Louisville men’s basketball hosts familiar rival Memphis on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET back at home in the KFC Yum! Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

The Cardinals are coming off a bounce back, neutral site win over Indiana while Memphis enters the matchup from three straight victories, the most recent being over Baylor on Saturday.

Louisville is 54-36 all-time against Memphis with a 31-12 mark at home. Head coach Pat Kelsey has never faced the Tigers in his head coaching career.

PROMOTIONS

  • Junior Bridgeman Jersey Retirement | The Timeless No. 10. We will honor the life and legacy of Junior Bridgeman with a jersey retirement ceremony. Fans can purchase a limited edition Bridgeman Yeti tumbler in the clubs and concourse bars and/or buy a Bridgeman ‘shirsey’ in Cardinal Collective off the main lobby – a portion of the proceeds from each item will be donated to the West End School.
  • 1975 Team Celebration | Members of the 1975 Missouri Valley Conference Champion and NCAA Final Four Semifinalist team return to the KFC Yum! Center for a special recognition. Fans can grab their commemorative ticket from the celebration at the marketing table behind section 101 or at the top of the escalators in the upper concourse.

CARDINAL NOTES

  • Junior Bridgeman’s #10 jersey will become the sixth Louisville men’s basketball jersey number retired by the program.
  • Louisville netted 20 3-pointers against NJIT on Nov. 26, the second-most made 3’s in a single game in program history. It’s just the second time ever the Cardinals have made at least 20 3’s in a game. UofL is the third team in DI this season to make at least 20 3-pointers against another DI team.
  • Louisville’s back-to-back 40-point wins (87-46 over Eastern Michigan & 104-47 over NJIT) is the program’s first set of back-to-back 40-point victories since 2012-13.
  • Senior guard Ryan Conwell is the only DI men’s basketball player since at least 2010-11 to log at least 32 points, nine rebounds and six assists in 24 minutes or less, according to Sports Reference. He notched that stat line against NJIT on Nov. 26.
  • Louisville has had two games of at least 24 assists, the first time since 2010-11 that the program has had multiple games of 24+ assists; the Cardinals had five games of at 24+ assists that season.
  • Louisville is 35-0 under Kelsey when leading with five minutes to play.
  • With two 50-point victories on the season (104-45 vs. South Carolina State & 104-47 vs. NJIT), it marks the first time Louisville has had two 50-point victories in one season since 2004-05.
  • A pair of Cardinals represent Louisville on the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List, Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List and the Wooden Award Preseason Watch List; both Ryan Conwell and Mikel Brown Jr. were named to the esteemed lists.
  • Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. was named to the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Preseason Watch List while senior guard Ryan Conwell was named the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Preseason Watch List.
  • Head coach Pat Kelsey is the reigning ACC Coach of the Year – he is one of 10 active DI head coaches that have earned a Coach of the Year honor in three or more DI conferences.
  • There were 14 players returning to DI this season that had made at least 175 3-pointers with a career 3-point field goal percentage of 38% or more; Ryan Conwell and Isaac McKneely are two of those 14.
  • Seven of Louisville’s 2025-26 opponents are or were ranked in the AP Poll, with five more receiving votes.
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