Louisville has only been in the ACC a few years really, but the Cardinals have a glorious basketball history. More impressively, they built it in the shadow of mighty Kentucky. Somewhat like Duke, Louisville has a solid base in town but even there, there are a whole lot of Kentucky fans. And they control the state pretty much.
Anyway, here are our picks for Louisville’s finest contributions to the NBA.
- Wes Unseld - People talk about small-ball centers now like Draymond Green, but Unseld did it in the ‘60s and ‘70s when he had to deal with Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton - at 6-7.