Under first-year head coach Chris Mack, Louisville basketball has taken a squad that was hastily assembled in the eleventh hour with only 10 scholarship players, and become one of the most electrifying teams in the country. Louisville has 4 wins over quadrant 1 teams, 3 of which are currently ranked in the AP top 11.
The Cards aren’t a team that anyone wants to face right now. But what makes Louisville’s resume just good, and not great, for now is their inability to close close games. The Cards had (currently) No. 1 Tennessee, No. 10 Marquette, No. 17 Florida State, and most recently (and most painfully), No.