LIVE SCORE | No. 8 Louisville vs. No. 9 Creighton
Updated: 1:15 PM EDT Mar 20, 2025
LIVE SCORE Game notesBritt Del Barba: “Chucky Hepburn drains a triple right before the half cuts this thing to 15. Don’t forget the Cards 15-point comeback vs Stanford in the ACC tourney last week.”Game previewLouisville head coach Pat Kelsey is leading Louisville back to the NCAA tournament in year one with a 27-7 record and as ACC runners up. Yet, the Cards earning an eight seed. There’s been a lot of conversation around the committee’s decision, but the talking stops come tip off. “You’ve seen them compete all year long. So whether, you know, the committee decided to make us a 16 seed, an eight seed, a four seed or five seed, we’re here and all of our attention is on, you know, trying to beat a world class coach and a world class team,” Kelsey said. Both Louisville and their first tournament opponent, the Creighton Bluejays, were surprised at the seeding.”We were a little bit shocked to have our name for that early. So I just kind of just like college basketball. I respect the committee, obviously. And, you know, that’s what they thought about us, and we have to go out there and kind of just change that, change the narrative,” UofL guard J’vonne Hadley said.As the Cards start that mission, they’ll have guard Reyne Smith back on the court. He suffered an ankle injury and hasn’t played since March 5. The return of Smith spaces out the floor and gives them another shooting threat.The eight-nine matchup kicks off at 12:15 p.m. on WLKY.
LEXINGTON, Ky. —Game notes
Britt Del Barba: “Chucky Hepburn drains a triple right before the half cuts this thing to 15. Don’t forget the Cards 15-point comeback vs Stanford in the ACC tourney last week.”
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Game preview
Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is leading Louisville back to the NCAA tournament in year one with a 27-7 record and as ACC runners up.
Yet, the Cards earning an eight seed.
There’s been a lot of conversation around the committee’s decision, but the talking stops come tip off.
“You’ve seen them compete all year long. So whether, you know, the committee decided to make us a 16 seed, an eight seed, a four seed or five seed, we’re here and all of our attention is on, you know, trying to beat a world class coach and a world class team,” Kelsey said.
Both Louisville and their first tournament opponent, the Creighton Bluejays, were surprised at the seeding.
“We were a little bit shocked to have our name for that early. So I just kind of just like college basketball. I respect the committee, obviously. And, you know, that’s what they thought about us, and we have to go out there and kind of just change that, change the narrative,” UofL guard J’vonne Hadley said.
As the Cards start that mission, they’ll have guard Reyne Smith back on the court. He suffered an ankle injury and hasn’t played since March 5.
The return of Smith spaces out the floor and gives them another shooting threat.
The eight-nine matchup kicks off at 12:15 p.m. on WLKY.
