Louisville Cardinals

Kelsey was the Big South Coach of the Year in 2021 and CAA Coach of the Year in 2024.

The ACC sent five teams to this year’s NCAA Tournament, with Pittsburgh and Wake Forest among the teams on the wrong side of the bubble.

"My family is happy at Baylor, I’m happy at Baylor, we’re extremely blessed to be here. We’re staying at Baylor," Drew told The Athletic.

Our experts break down all 68 teams in the men's NCAA Tournament.

'We are giving away highly competitive opportunities for automatic qualifiers (from smaller leagues),' Sankey said.

Kenny Payne's short stint was a disaster, so the Cardinals will go looking for some way out of this mess.

Louisville went 5-35 in ACC play under Payne and won just one road game in two seasons.

Charlie Condon continues to dominate, Jac Caglianone finds his groove on the mound, plus huge series wins by Kansas, Miami and Texas.

In this week's edition: Jamal Shead and Zakai Zeigler are running the show, Kentucky goes all in on shooting and Kansas tries new rotations.

The storied league has only three bids in this week's field of 68, while the Mountain West has five.

Voters discuss their toughest choices — including UCLA and Louisville — in our rankings of the top college basketball programs.

We took on the impossible task of tiering the top college hoops programs, from Duke to DePaul. Where does your favorite team belong?

This is the digital version of The Pulse. If you want it earlier, start every morning with The Pulse delivered to your inbox. Sign up here. Good morning! Farewell, Ricky Rubio? There is no such thing as a perfect hire, but Kenny Payne came close. A little over a year ago, Louisville — a basketball school in a hoops-crazed state — needed stability and hope. The proud program had just seen its head coach, Chris Mack, ousted amid an extortion scandal. That came after the Rick Pitino mess. Payne was everything they needed: A legendary player alum Former right-hand man to John Calipari...

A beloved alum went 4-28 in Year 1. Now he’s 5-6 in Year 2. And the negativity surrounding the program is unmatched in college basketball.

Which team has the highest ceiling? How much longer for Kenny Payne? The Shot Takers answer in Part 1 of their mailbag.