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—NET Rankings Update (men’s): No. 14
—NET Rankings Update (women’s): No. 9
—After 26 years on the job, Louisville women’s soccer head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes has announced her retirement. Associate Head Coach Hunter Norton has been promoted to head coach and has signed a four-year contract.
—I’m anti-bullying, but I honestly think we’re not bullying this guy enough. He knows the rest of the world hates this idea, but I’m not sure he has a firm grasp on just how much people freaking hate it.
—Louisville is one of 16 college hoops programs that will be featured in NBA2K26.
—The CJ’s Brooks Holton looks at the Louisville basketball records that are on the verge of being broken in year two of the Pat Kelsey era.
—The numbers say this year’s NCAA Tournament is trending towards another boring first round, but an electric second round.
—ESPN has Louisville at No. 14 in its best football portal classes of 2026 rankings.
—Jeff Walz has been named to the Naismith Coach of the Year Award watch list.
—The latest episode of Larry O’Bannon’s podcast is here.
—Louisville checks in at No. 4 in Basket Under Review’s latest ACC power rankings.
—The rest of the week in Cardinal athletics:
Thursday, February 19
- Swimming & Diving at ACC Championships (Atlanta)
Friday, February 20
- Swimming & Diving at ACC Championships (Atlanta)
- Softball vs Buffalo (Gulf Coast Classic) – 2:30 p.m. ET (Fort Myers, Fla.)
- Baseball vs Nebraska (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series) – 4:00 p.m. ET (Arlington, Texas)
- Women’s Tennis vs Florida State – 4:00 p.m. ET (Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)
- Softball vs Florida Gulf Coast (Gulf Coast Classic) – 4:45 p.m. ET (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Saturday, February 21
- Swimming & Diving at ACC Championships (Atlanta)
- Baseball vs Auburn (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series) – 12:00 p.m. ET (Arlington, Texas)
- Softball vs Wisconsin (Gulf Coast Classic) – 12:15 p.m. ET (Fort Myers, Fla.)
- Men’s Basketball vs Georgia Tech – 2:15 p.m. ET (KFC Yum! Center)
- Softball vs University of Connecticut (Gulf Coast Classic) – 2:30 p.m. ET (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Sunday, February 22
- Softball vs Buffalo (Gulf Coast Classic) – 9:00 a.m. ET (Fort Myers, Fla.)
- Baseball vs Auburn (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series) – 11:30 a.m. ET (Arlington, Texas)
- Women’s Basketball vs Virginia – 12:00 p.m. ET (KFC Yum! Center)
- Lacrosse vs North Carolina – 12:00 p.m. ET (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Women’s Tennis vs Miami – 12:00 p.m. ET (Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)
—Brett McMurphy has Louisville facing Alabama in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in his first CFP/bowl projections for 2026.
—This continues to be a top five weirdest storyline I’ve ever followed in college basketball.
—Louisville Report’s Matt McGavic takes a look at some of the more underrated portal additions for the 2026 Louisville football roster.
—The 2026 Bourbon & Beyond lineup is here.
—The Texas man who threatened the lives of Jeff Brohm, Miller Moss and others after losing $80,000 on the Louisville-Cal game has pleaded guilty to multiple charges.
—Last night in the ACC:
No. 14 Virginia 94, Georgia Tech 68
Wake Forest 85, Clemson 77
—If you’ve been thinking that you’ve been seeing a lot more traffic stops than usual in Louisville recently, you’re right.
—Sacred Heart Academy swimming star Charlotte Crush is on pace to compete in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
—Saturday will be only the third time in college basketball regular-season history that 1-2-3-4 will play each other on the same day.
—Virgins.
—Two more Georgia football players have been arrested on charges of reckless driving and speeding. They’re gonna have to start taking licenses away on signing day every year.
—After the first full day of racing, Louisville won five medals with the men’s team sitting in third and the women in fourth at the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships.
—U of L has extended the contract of softball head coach Holly Aprile.
—It’s behind a paywall, but On3’s Jeff Nakos goes inside Jeff Brohm’s decision to stay with Louisville.
—Absolutely rocked.
—The Louisville baseball team is hitting the road for a business trip to Texas.
—SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell believes there are eight teams that can win this year’s men’s NCAA Tournament.
—Early alert that Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech — even though it isn’t the last home game of the season — will be the Senior Day and Red Out game for this season. U of L hoops SID Dana Brown explains the thought process behind the change here:
Wear your red.
—And finally, I’m very excited and equally terrified to announce that I’ve been talked into being a dancer for this year’s Let’s Dance Louisville event, Louisville’s version of Dancing With the Stars. Half of the competition is fundraising, with all proceeds benefitting Feed My Neighbor and the Sandefur Dining Room, which is an extremely worthwhile cause.
My dancer page can be found here.
I had my first full practice this morning and will be chronicling(TM) the entire journey on my social media pages. Should be sufficiently embarrassing for everyone to enjoy. Go Cards.
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