FAYETTEVILLE, AR — Louisville basketball has a showdown with several familiar faces on this 12 months’s ACC/SEC Challenge.
Pat Kelsey‘s No. 6 Cardinals (7-0) face No. 23 Arkansas (5-2) at the moment at Bud Walton Arena — the packages’ first assembly contained in the Basketball Palace of the Midwest since Dec. 21, 1996. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.
The Razorbacks are led by a longtime thorn in UofL’s aspect, John Calipari, who employed Kenny Payne as his affiliate head coach after he went 12-52 throughout two seasons on the helm of the Playing cards.
Louisville spent Thanksgiving week beating up on Eastern Michigan and NJIT on the KFC Yum! Center. In the present day’s sport marks the start of the toughest stretch of its nonconference schedule.
Arkansas entered Day 1 of the ACC/SEC Problem at forty fifth in the NET thirty sixth in KenPom.com‘s adjusted effectivity rankings. The Razorbacks are coming off an 80-71 loss to No. 4 Duke on Thanksgiving on the United Middle in Chicago.
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The Razorbacks got a coaches field warning after a Sananda Fru layup main into the under-16 timeout. They had been arguing a stroll occurred on the play.
Isaac McKneely and Ryan Conwell mixed for the Playing cards’ different six factors out of the gate.
Listed here are UofL’s starters:
Listed here are Arkansas’ starters:
Kasean Pryor is on the market for Louisville tonight, a crew spokesperson advised The Courier Journal.
Pryor missed the Playing cards’ previous two video games whereas in concussion protocol.
The sport between the Playing cards and the Razorbacks will air on ESPN, which is channel 602 on AT&T U-Verse; channel 206 on DirecTV; channel 140 on Dish; and channel 506 on Spectrum. Karl Ravech (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst) will probably be on the decision.
If you happen to subscribe to a cable bundle, you’ll livestream the sport through ESPN.com and the ESPN app. If you do not have cable, you may livestream the sport through ESPN+ (subscriber solely) or Fubo, which presents a free trial right here.
Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst) may have the decision on the Cardinal Sports activities Community (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).
You may also hear on-line through GoCards.com.
Betting odds: Louisville is a 3 ½-point favourite (-102) on DraftKings, which set the over/beneath at 164 ½ factors (-110).
Rating predictions: KenPom offers the Playing cards a 61% chance of winning and tasks an 84-81 last rating of their favor. BartTorvik.com is forecasting an Arkansas victory (51%), with a projected last rating of 83-82.
The officers for at the moment’s sport are Doug Exhibits, Owen Shortt and Chuck Jones.
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