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Each season for 15 years, Louisville coach Rick Pitino has paid tribute to the life of his brother-in-law, Billy Minardi, with a basketball game. Pitino welcomes back former Louisville video-assistant-turned-Eastern Kentucky head coach Dan McHale and his Colonels for a noon tip-off Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Pitino typically invites a coaching friend or former colleague back to town as a celebration of the spirit of Minardi, who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Continue to Article

December 16, 2016 6:09:pm EST

No. 11 Louisville doesn't have to look very far to find game tape of Texas Southern (4-4), the team the Cardinals will face Saturday at 2 p.m. at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. The Cardinals' last game was a 74-51 win over Southern Illinois (5-4) on Wednesday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Texas Southern's last contest was a 74-70 loss to Southern Illinois last Saturday at SIU. Continue to Article

December 09, 2016 6:08:pm EST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Asante Gist and Isaac McGlone combined to score 44 points and Eastern Kentucky held off Jacksonville down the stretch to preserve an 80-76 victory Wednesday night. Continue to Article

December 07, 2016 9:46:pm EST

Mangok Mathiang scored 15 points to lead No. 11 Louisville to a 74-51 victory over Southern Illinois on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-10 senior got the Cardinals (8-1) off to a hot start as he scored the team's first seven points, and Louisville settled in from there, extending the lead to 21-4 in the game's first 8 minutes. As Southern Illinois (5-4) came to the Yum! Center with no one taller than 6-9, Louisville used its size to its advantage. Continue to Article

December 07, 2016 9:10:pm EST

Louisville coach Rick Pitino told reporters on Tuesday that he's still working to find the right lineup to suit his No. 11-ranked Cardinals. Pitino's shuffle in the low block has been made more complicated recently because 7-foot center Anas Mahmoud missed the last game and will miss both contests this week with a concussion. Louisville's roster is loaded with talented big men - 6-foot-9 starting forward Jaylen Johnson, 6-10 starting center Mangok Mathiang, 6-10 Ray Spalding, 7-0 Mahmoud and 7-1 Stockman. Continue to Article

December 06, 2016 5:58:pm EST

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