Louisville basketball has a chance to bring home some hardware less than a month into the Pat Kelsey era.
The Cardinals (5-1) will battle Oklahoma (6-0) on Friday evening in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis championship game at Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas.
If you’re just tuning in, U of L got here by obliterating No. 15 Indiana on Wednesday, then grinding out an overtime win over West Virginia on Thanksgiving behind a career-high 32 points from senior point guard Chucky Hepburn.
Led by fourth-year coach Porter Moser, Oklahoma went 20-12 (8-10 Big 12) in 2023-24 and was one of the first four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament field. It reached the Battle 4 Atlantis championship by beating Providence in Round 1 and No. 23 Arizona in Round 2.
The Cards are 1-3 all time against the Sooners. They won the most recent meeting, 78-48, on March 23, 2008, in the second round of March Madness.
Here’s what you need to know to follow today’s game from home:
U of L and Oklahoma are scheduled to tip off at 5:30 p.m.
All times are Eastern
Wednesday, Nov. 27Game 1: Louisville 89, No. 15 Indiana 61Game 2: West Virginia 86, No. 4 Gonzaga 78 (OT)Game 3: Oklahoma 79, Providence 77Game 4: No. 23 Arizona 104, Davidson 71Thursday, Nov. 28Game 5: Louisville 79, West Virginia 70Game 6: No. 4 Gonzaga 89, No. 15 Indiana 73Game 7: Oklahoma 82, No. 23 Arizona 77Game 8: Davidson 69, Providence 58
Friday, Nov. 29Game 9 (seventh-place game): No. 15 Indiana vs. Providence | 11 a.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo)Game 10 (third-place game): West Virginia vs. No. 23 Arizona | 3 p.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo)Game 11 (championship game): Louisville vs. Oklahoma | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)Game 12 (fifth-place game): Gonzaga vs. Davidson | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo)
Betting odds: Odds for this game were not posted at the time of publication. They will be added to this story.
Score predictions: KenPom.com gives U of L a 54% chance of winning and projects an 74-73 final score in its favor. BartTorvik.com is also forecasting a Cards victory (55%), with a projected final score of 77-76.
The game between the Cards and the Sooners will air on ESPN, which is channel 602 on AT&T U-Verse; channel 206 on DirecTV; channel 140 on Dish; and channel 506 on Spectrum.
Dave O’Brien (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analysis) will be on the call.
If you have cable, you can livestream Louisville’s Battle 4 Atlantis games via the ESPN app or ESPN.com/watch.
If you don’t have cable, you can access ESPN through streaming services such as fuboTV (FREE TRIAL) and YouTube TV (FREE TRIAL).
Jody Demling (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst) will be on the call on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).
You can also listen online via GoCards.com.
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