FO Stephan Van Treese

PRESEASON THOUGHTS: ‘I didn’t think we’d win’: What does that say? (The Louisville Cardinal)

Last week, the University of Louisville men’s basketball team came from behind to put away the Tigers of Georgetown College, in their first exhibition game of the season. The final score, 80-68, does not even begin to paint a picture of the game tha...

Cards open preseason against Georgetown (Rivals.com via Yahoo! Sports)

Louisville will play its first game of the 2009-10 season against outside competition as the Cardinals face...

Pitino: Cards not yet ready to play (Louisville Courier-Journal)

On the eve of the University of Louisville's first exhibition game, men's basketball coach Rick Pitino said his team isn't ready.

Pitino not just blowing smoke; Cards playing with fire against Tigers (Louisville Courier-Journal)

On the eve of the University of Louisville's first men's exhibition basketball game, coach Rick Pitino was already in midseason form. He downplayed the Cardinals' defensive readiness while praising Georgetown College as if it were that Big East Conference university of the same name.

Cards talking more to learn their lines (Louisville Courier-Journal)

During the Cardinals' media day Thursday, Pitino said the Cards' way of making up for the absence of Terrence Williams, Earl Clark and Andre McGee was to be more vocal. With two new starters — potentially Reginald Delk and Jared Swopshire — inserted into the lineup, UofL has to talk its way through.