Another showdown with Michigan State in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The University of Louisville should never have lost to the Spartans during the 2009 meeting, not with two first-round draft…

Something magical happened with Samardo Samuels a few games back. A flash of light. An awakening. A whole new outlook. Different approach to the game. Going from being clumsy and…

Here goes an exercise in futility. For the University of Louisville basketball team to get to the NCAA tournament, some unlikely things will have to occur, including some unbelievable breaks…

Just when one has filed a University of Louisville basketball player in the marginal to wasted category, Rick Pitino does his thing, getting inside the player’s head, pointing out the…

By Tom Stosberg Anybody got some extra flak jackets Samardo Samuels and Terrence Jennings could borrow for a couple of hours? They promise to give them right back after Saturday.…

Increasingly one gets the feeling that this season is one of preparation for seasons to come. Going chin to chin with the looks-deprived, muscle-bound, blue collars at Pittsburgh was a…

No letdown following the rivalry encounter in Lexington, a conflict which will be remembered more as a maelstrom than a basketball game. Whatever it was, the University of Louisville players…

Somewhere within Samardo Samuels is the five-star player who was regarded as one of the top players in the country, the jewel of the University of Louisville’s 2008 basketball recruiting…

Big East opener not requiring heavy doses of exertion, intensity or emotion. Out of the way, in the books. Respecting the opponent, not looking past anyone. Louisville 73, South Florida…

by Paul Sykes We’ve heard all the rants, rage and tirades about the University of Louisville basketball team’s lack of performance. Certainly, this isn’t what Cardinal fans have come to…

Good way to start the basketball season, against an undermanned opponent that will get much better when all the suspensions are lifted, making a University of Louisville 96-66 win over…

Here we go again. The University of Louisville basketball season arrives for real. And, yes, some lofty expectations accompany the season opener against Arkansas. Fans have quickly become accustomed to…

By Paul Sykes Wear the gear and people will comment. We recently went on a “mini-vacation” to Nashville and Gatlinburg…a chance to relax, get away from it all and enjoy…

Terrence Williams to the New Jersey Nets, Earl Clark to the Phoenix Suns. The University of Louisville the only team with two lottery picks in the 2009 NBA draft. As…

One more reason the University of Louisville basketball program is the most profitable in the country is because of creative and innovative approaches to fund raising. On the day when…

The good thing about the NBA draft is that it finally arrives June 25 and plethora of hype leading up to it will finally dissipate shortly thereafter. The most fascinating…

After his final appearance in a Louisville uniform, Earl Clark apparently moved on, taking his game to the IMG Basketball Academy in Brandenton, Fla. He’s participating in a pre-draft/pro-training program,…

No mas, por favor! Cast the nightmare spell, the disaster scenario on another top seed another year, the nightmare with the 64th seed toppling the No. 1 seed. Visions of…

These are the moments, these are the days, the times, the kind of achievements that fans hope against hope will happen for their teams. Magical mystery moments, the ultimate highs,…

A great regular season under the belt, the kind of season fans all but took for granted a couple of decades ago. Having endured the lean, in-between and too few…