So that’ s what they mean by flexible scheduling.
Twenty-three of the University of Louisville’s basketball games this season will be at the new KFC Yum Center, not including two exhibition games.
Coach Rick Pitino obviously wants to spend as much time in the new digs as possible.
“I’ve had the good fortune at both the professional and collegiate level to play in the best arenas in the country, and the KFC Yum! Center will arguably be the finest arena ever built,” he says.
No more of those extended road trips coinciding with the tractor pull championships, livestock exhibitions or rodeos at Freedom Hall. What a relief. The schedule is evenly split between home and away Big East Conference games in January and February.
U of L fans will have plenty of time to star gaze in the luxurious new arena in January once they get past Butler in the opening game Nov. 18 and UNLV on Dec. 11. The usual mix of non-traditional powers occupy the majority of the early schedule, with U of L playing 15 or its first 16 games at home.
Not so nice the Notre Dame game is scheduled at South Bend and the regular season ends with a trip to West Virginia.
I have a feeling the time for the basketball game won’t be announced until after the football game time is. Evening football will equal daytime basketball and vice versa.
Whoops! There’s a conflict on Nov. 20. The football game with West Virginia at home and the Jackson State basketball game at Yum. What makes it really screwy is the time hasn’t been announced for the football game. I don’t think Tom will allow anything to conflict with his football, however.