Clairvoyants and Las Vegas handicappers are adept at predicting what the future holds. Not us. But while we can’t pinpoint Louisville’s ultimate disposition as it stumbles through the darkest recesses of the ACC wilderness, contending for competitive ignonimy with benighted programs of the past, we’re assured the Cardinals are destined for rare historical territory in 2023.
Coach Kenny Payne’s club won only two of its first 21 games, giving unfortunate new meaning to the “L” in their UL acronym. Neither of its triumphs came within the league, away from home or, for that matter, within the 2023 calendar year.