks gave way to a trip to the line for Nina Rickards, who sank two with 35 seconds to go to give Louisville a seven-point lead. Dyaisha Fair (who else) made a layup to set the score at 57-52, but Louisville couldn't do anything with their 19 second possession. Eylia Love's jumper fell away, so the third quarter ended with the Cards nursing their five-point lead.

For the majority of the fourth, Louisville looked in control. They calmly pushed the lead back to nine, but then the wheels fell off. While the stats sheet shows Louisville's latest nine-point advantage at 5:38, they were hanging on at that point. A Jefferson layup set the score at 63-54 with 6:47 to go. That basket was the last before a 10-2 Syracuse run, which extended out to a 15-5 run for the Orange to take the lead and a19-9 run over the remainder of the game. A pair of Olivia Cochran free throws put Louisville back in front with 2:03 to go, and a layup with 1:14 remaining put the Cards ahead by three. On that possession, Louisville nearly turned the ball over before Coach Walz drew up a play in the timeout that led to the score off the out of bounds play. 

The last minute was a bit chaotic. Syracuse held for a fairly late shot, and cut the lead to one with 55 seconds left. Louisville was able to hold as well, and ultimately got a Jefferson jumper in the paint. It was blocked, and Alyssa Latham was credited with her sixth as a result. Latham had four fouls, and the freshman probably should have had more, but it was the hack that came after the block, which Jefferson recovered, that was more frustrating. Latham picked up the steal, and Syracuse called a timeout to draw up their final play. Up by one, Louisville had a foul to give, but played clean defense. As the shot clock wound down, Georgia Woolley took the potential winner, but it missed. Louisville was unable to corral the rebound, and it fell to Kennedi Perkins. 

As Perkins made a move to initiate a drive, Cochran reached out and grabbed her at the waist. It was a long reach, and there wasn't a terrible amount of play for the ball, but the foul made sense. With a foul to give and a one-point lead, fouling sends Syracuse out of bounds with 2.5 seconds remaining. It's a much worse position to be in than driving the lane where you might pick up a shooting foul. We can argue the strategy if you want, but it's sound, in my opinion. Where it gets thorny, though, is when the officiating crew decides that one of the most common fouls in a late game situation is an intentional foul. Instead of an out of bounds play needing to result in a basket, Syracuse sent Dyaisha Fair to the line for two. Not only that, but they got the ball back after she made the pair. For the second game in as many opportunities (including the men), the Louisville Cardinals were screwed on late-game officiating in the JMA Wireless Dome (Carrier Dome Forever). Louisville's 72-71 victory evaporated with no time passing and they lost 73-72.

Jeff Walz is going to get a fine. It would be bad if he got a suspension, but he's going to get a fine. He even knows it, as he said as much while making the comments that will lead to it. The officiating in this game was bad. The officiating in the fourth quarter was abysmal. Syracuse finished with 12 blocks and seven steals. They only finished with 20 fouls, and one of those came on a double-technical. Louisville was whistled for 19 fouls and finished with one block and six steals. Hmm. One of those 19 (18, if you prefer, since one was a double-technical) was the "intentional" foul that sealed the game. The fouls were just one part of the issue, but it really doesn't matter.

At the end of the day, frustrating officiating or not, Louisville shot 24 free throws. They had a nine-point lead late in the game and they let it slip. They watched another road game against a ranked team go the opposite direction. I praised the Cards on the show Saturday about putting together a complete game against Notre Dame. Just looking at the quarter scores might imply they did so in this game as well, but that would ignore the 15-5 run that gave up the late lead. Louisville should have put their foot down and closed the game out. Instead, they took quick shots and made unforced errors to keep Syracuse in it. The final result is the same as games in Chapel Hill and Raleigh: a loss. Louisville has had every opportunity to stay at the top in the ACC, and they have (mostly) themselves to blame for not being there.

The FRED Report

I don't feel like doing a CASE Report today. This game was frustrating, and I kind of just steamed for a while when it ended. 

F - Free Throws: Louisville gets a glittering capital F here. They took the aforementioned 24 free throws and made 23 of them. That's really good. Syracuse was 11-13 from the line, and it would have been a lot nicer if they took two fewer, but so it goes.

Fred Jones looks on in horror.

R - Rebounding: I remarked during the game that the Cards were on their way to no letter in this category. That came when Syracuse picked up their 13th offensive rebound in the early portion of the game. Despite some improvement from UofL, I'm going to stick with my initial assessment. Louisville lost the rebounding battle 41-40 and they ultimately lost the second-chance points category as well (14-12). Syracuse had 20 offensive rebounds. The last one led to the game winning free throws. 

E - Effort/Execution: Another collapse. What else is there to say? Louisville had more turnovers than Syracuse (14-13) and they were crushed inside. They won the points in the paint battle by a pair but were out blocked 12-1. Giving up offensive rebounds left and right was also less than ideal. To their credit, the Cards had 16 assists on 23 made baskets, but they made 11 of those baskets in the first quarter. After a 64.7% first, Louisville shot 40.4% from the floor in the game. They made just four baskets in each of the remaining quarters, and they were 3-12 from beyond the arc. No letter.

D - Defense: The Cards held Syracuse to just three points under their average scoring. They gave up four more points than in the first matchup between the two teams, but the total score isn't everything. The offensive rebounds are playing in here, just as they did elsewhere, because it's just bad. The lack of forced turnovers and steals is tough as well. For the second game in a row, Louisville also let a player score (nearly) 30, as Fair finished with 29. No letter.

Maybe I'm being too harsh later in the report, but Louisville's ability to close out the game was harsh. Final tally is F-_-_-_. Not much positive in this one. 

One of the positives was Nyla Harris. Harris had a career high 22 points, and she made it a double-double with 11 boards. Harris was joined by Kiki Jefferson (13) in double-digit scoring, but she was the only Cardinal that even flirted with ten rebounds. Nina Rickards and Jayda Curry each had nine, and the latter was hampered late in the game by foul trouble. Rickards added five boards, four assists, and two steals, and she did so with just one turnover and no fouls. Only Elif Istanbulluoglu joined Rickards with no fouls in this one. Elif had three rebounds in her 11 minutes, but posted no other stats. 

Louisville falls to 20-5 and 9-3 in conference, and they move from 1/2 game ahead of the Orange to 1/2 game behind. Syracuse's off day does not come until the last game day of the season. With just the Wolfpack in their way on February 29th, Syracuse will be fighting for one of the top seeds in the ACC Tournament until the end. The Cards, on the other hand, are clinging on to the last double-bye in the standings. They're officially behind NC State, by virtue of the tiebreaker that they lost, and they still have to play league-leading Virginia Tech and Florida State at home before going on the road to Notre Dame to close the season. North Carolina has fallen to 7-5 in conference, and that loss is looking more and more frustrating for the Cards.

The only thing to be done, though, is to move on and play one game at a time. Louisville has Boston College next, and all you can do is play the games on your schedule. The Eagles are 3-10 in conference, holding the head-scratching win over Miami as well as victories over the only two teams below them in conference (Pitt: 1-11 and Wake: 0-12). Thursday's game will be on ACC Network Extra, and tip-off is at 7PM. 

Softball and Lacrosse to Come

Lacrosse and softball were in action yesterday, but the women's basketball game took most of the oxygen out of the room. Jared will have more on both of those games for you tomorrow. Look forward to his recaps of the comeback that wasn't in Boulder and the completion of the weekend sweep in Ft. Meyers. 

For the record, the Softball Cards shut ot FGCU 7-0 and Lacrosse lost a close one in Boulder to Colorado 16-15. Be sure to catch Jared's recaps in hisTesday article

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

Track and Field Honors; Walz Media Appearance -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Jayden Ulrich Earns Second ACC Award

The ACC announced its weekly awards for track and field performances and Louisville has moved into a rare category this season. The Cards locked out the ACC Field Performers of the Week award with Trey Allen and Jayden Ulrich both earning their second of those honors. They were joined by Cade DeWitt earning his second award of the year, twice being named ACC Male Freshman of the Week. 

Those give Louisville three weekly awards in the same week for the second time this year. Louisville, who is joined by Clemson as the only two schools to have met that mark, is the only school to have done it twice. Clemson very nearly locked out the entire slate in Week 2 of the indoor season, as the women's honors for track and field performer of the week were tied. The Tigers had both honors on the men's side and the Male and Female Freshman of the Week honors. 

Ulrich picked up the honor after setting a new meet record and a new facility record in her shot put win. The throw of 17.52m (57'-5.75") was her farthest of the season. Ulrich's personal best is another 14" beyond that distance, which is incredible to consider. She took bronze in the shot put at both the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships last season while with Indiana, and will look to best that performance at the ACC Championships throughout the year.

Walz Set to Preview Syracuse Game

Louisville announced that Coach Jeff Walz will have a media availability today over lunch to preview tomorrow's game against Syracuse. The Orange are ranked #21/22 in the latest poll and remain just 1/2 game behind the Cards in the ACC standings. Syracuse is locked in a three-way tie with Virginia Tech and UNC for second, sitting at 7-2, with NC State 1/2 game behind at 6-2. While we continue to say it's early in the season, tomorrow's games will put the entire conference at the halfway mark. Tomorrow's result in the Yum! Center could go a long way toward deciding the regular season winner when it's all said and done.

Unfortunately, we won't be able to make it out in person, but it will be interesting to get Walz's take on this game ahead of time. While this isn't an abnormal appearance in mid-week, it is becoming clear that people are no longer under the impression that Syracuse is just off to a flukey start. Hearing what Coach Walz has to say about the Orange, who are also just one regular win behind the Cards, will be key to seeing how Louisville will approach this one. The Cards didn't stand up to their previous test against UNC, so we'll look for a better performance in this big game at home. Jared will make sure you get the scoop in tomorrow's preview. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

Time to Tar the Heels - Sunday Cardinal Couple

Gameday in Chapel Hill

Louisville women's basketball wraps up its post holiday road swing, with a visit to the land of baby-blue, Chapel Hill North Carolina.

The Cardinals carry the #12 and 13 rankings this week, while UNC holds onto #23 and 24.  The disparity between the polls always reminds me of the old joke, "A man with one watch always knows what time it is.  A man with two watches can never be sure."  In any case, the Cards are favored coming into the game today.

The Tarheels are 13-5 overall, certainly a respectable record, and 5-1 so far in conference, managing to avoid much of the ACC chaos to this point.  Out of conference loses included an unfortunate draw of South Carolina in the SEC/ACC Challenge, plus a matchup against always competitive (regardless of their injury report) UConn.  More head scratching was their showing in the Gulf Coast Showcase.  After eeking out a three point win over Vermont, they lost by seven to Kansas State, and by a single point to Florida Gulf Coast.

Their only in-conference loss is a eight point shortfall against Florida State, with wins over Notre Dame, Syracuse, Clemson, Virginia, and Georgia Tech.  I feel like that probably all lines up to conclude that UNC is a good team, to be wary of (always the case in the ACC to be fair), but that aren't quite up to the top level standards of the conference this year.  Close, but just not quite there.

Deja Kelly is the main name to look forward on the UNC squad.  Scoring at over a 16 points per game pace, she has had several recent games where she has poured in more than 20, and she is a reasonable threat from just about anywhere, shooting 28+% from beyond the arc.  Alyssa Ustby is the next scoring threat, coming in just under 13 points per game, but is not a threat from range.  Lexi Denarski and Maria Gakdeng both score at about a 10 ppg clip.  They are also the long and the short of the three point threat.  Denarski hits them at about 36% and has the most on the team for the year, while Gakdeng hasn't even attempted a single shot beyond the arc.  I guess if you know what your weaknesses are...

UNC has been on a bit of a road trip, not having played at Carmichael Arena since January 4th against Syracuse.  They've got two wins under their belts since their loss to FSU, against Virginia and Georgia Tech.

Louisville has answered many of the questions that circled the team at the beginning of the season concerning having so many new faces, but they still have yet to put together a solid, complete 40 minute effort in a game.  UNC might be a good opponent to bring that out in the Cards, not so weak as to invite UofL to "lower their guard", but not so powerful that a single mistake is going to wipe out the chances of winning.

ACC Network, linear has the video for this one, with Jenn Hildreth and Kelly Gramlich on the call.  Hildreth and Gramlich are a pretty good team, but if you want the Louisville oriented call you can, as always, catch Nick Curran and program alumna Cortnee Walton on 93.9FM.  Tip is at 2pm.

Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast

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We had what amounts to a full call (these days) for the CCRHP yesterday.  That is, of course, excusing Paulie's absence as he continues to recuperate.  He has made an appearance back on group text chat, which is certainly one measure of progress for him, I suppose.  Positive thoughts sent his way are certainly continued to be welcomed.

The subject matter was all basketball...well, other than our random diversions and the "Final Thoughts" segment...as we recapped a pair of Cardinal wins, and just generally had a grand ol' time.

Check it out at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cardinal-couple/episodes/Cards-Stay-on-Top-of-ACC-e2en2rn

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JMcA

Cards Romp in Home Return -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Louisville Crushes Longwood 100-37

I almost went all of November without a Saturday write, and it wasn't even because of deer hunting. After a wedding in Memphis the first weekend, a wedding in which I was in the party the second, and sleeping off a whirlwind work trip in which I went to Reno, NV and back in 32 hours for a 1.5 hour meeting last weekend, we're back on schedule.

And speaking of back on schedule, Louisville took care of business as expected against the Lancers of Longwood when they returned to the Yum! Center yesterday afternoon. After the surprising loss against Gonzaga, the rebound win against Texas, and then what may have been an even more surprising loss to South Dakota State, Louisville was in need of a game like yesterday's. In fairness, South Dakota State is 4-2 and has played four P5 teams and Creighton. They lost to the Jays 78-69 to open the season and fell to UCLA by 7 last Saturday but have beaten Mississippi State, Rutgers, and Lehigh in addition to Louisville. That isn't what we're here to talk about, though, so lets move on.

The major item of note before we get into the game was the absence of Hailey Van Lith. All that we know officially is that this was a scheduled rest day for HVL. After playing 124/130 minutes in the Bahamas, and with Ohio State on deck, Coach Jeff Walz and HVL decided this game against Longwood was one that she could afford to take a break on. While I'm mildly surprised that she wasn't dressed at all, especially with the amount of rest on either side of this game, it ultimately wasn't that big of a deal. We'll keep our ears to the ground to see if there might have been more to this story, but hopefully she's back in action against OSU and we won't have anything to speculate about.

In Van Lith's absence, some other players got the opportunity to shine. In fact, most of the team grabbed their chance to perform well, though you may expect that when a team scores nearly as many points in a single quarter as their opponent scores in the entire game. Louisville put up a 35 point first quarter and very nearly could have played defense only for the rest of the game. On the day, no Cardinal logged more than 26 minutes, an honor which went to Norika Konno, and everyone played at least 16. Every Card except for Mykasa Robinson scored and six players put it in double figures. Josie Williams got her first start and scored four to go along with six rebounds, an assist, and a block. Unfortunately, she was 0-4 from inside the arc and just 1-2 from the line, so there is plenty more there from her, and I'm sure we'll see it soon. 

The star of the day was Norika Konno. We've been longing to see her back on the court, and she did not disappoint in her return. Konno finished with 10 points and very nearly had a triple double. She snagged eight rebounds and dished out seven assists while also adding a steal and two blocks. On top of that, she did so extremely cleanly, as she turned the ball over just once and was the only Cardinal not to register a foul. As Paulie put it in our group chat yesterday, playing 3v3 was the best thing Konno could have done for her game other than grow six inches. 

You'll notice I eschewed a normal game recap, but that's because there isn't a lot to say. Louisville didn't play with their food. The Cards jumped out early with a three from Chrislyn Carr six seconds into the game. They were the first of her game high 17 points. After another score from Louisville, Longwood scored a layup on their second possession. They wouldn't score again for two and a half minutes, a period in which Louisville would add 13 points to their total to lead 18-2. The next few minutes were pretty even, with Louisville's lead hovering around 16 points until Longwood got to 10 points. After that it was like they hit some sort of invisible barrier, turning the ball over three times in the last two minutes to go along with three missed shots. Louisville, on the other hand, went about business as usual and scored another 11 to take a 25 point lead into the quarter break. 

The second and third quarters were near matches to one another, with Louisville scoring 19 points in each quarter and Longwood adding 19 between the two. Again, the Lancers couldn't score more than 10 in a quarter. The final quarter saw Louisville stretch their wings again to close the game out. The Cards started a bit clunkily, turning the ball over and fouling to prevent a runout. However, after a Payton Verhulst jumper (she finished with 16) and a three from Adriana Shipp, who led Longwood with 14, Louisville clamped down. They went on to win the fourth 27-8, hitting the 100 mark on a Merissah Russell three-pointer with a minute left. Walz didn't exactly call off the dogs, as Louisville couldn't run out the clock, but Longwood was happy to do so. After a Louisville turnover with 30 seconds remaining, the Lancers held for a final shot. The three ball to get them to 40 was off the mark and Louisville pulled down the deadball rebound as time expired to go to 5-2 overall.

Joining Carr, Verhulst, and Konno in double digits were Morgan Jones (15), Olivia Cochran (10), and Russell (11). Cochran led both teams with 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double. As you might expect from the final score, Louisville was significantly ahead in every category. Let's just have a look at the statistical reports.

The FRED Report

F - Free Throws: Louisville got to the line a fair amount, though more than half of their 15 total came in the first quarter. In that frame, they were 6-8, and they made six of their remaining seven attempts through the rest of the game. As it's the beginning of the name, a letter awarded is capital or there's no letter at all. 80% is greater than 70% (thanks, common core math) so that's a capital 'F'.

R - Rebounding: 57-23. Louisville cleaned up on the boards. They had 14 offensive rebounds, which led to 11 second chance points. On the other end, they held Longwood to just five offensive rebounds and didn't allow them to score after any of them. Capital 'R'.

E - Effort/Execution: After a couple of losses, Louisville needed to show their mettle, and they did. The Cards worked for the entire game, not allowing some lopsided fourth quarter in a blowout, and every player gave it their all in the minutes they played. Though they finished with 18 turnovers, they gave up just four points on the ensuing possessions. They also scored 100 without their team leader on the floor. Capital 'E'.

D - Defense: The Cards gave up no fast break points, just 14 points in the paint, and just 37 overall. They had ten steals, five blocks, and forced 20 turnovers. Longwood's best shooting percentage was 27%, which came in the quarter in which they scored their fewest points. A pretty solid defensive effort if you ask me. Capital 'D'.

Vince Vaughn plays Santa's brother, Fred Claus

The CASE Report

C - Care: Louisville turned the ball over a lot. 18 turnovers is not going to put you in a comfortable position in a lot of games. However, despite their 1-4 record, Longwood is turning teams over at a  respectable rate. Their average was 18 coming in, and Louisville hit that mark. On the other hand, we're looking for Louisville to outperform their opponent's defense. They'll get no credit for being under 60% of the opponent's average, but they did turn the ball over fewer times than Longwood, so it's a lowercase 'c'.

A - Assists: The Cards were spreading the ball around yesterday. While all but one player scored, all but two assisted. They finished with 23 assists on 38 made baskets, which exceeds the 50% assist rate we're looking for. As is typical, though, a high turnover game hurts here. Despite the 18 turnovers, Louisville was still positive in Assist-to-Turnover ratio, but their 1.28 ATO is shy of the 1.5 we're looking for. (Am I changing it from 2.0 this season? Yes, yes I am). Lowercase 'a'.

S - Steals: As you might expect with a solid defensive performance, this is a relatively easy one to award. Half of Longwood's turnovers were of the pocket-picking variety, as the Cards finished with 10 steals. That's more than 7.5 and more than the six that Longwood could muster. Capital 'S'.

E - Efficiency: Louisville shot 56% from the floor and 60% from three to go along with their 80% free throw rate. To make it even better, that 60% wasn't some measly 3-5. Louisville was lights out, hitting 12 threes in the game. While that means the field goal percentage was buoyed by the threes, they were still 54% from two point land and scored 48 points in the paint. Capital 'E'.

That gives final scores of F-R-E-D and c-a-S-E. It's hard to take away from a 63-point victory, but I'm sure there are some things Coach Walz will point out in practice for them to clean up. The Cards come away with what should be a full head of steam, and will hopefully disregard whatever number ends up by their name Monday. For the rest of the season, it shouldn't matter who is ranked what, only who comes to play on any given night. The next night for the Cards is Wednesday, as they close out November with Ohio State in the Big 10/ACC Challenge. The game will be on the primary ACC Network channel and tips off at 7:30 PM.

Post game Verhulst and Cochran:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-FJo3Pf780

Post game Walz:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-3qw-WB1Tk

Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast

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After a week off for various reasons (my sleeping past the podcast start time being one of them), we're back with another edition of the Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast this week. We'll have nearly a full house, as Jared is on the road to photograph the Battle of the Bluegrass. There's plenty to discuss, as Louisville WBB has played almost their whole season since the last show and volleyball clinched a share of the ACC title, so be sure to join us. As always, you can check out the live stream of the show by going to the Cardinal Couple YouTube page and clicking on the live video. Jeff usually creates that about an hour before the show, which officially starts at 11 AM Eastern. If the live time doesn't work for you, there are plenty of playback options, so be sure to check out whichever is best for you!

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Until next time, Go Cards!

Case