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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville men's basketball program is heading into the 2025-26 season with a lot of expectations. Ranked as the No. 11 team in the country and picked to finish second in the preseason ACC poll, the Cardinals not only have legitimate aspirations of winning the ACC, but contending for a Final Four and even a national title.
The 2024-25 Kansas Jayhawks made six or fewer 3-pointers in 15 of their 34 games. KU overhauled its roster in the offseason, and it could not have been clearer on Friday night, when top freshman recruit Darryn Peterson made six 3s — on his own — in the first half of the Jayhawks’ exhibition opener
—Kansas is 96-12 all-time in exhibition play. The Jayhawks’ last exhibition loss came at Illinois in October of 2023. —Kansas is 5-5 all-time in exhibition road games. —Louisville is 27-0 under Pat Kelsey when leading a game with 5 minutes to play.
Listen to what the head coach of the Cardinals, guard/forward J'Vonne Hadley and guard Ryan Conwell said after their exhibition loss over the Jayhawks:
The Kansas Jayhawks will tangle with the Louisville Cardinals in an exhibition game on Friday night in Louisville, Kentucky. When/where: 6:30 p.m., Central time, Friday, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM). F (No. 40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 0.0 ppg G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 0.0 ppg
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No. 11 Louisville showed fight Friday night against No. 19 Kansas in exhibition action, but the Cardinals came up short.
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