When Brandon Radcliff, Tobijah Hughley and DeAngelo Brown arrived at Louisville in 2012, the next wave of conference realignment had already reshaped rivalries, shifted geographic dynamics and super-sized three different leagues.
Little did they know they would get caught up in another wave that made figuring out their place on the map feel like a game show called "Name that Opponent!"
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As freshmen, they played under the Big East umbrella with Pittsburgh, USF, Cincinnati, Temple, Syracuse, UConn and Rutgers on the schedule. The following year, the reshaped Big East transformed into the American Athletic Conference, and Louisville played as a lame duck after announcing it would join the ACC.