2024–25 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
American college basketball season
| 2024–25 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 ACC) |
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| Home arena | KFC Yum! Center |
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 ACC tournament winner As of March 24, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team will represent the University of Louisville during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team will play its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They will be led by first-year head coach Pat Kelsey.
Previous season
The Cardinals began the season with a one-point win against UMBC but lost to Chattanooga in their second game of the season. After defeating Coppin State, they lost both of their games in the Empire Classic. They then went on a two-game winning streak, including an overtime victory over New Mexico State. They went on a three-game losing streak from there, including an opening ACC game loss to Virginia Tech. Their only other win in 2023 was on December 17 against Pepperdine. The Cardinals first ACC win game at Miami (FL) on January 10, 2024. This was Kenny Payne's first road win as head coach.[1] The team lost six straight games after the win. Their next wins came on February 3 and February 10, 2024, and were split by a road loss to Syracuse. The Cardinals would lose their final seven games of the ACC regular season.
The Cardinals finished the 2023–24 season 8–24 and 3–17 in ACC play to finish in fifteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to tenth seed NC State in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT. After their ACC tournament loss, the Cardinals fired head coach Kenny Payne.[2]
Offseason
Coaching changes
After the dismissal of head coach Kenny Payne, previous Winthrop and Charleston head coach Pat Kelsey was signed to a five-year deal as the 24th coach in Louisville's history.[3] Kelsey quickly brought a number of Charleston staff members to Louisville, including Brian Kloman and Thomas Carr as assistant coaches, Eli Foy as the head strength and conditioning coach, Jermaine Ukaegbu as the director of player personnel, and Mitch Johnson as the director of basketball operations. Other hires include LSU's Ronnie Hamilton as assistant coach and retired Louisville player Peyton Siva as the director of player development/alumni relations.[4][5]
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Mike James | 0 | G/F | 6'6" | 220 |  Sophomore | Orlando, Florida | Transferred to NC State[6] |
| Curtis Williams | 1 | G/F | 6'5" | 205 | Freshman | Detroit, Michigan | Transferred to Georgetown[7] |
| Koron Davis | 3 | G | 6'6" | 185 | Junior | Gary, Indiana | Transferred to Louisiana[8] |
| Ty-Laur Johnson | 4 | G | 6'0" | 160 | Freshman | Brooklyn, New York | Transferred to Wake Forest[9] |
| Brandon Huntley-Hatfield | 5 | F | 6'10" | 240 | Junior | Clarksville, Tennessee | Transferred to NC State[10] |
| Kaleb Glenn | 10 | F | 6'6" | 205 | Freshman | Louisville, Kentucky | Transferred to FAU[11] |
| Dennis Evans | 11 | C | 7'1" | 215 | Freshman | Riverside, California | Transferred to Grand Canyon[12] |
| JJ Traynor | 12 | F | 6'8" | 190 | Senior | Bardstown, Kentucky | Transferred to DePaul[13] |
| Danilo Jovanovich | 13 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Sophomore | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Transferred to Milwaukee[14] |
| Hercy Miller | 13 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Junior | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Transferred to Southern Utah[15] |
| Tre White | 22 | G | 6'7" | 205 | Sophomore | Dallas, Texas | Transferred to Illinois[16] |
| Emmanuel Okorafor | 34 | F/C | 6'9" | 220 | Sophomore | Albia, Nigeria | Transferred to Seton Hall[17] |
| Skyy Clark | 55 | G | 6'3" | 205 | Sophomore | Los Angeles, California | Transferred to UCLA[18] |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| James Scott[19] | 0 | F | 6'11" | 210 | Sophomore | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Charleston |
| J'Vonne Hadley[20] | 1 | G | 6'6" | 205 | 5th | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Colorado |
| Koren Johnson[21] | 3 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Junior | Seattle, Washington | Washington |
| Cole Sherman[22] | 4 | G | 5'11" | 190 | Junior | Louisville, Kentucky | Northern Kentucky |
| Terrence Edwards Jr.[23] | 5 | G/F | 6'6" | 190 | Senior | Atlanta, Georgia | James Madison |
| Reyne Smith[24] | 6 | G | 6'2" | 190 | Senior | Ulverstone, Tasmania | Charleston |
| Kasean Pryor[25] | 7 | F | 6'10" | 210 | 5th | Chicago, Illinois | South Florida |
| Kobe Rodgers[26] | 11 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Senior | Cincinnati, Ohio | Charleston |
| Patrick Antonelli[27] | 12 | G | 5'11" | 170 | 5th | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina | Emory and Henry |
| Frank Anselem-Ibe[28] | 13 | C | 6'10" | 215 | 5th | Lagos, Nigeria | Georgia |
| Aly Khalifa[29] | 15 | C | 6'11" | 270 | Senior | Alexandria, Egypt | BYU |
| Chucky Hepburn[30] | 24 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Omaha, Nebraska | Wisconsin |
| Aboubacar Traore[31] | 25 | F | 6'5" | 195 | Senior | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Long Beach State |
| Noah Waterman[32] | 93 | F | 6'11" | 220 | 6th | Savannah, New York | BYU |
2024 recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Khani Rooths #9 F | Washington, D.C. | IMG Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | May 15, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 | ||||||
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Schedule and results
On June 21, Louisville announced they would be taking an international trip later in the summer as allowed by the NCAA. The complete schedule will be updated later this fall.
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| July 30, 2024* 7:00 p.m., YouTube | Bahamas Select | W 111–59 | – | 18 – Hadley | 7 – Traore | 9 – Johnson | Baha Mar (239) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
| August 1, 2024* 12:00 p.m., YouTube | Calgary Dinos | W 111-71 | – | 20 – Pryor | 11 – Rooths | 7 – Hepburn | Baha Mar (221) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| November 4* TBA, ACCNX | Morehead State | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
| November 9* TBA, ACCNX | Tennessee | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
| November 19* TBA, ACCNX | Bellarmine | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
| November 22* TBA, ACCNX | Winthrop | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
| November 27* TBA | vs. TBD Battle 4 Atlantis | Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas | |||||||||
| November 28* TBA | vs. TBD Battle 4 Atlantis | Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas | |||||||||
| November 29* TBA | vs. TBD Battle 4 Atlantis | Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas | |||||||||
| December 3* TBA | Ole Miss ACC–SEC Challenge | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
| December 11* TBA, ACCNX | UTEP | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
| December 14* TBA | at Kentucky Rivalry | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | |||||||||
| December 28* TBA, ACCNX | Eastern Kentucky | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
| ACC tournament | |||||||||||
| vs. | Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC | ||||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
Schedule Source:[33]
With the additions of Stanford, Cal, and SMU the ACC will have a new scheduling format this season. Louisville will face Boston College, Georgia Tech, NC State, Notre Dame, SMU, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech on the road; Cal, Clemson, Duke, Miami, North Carolina, Stanford, and Wake Forest at home; and Pitt, Virginia and Florida State twice for home and away games.[34]
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