MBB: Cards Set to Close Regular Season at Miami

Mark BlankenbakerMarch 6, 2026

Louisville men’s basketball is slated for one final regular season game as it takes on No. 22/23 Miami at the Watsco Center on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET. The game can be found on ESPNU.

The Cardinals earned a bounce back win in their home finale on Tuesday night against Syracuse while the Hurricanes have won seven of their last eight contests and are on a three-game win streak headed into the last game of the regular season. With their most recent victory, the Canes secured a double-bye and the No. 3 seed in the ACC Tournament while Louisville has secured a single bye with seeding still to be determined based off Saturday’s results around the league.

UofL leads the all-time series over Miami 15-8 and narrowly leads the series 7-6 when playing at Miami. The Cards have won the last two games in the series, but the Canes won the four prior to those. Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 1-0 in his head coaching career against Miami.

CARDINAL NOTES

UofL has a 66-91 record against Top 25 teams over the last 15 years.
Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 177-70 (.717) in all-time conference games as a head coach, posting an 81-43 (.653) record in away league games.
Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. tied Louisville’s single-game scoring record with 45 points against NC State on Feb. 9. He tied the legendary Wes Unseld who was the lone owner of the record since Dec. 1, 1967. Brown also broke the ACC freshman single game scoring record, previously set by Cooper Flagg at 42 points.
Louisville had two 30-point scorers in one game for the first time in program history as Mikel Brown Jr. scored 45 and Ryan Conwell scored 31 against NC State on Feb. 9. UofL is one of three teams in DI this season to have a game with two 31+ point scorers. The duo became the first pair of ACC players to drop 30+ each against another ACC team since Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson of UNC did it at Florida State on Jan. 4, 2016.
Freshman Mikel Brown Jr. was named ACC Player and Rookie of the Week on Feb. 16 in addition to Naismith Trophy Player of the Week and AP National Player of the Week.
According to OptaSTATS, Mikel Brown Jr. and Ryan Conwell are the only DI teammate duo in the last 30 seasons to combine for 75+ points, 15+ rebounds and 15+ threes made in a game. Only one NBA duo has ever done it: Damian Lillard and Nassir Little during Lillard’s 71-point game on Feb. 26, 2023. Mikel Brown Jr. is the only DI player since at least 2010-11 to record 45 points, nine rebounds, two assists and three steals in 34 minutes or less in a single game. He did so against NC State on Feb. 9.
Louisville is one of three DI teams with at least six victories of 40 points or more this season, joining Michigan (7) and High Point (6). The six 40+ point wins are the most UofL has ever had in a single season.
Mikel Brown Jr. is one of 11 players in DI this season to score 45 points, and one of eight to do it in a regulation length game.
Louisville is one of four programs that has logged at least three games of 18+ made 3’s, joining Cornell (4 games), Charleston Southern (3) and VMI (3).
Louisville has had five 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 one of 16 teams in 2025-26 as of Feb. 27 to have five games or more of at least 24 assists.
Louisville has had 10 games of 20+ assists, also one of 26 teams in the nation to do so.