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Louisville's loss to Texas Tech was not just their first loss of the season, but also a stark reversal of their season-opening form. The Cardinals got out to a hot start this season largely on the basis of great shooting, which makes their wayward offense against the Red
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Most college hoops pundits right now would offer the assessment that Kentucky can become a Final 4 contender this season if they improve. Regardless of the exact wording, the consensus on Kentucky would include a number of qualifiers. That's very reasonable, since the Wildcats are incorporating their usual
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The Cardinals have had strong offenses before, but never anything quite like this. They are supremely accurate from the field, with an effective field goal percentage of 59.4%...better than any team posted last season. This is in large part due to hitting 41% of their threes, better than
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Through 6 games last season, Louisville was 4-2 with a nice upset win over Michigan State and competitive losses to Tennessee and Marquette. Fans were pleasantly surprised with the progress under new coach Chris Mack. Business has picked up fast in the last year: Louisville is 6-0, likely about to
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Kentucky is 5-1, and nobody is entirely clear on how to feel about that. On one hand, they own a victory over a very strong Michigan State team despite another season mixing in several key newcomers. On the other, they've looked sluggish against some weak competition and...you
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Welcome to another season of indepth Louisville Cardinals coverage here at Hoops Insight! For those who are new readers this season, here are some things to know: * I use play by play data to track data for the Cards, looking at advanced stats for lineups and players. I look at
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Welcome to another season of indepth Kentucky Wildcats coverage here at Hoops Insight! For those who are new readers this season, here are some things to know: * I use play by play data to track data for the Wildcats, looking at advanced stats for lineups and players. I look at
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This is my seventh season covering Louisville basketball, and this season hopefully represents a real inflection point as Louisville rebounds from 4 years away from national contention. While the abundance of returning contributors has inflated expectations, there's some uncertainty given the shaky end to last season. As such,
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The 2019-2020 season will be my seventh covering Kentucky, and I never feel like I know what to expect when a new season starts. It's incredibly rare that the Wildcats return a dependable contributor, so my initial thoughts are usually a combination of "if"s and
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Talent In, Talent Out The NCAA loves to remind us that most college athletes "go pro in something other than sports". At the highest levels of college basketball, however, players are looking to gain exposure and development in hopes of making their way into the NBA. There is
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Talent In, Talent Out The NCAA loves to remind us that most college athletes "go pro in something other than sports". At the highest levels of college basketball, however, players are looking to gain exposure and development in hopes of making their way into the NBA. There is
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This offseason, I want to occasionally provide subscribers with insights on how last season could offer a preview of what's to come next season for the Louisville Cardinals. UofL will be returning most of their roster, and looking to take the next step to contend for an ACC