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Louisville basketball loses to Creighton in first round of tournament

By Harry Barsan Louisville lost in embarrassing fashion to the Creighton Bluejays in the opening game of the NCAA tournament. Long shots Six straight misses started the game before Chucky Hepburn scored the game’s first field goal, quickly outdoing himself with a three-pointer to take the lead for the Cards. But the jitters wouldn’t last

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PREVIEW: Louisville basketball faces Creighton in NCAA tourney

By Harry Barsan The No. 8 seeded Louisville Cardinals are set to play against the No. 9 seeded Creighton Bluejays in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Both teams finished second in their conference regular seasons and were the runners up in their conference tournaments, highly suggesting that both teams were heavily under-seeded. Louisville

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Louisville basketball falls short to No. 1 Duke in ACC championship

By Harry Barsan No. 13 Louisville fought hard but fell to the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils in the ACC championship. Three points and a cloud of dust Chucky Hepburn came out on fire, scoring the first seven points for the Cards. But Duke kept pace, with Khaman Maluach feasting in the paint and Kon

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PREVIEW: Louisville basketball faces Duke in ACC championship

By Josie Simpson For the first time in program history, No. 13 Louisville has reached the ACC tournament final, setting up a high-stakes showdown with the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils. This sets up a rematch after the two teams played a seesaw of a game on Dec. 8. After leading by 14, Louisville fell

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Louisville basketball advances to ACC semis on buzzer-beater

By Harry Barsan No. 13 Louisville used late-game heroics and the biggest comeback of their season to beat the Stanford Cardinal in the ACC quarterfinals. Louisville was once again shorthanded against the Cardinal, with Reyne Smith sitting out with an injury for the second game in a row. Is this Madness? Thursday got out to

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PREVIEW: Louisville basketball runs it back with Stanford

By Harry Barsan and Derek DeBurger No. 13 Louisville will see some familiar faces Thursday as the Stanford Cardinal will look for revenge in the ACC quarterfinals. Stanford already has their sea legs under them, gritting out a victory against Cal on Wednesday that included 16 lead changes. Rest or rust? In their first go

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Louisville basketball cruises past Stanford on senior night

By Harry Barsan No. 14 Louisville takes care of business at home against the Stanford Cardinal on senior night. Saturday’s victory was the Cards’ first win on senior night since the 2019-20 season. One final run (or two) Louisville won the tip-off, and after a couple of sloppy possessions Chucky Hepburn found James Scott for

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Louisville basketball overcomes injuries and fouls to wax Cal 85-68

By Harry Barsan Louisville basketball eases their way to a late-night victory over the California Golden Bears in front a packed home crowd. Chippy and then some J’Vonne Hadley got the game off on the right note, drawing a foul on the opening tip. The next possession Terrence Edwards Jr. would get the scoring going

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Louisville basketball dodges loss to Pitt with late run

By Josie Simpson The No. 19 Louisville Cardinals yet again escaped with a tight win against the Pitt Panthers. Chuckling to the bank After Louisville won the tip-off, Chucky Hepburn drew first blood with a drawn foul and two free throws. However, the game would get and remain fairly sloppy for both sides. The two

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Louisville basketball narrowly avoids unranked upset

By Derek DeBurger and Elizabeth Scanland No. 19 Louisville escaped an upset loss to the Virginia Tech Hokies. Flying high The Cards got out to a blazing start, going on an 11-0 run to start. The Hokies eventually got on the board with a three-pointer, but Reyne Smith matched it with a layup and a

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Louisville basketball battles off the flu and FSU for 89-81 win

By Harry Barsan Louisville defeated the Florida State Seminoles for the second time this season. This matchup came as the Cards battled through the flu during their six-day break between games. Foul play Louisville got out running with three-pointers from J’Vonne Hadley and Reyne Smith, both within the first minute. FSU was clearly flustered, and

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PREVIEW: Louisville basketball plays Florida State at home

By Harry Barsan No. 25 Louisville will face the Florida State Seminoles for the second time this season, this time in the KFC Yum! Center. Star-studded dumpster fire Things have not gone FSU’s way after their meeting with the Cards. Head coach Leonard Hamilton has announced that he will be retiring at the end of

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Louisville basketball outlasts Notre Dame for 13th ACC win

By Harry Barsan Louisville went on the road and scrapped their way to a victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. This is only the third win at the Joyce Center since Louisville and Notre Dame have been conference opponents, and it also snaps a four-game skid against the Irish. Feelers Notre Dame got out

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Louisville basketball dominates NC State in Hepburn’s return

By Harry Barsan Louisville blew out yet another struggling ACC foe, the victim this time being the Wolfpack of NC State. Who let the Wolves out? After missing a game due to a groin injury, Chucky Hepburn wasted no time getting back in the flow of things by scoring on the game’s first possession. He

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Louisville basketball survives Miami without Chucky Hepburn

By Derek DeBurger In spite of being the most shorthanded as they’ve been all season, Louisville came away victorious against the Miami Hurricanes. The day started off strange, with Chucky Hepburn being ruled out with a groin injury suffered Wednesday against Boston College, leaving the Cards with no available point guards. On Miami’s side, interim

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