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“Unfinished business Card Nation! Let’s run it back!!”

Coach Greg McDermott’s Bluejays (25-10) won their fifth consecutive March Madness opener and beat a team ranked in the top 10 for the second time this season.

Reyne Smith’s ankle injury ends his NCAA run as Louisville falls to Creighton 89-75.

Louisville won 19 of its last 20 regular season games and an appeared in the championship game of the ACC Tourney, many are wondering why they received an 8 seed.

Could the Cards make it “Reyne” and go for a deep tournament run?

The Cards fought hard, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Blue Devils who was without their star player, Cooper Flagg.

“I didn’t know how much time was on the clock,” Chucky Hepburn said. “That’s why I just got it up as quick as I could. And when I released it, it just felt good.”

Terrence Edwards scored 25 points and Hepburn added 20 for the Cardinals (26-6), who’ve won 10 straight. Noah Waterman and James Scott each had 12.

UofL beat Stanford in the last game of the regular season, 68-48.

Chucky Hepburn earns ACC Defensive Player of the Year, marking him as the first Cardinal to win such an honor since 2012-13.

Kelsey’s turnaround of the Louisville men’s basketball program is paying off.

Here’s when you can catch the Cards this week.

The Cardinals saw their largest Yum! Center crowd since 2020.

Chucky Hepburn added 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Louisville. J’Vonne Hadley finished with 16 points and eight rebounds.

The senior guard left the game with 12:36 left in the first half.