Louisville basketball schedule 2024-25: What to know about slate for Pat Kelsey’s Cards

Louisville men’s basketball head coach Pat Kelsey has made it clear from Day 1 that he isn’t concerned with the past.

No, one of the sport’s 15 winningest programs is not broken, he said, after it went 12-52 across Kenny Payne’s two seasons at the helm. It’s “ready to rock.”

“We all know where we want to go,” Kelsey said during his introductory news conference. “It’s about getting to work and getting after it — the next thing.”

Now that Kelsey and his staff have completely overhauled the Cardinals’ roster, signing 12 players through the NCAA transfer portal and one from the high school ranks, their focus shifts to preparing for the 2024-25 season.

Considering fans were subjected to more losses by 20-plus points than victories during Payne’s tenure, the bar is low for what qualifies as a successful Year 1 under this new regime.

Kelsey, however, is approaching the rebuilding process with a mindset of, “The standard is the standard.” Reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019 would be a good place to start on U of L’s journey back to national prominence.

The Courier Journal is keeping tabs on Louisville’s 2024-25 schedule as it continues to take shape.

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Here’s what we know so far:

Louisville basketball’s 2024-25 nonconference schedule

The Pat Kelsey era of Louisville basketball is scheduled to tip off Nov. 4 at home against Morehead State.

Louisville will tip off the 2024-25 campaign against Morehead State on Monday, Nov. 4, at the KFC Yum! Center, according to a signed contract between the two schools obtained via an open records request. The Eagles, who reached last season’s NCAA Tournament, will also have a new head coach making his debut — Jonathan Mattox.

Five days later, the Cards will host Tennessee on Saturday, Nov. 9, in the first leg of a home-and-home series spanning the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. The Volunteers are coming off a run to the Elite Eight.

On Tuesday, Nov. 19, crosstown foe Bellarmine…

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Publish date : 2024-06-13 09:15:47

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