Less than a month into the Pat Kelsey era, Louisville basketball can bring home some hardware from the Bahamas.
The Cardinals (5-1) will battle Oklahoma (6-0) on tonight in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis championship game at Atlantis Paradise Island resort. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
If you’re just tuning in, U of L is on a four-game winning streak for the first time since Nov. 15-27, 2021. It got here by dominating No. 15 Indiana on Wednesday, then grinding out an overtime victory over West Virginia on Thanksgiving behind a career-high 32 points from senior point guard Chucky Hepburn.
“I’ve been doing this a long time, coached Chris Paul and several other NBA point guards, and that was one of the single most dominant performances on both ends of the floor by a point guard that I’ve ever seen standing on the sidelines as a coach,” Kelsey said after Thursday’s win.
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.
Louisville is 1-3 all time against the Sooners. It won the most recent meeting, 78-48, on March 23, 2008, in the second round of March Madness.
This is the third time in as many trips to the Battle 4 Atlantis that the Cards have reached its championship game. They did so in 2012 and 2016 but lost to Duke and Baylor, respectively.
Follow along below with live updates:
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 for all three of U of L’s Battle 4 Atlantis games on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).
You can also listen online via GoCards.com.
Betting odds: Louisville is a 3.5-point favorite (-105) on BetMGM, which set the over/under at 149.5 points (-110). The money line odds are: U of L -165, Oklahoma +135.
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.
Note: All game times are Eastern.
Wednesday, Nov. 27
- Game 1: Louisville vs. Indiana, noon (ESPN)
- Game 2: West Virginia vs. Gonzaga, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
- Game 3: Oklahoma vs. Providence, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
- Game 4: Davidson vs. Arizona, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Thursday, Nov. 28
- Game 5: Louisville 79, West Virginia 70
- Game 6: No. 4 Gonzaga 89, No. 15 Indiana 73
- Game 7: Oklahoma 82, No. 23 Arizona 77
- Game 8: Davidson 69, Providence 58
Friday, Nov. 29
- Game 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)
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- Monday, Oct. 21: vs. Young Harris College (exhibition) | SCORE: Louisville 106, Young Harris College 59
- Monday, Oct. 28: vs. Spalding (exhibition) | SCORE: Louisville 99, Spalding 54
- Monday, Nov. 4: vs. Morehead State | SCORE: Louisville 93, Morehead State 45
- Saturday. Nov. 9: vs. Tennessee | SCORE: Tennessee 77, Louisville 55
- Tuesday, Nov. 19: vs. Bellarmine | SCORE: Louisville 100, Bellarmine 68
- Friday, Nov. 22: vs. Winthrop | SCORE: Louisville 76, Winthrop 61
- Wednesday, Nov. 27: vs. Indiana (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas) SCORE: Louisville 89, Indiana 61
- Thursday, Nov. 28: vs. West Virginia (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas) SCORE: Louisville 79, West Virginia 70
- Friday, Nov. 29: vs. Oklahoma (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas), 5:30 p.m., ESPN
- Tuesday, Dec. 3: Ole Miss (SEC/ACC Challenge), 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Sunday, Dec. 8: vs. Duke, 6 p.m., ACC Network
- Wednesday, Dec. 11: vs. UTEP, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra
- Saturday, Dec. 14: at Kentucky, 5:15 p.m., ESPN
- Saturday, Dec. 21: at Florida State, 2 p.m., The CW
- Saturday, Dec. 28: vs. Eastern Kentucky, noon, The CW
- Wednesday, Jan. 1: vs. North Carolina, ACC Network
- Saturday, Jan. 4: at Virginia, 4 p.m., ACC Network
- Tuesday, Jan. 7: vs. Clemson, 7 p.m., either ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Saturday, Jan. 11: at Pittsburgh, either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Tuesday, Jan. 14: at Syracuse, 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Jan. 18: vs. Virginia, either ESPN or ESPN2
- Tuesday, Jan. 21: at SMU, 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Tuesday, Jan. 28: vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Feb. 1: at Georgia Tech, 3:45 p.m., The CW
- Wednesday, Feb. 5: at Boston College, 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Feb. 8: vs. Miami
- Wednesday, Feb. 12: at N.C. State, 7 p.m., either ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Sunday, Feb. 16: at Notre Dame, 8 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, Feb. 22: vs. Florida State, noon, The CW
- Tuesday, Feb. 25: at Virginia Tech, 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, March 1: vs. Pittsburgh, either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Wednesday, March 5: vs. California, 9 p.m., ACC Network
- Saturday, March 8: vs. Stanford, ESPNU
- Tuesday, March 11, through Saturday, March 15: ACC Tournament (Spectrum Center; Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Frank Anselem-Ibe (center, fifth year)
- Patrick Antonelli (guard, fifth year)
- Terrence Edwards Jr. (guard/forward, fifth year)
- J’Vonne Hadley (guard, fifth year)
- Chucky Hepburn (guard, senior)
- Koren Johnson (guard, junior)
- Aly Khalifa (center, senior, redshirt)
- Spencer Legg (guard, junior)
- Aidan McCool (guard, graduate student)
- Kasean Pryor (forward, fifth year)
- Kobe Rodgers (guard, senior, redshirt)
- Khani Rooths (forward, freshman)
- James Scott (forward, sophomore)
- Cole Sherman (guard, junior)
- Reyne Smith (guard, senior)
- Aboubacar Traore (forward, senior)
- Noah Waterman (forward, sixth year)
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