Coverage from the game:
C.L. Brown: Louisville basketball shouldn’t look back. Future under Pat Kelsey is bright.
Louisville basketball defense impresses: Cards roll in Pat Kelsey debut at KFC Yum! Center
Coverage during the game:
Welcome to the 111th season of Louisville basketball.
The Pat Kelsey era officially begins tonight, with the Cardinals hosting Morehead State at the KFC Yum! Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
This is the first meeting of an intrastate series dating back to 1932 since the first round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. The 13th-seeded Eagles upset fourth-seeded U of L in that game, 62-61, on Demonte Harper’s 3-pointer with 4.2 seconds remaining in regulation. Louisville has won 26 of the past 28 matchups.
Like the Cards, Morehead State has a new head coach in 2024-25: Jonathan Mattox, a former Murray State assistant who is back where his coaching journey began as a graduate manager in 2013. Only seven players from former coach Preston Spradlin’s final team, which reached March Madness after winning the Ohio Valley Conference’s regular-season and tournament titles, returned for another go-around.
Follow along below with live updates from the Yum! Center:
The Kelsey era begins with a convincing win.
Here’s a look at the final box score:
Kasean Pryor threw down a highlight-reel dunk on a fast break during the early going of the second half.
Here’s a look at it:
With 12:06 remaining in the second half, Louisville led Morehead State by 36 points, 62-26.
Here’s a look at the first-half box score:
James Scott leads the Cards with four points, followed by Terrence Edwards Jr. and Reyne Smith with three apiece.
Chucky Hepburn connected with James Scott for the first official points of the Kelsey era: an alley-oop on Louisville’s opening possession.
See it below:
Here are Louisville’s starters vs. Morehead State:
Here are Morehead’s starters:
- Jalen Breazeale
- Steven Clay
- Tyler Brelsford
- Kenny White Jr.
- Khouri Carvey
Louisville basketball’s lone freshman, forward Khani Rooths, has been cleared to play Monday night against Morehead State.
The 6-foot-8 native of Washington, D.C., sat out of last week’s exhibition finale against Spalding due to a concussion.
The game between the Cards and the Eagles will not air on a traditional TV channel.
It’s on ACC Network Extra, which is available exclusively via livestream. Jody Demling (play-by-play) and Larry O’Bannon (analyst) will have the call.
If your cable or live TV streaming package includes ACC Network, you have access to ACC Network Extra. You can watch via ESPN.com/watch or the ESPN app after logging in with your cable or live TV streaming service credentials.
If you don’t have cable, you can get ACC Network — and therefore ACC Network Extra — through streaming services such as fuboTV (FREE TRIAL) and YouTube TV (FREE TRIAL). Just enter your provider credentials when logging into ESPN’s streaming platforms.
Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst) will have the call on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).
You can also listen online via GoCards.com.
Betting odds: Louisville is a 17.5-point favorite (-105) on BetMGM, which set the over-under at 145.5 points (-115).
Score predictions: KenPom.com gives the Cards a 94% chance of winning and projects an 80-63 final score in their favor. BartTorvik.com is also forecasting a Louisville victory (94%), with a projected final score of 83-66.
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Note: Tipoff times and TV assignments are to be determined, unless noted otherwise.
- Monday, Oct. 21: vs. Young Harris College (exhibition) | SCORE: Louisville 106, Young Harris College 59
- Monday, Oct. 28: vs. Spalding (exhibition) | SCORE: Louisville 99, Spalding 54
- Monday, Nov. 4: vs. Morehead State, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra
- Saturday. Nov. 9: vs. Tennessee, noon, ACC Network
- Tuesday, Nov. 19: vs. Bellarmine, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra
- Friday, Nov. 22: vs. Winthrop, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra
- Wednesday, Nov. 27: vs. Indiana (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas), noon, ESPN
- Thursday, Nov. 28: vs. Gonzaga or West Virginia (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas), either noon or 2:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
- Friday, Nov. 29: vs. TBD (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas)
- Tuesday, Dec. 3: Ole Miss (SEC/ACC Challenge), 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Sunday, Dec. 8: vs. Duke, 6 p.m., ACC Network
- Wednesday, Dec. 11: vs. UTEP, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra
- Saturday, Dec. 14: at Kentucky
- Saturday, Dec. 21: at Florida State, 2 p.m., The CW
- Saturday, Dec. 28: vs. Eastern Kentucky, noon, The CW
- Wednesday, Jan. 1: vs. North Carolina, ACC Network
- Saturday, Jan. 4: at Virginia, 4 p.m., ACC Network
- Tuesday, Jan. 7: vs. Clemson, 7 p.m., either ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Saturday, Jan. 11: at Pittsburgh, either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Tuesday, Jan. 14: at Syracuse, 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Jan. 18: vs. Virginia, either ESPN or ESPN2
- Tuesday, Jan. 21: at SMU, 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Tuesday, Jan. 28: vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Feb. 1: at Georgia Tech, 3:45 p.m., The CW
- Wednesday, Feb. 5: at Boston College, 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Feb. 8: vs. Miami
- Wednesday, Feb. 12: at N.C. State, 7 p.m., either ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Sunday, Feb. 16: at Notre Dame, 8 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Feb. 22: vs. Florida State, noon, The CW
- Tuesday, Feb. 25: at Virginia Tech, 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, March 1: vs. Pittsburgh, either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Wednesday, March 5: vs. California, 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, March 8: vs. Stanford, ESPNU
- Tuesday, March 11, through Saturday, March 15: ACC Tournament (Spectrum Center; Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Frank Anselem-Ibe (center, fifth year)
- Patrick Antonelli (guard, fifth year)
- Terrence Edwards Jr. (guard/forward, fifth year)
- J’Vonne Hadley (guard, fifth year)
- Chucky Hepburn (guard, senior)
- Koren Johnson (guard, junior)
- Aly Khalifa (center, senior, redshirt)
- Spencer Legg (guard, junior)
- Aidan McCool (guard, graduate student)
- Kasean Pryor (forward, fifth year)
- Kobe Rodgers (guard, senior, redshirt)
- Khani Rooths (forward, freshman)
- James Scott (forward, sophomore)
- Cole Sherman (guard, junior)
- Reyne Smith (guard, senior)
- Aboubacar Traore (forward, senior)
- Noah Waterman (forward, sixth year)
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