The 2012-13 season notwithstanding, cautious optimism is usually as high as I allow myself to get during the first few weeks of any Louisville basketball season. Having said that, it would be hard for me to be more encouraged by a season-opening performance than I am after Tuesday night’s road throttling of what should be a decent enough Miami team.
Let’s jump right into it.
—In the days and weeks leading up to Tuesday night, Chris Mack made little effort to hide just how unhappy he was with having to play this game on night one. During his postgame press conference, he joked about now loving the conference road game on opening night, but also shared some insight into why he might have been so apprehensive about the way the schedule was laid out.