This offseason was easily the most action packed the Louisville basketball program has seen since Rick Pitino was hired way back in 2001.
After a tumultuous season that saw the firing of long-time head coach, Rick Pitino, and Athletic Director, Tom Jurich, everyone knew that the Cards were going to need a hit home run. With an ongoing FBI Investigation that likely would spell trouble in the foreseeable future coupled with the past scandals still providing a dark cloud over the program, no one really knew if new Athletic Director, Vince Tyra, was going to be able to get the guy everyone had had their eyes on for sometime – Chris Mack.