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Louisville Basketball: Previewing The Cards Brutal Next Five Games

By Derek Snyder

Dec 27, 2014; Louisville, KY, USA; The Louisville Cardinals battle the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half at KFC Yum! Center. Kentucky defeated Louisville 58-50. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 27, 2014; Louisville, KY, USA; The Louisville Cardinals battle the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half at KFC Yum! Center. Kentucky defeated Louisville 58-50. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports /
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We take a look at these five next brutal games for the Louisville basketball team and what fans should expect to see from those match-ups.

The Louisville basketball team is about to head into the toughest five-game stretch of their season. They have been playing great defense this year and it looks as though their shooting may be coming around. However, they will need to be at their best to make it out of this month of December.

It’s not that The Cards don’t have the talent to pull it off, we are just concerned with the toughness of these five consecutive games.

With that being said, Louisville has a great head coach in Rick Pitino and he will have his squad ready.

Dec 21, 2015; Morgantown, WV, USA; Eastern Kentucky Colonels guard Paul Jackson (2) dribbles up the floor during the first half against the West Virginia Mountaineers at the WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2015; Morgantown, WV, USA; Eastern Kentucky Colonels guard Paul Jackson (2) dribbles up the floor during the first half against the West Virginia Mountaineers at the WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports /

Eastern Kentucky Colonels at #11 Louisville Cardinals

This is easily Louisville’s most winnable game over this five game stretch. The Colonels are currently 6-5, but have won four out of their last five games. Led by leading scorer Nick Mayo, Eastern Kentucky will be looking to take down a Louisville team on the road on Saturday afternoon.

2016 Wins: IUPUI, Idaho State, Berea, Western Kentucky, Marshall, and Jacksonville

2016 Losses: UNC Wilmington, Auburn, Texas Tech, Georgia State, and Ball State

Again, there shouldn’t be any concern about if this is a team that can come into the Yum Center and beat Louisville.

EKU hasn’t been able to play with higher level competition this season and I use that term very lightly.

Auburn and Texas Tech beat the Colonels by an average of 20 points, therefore you should expect the same performance from Louisville on Saturday.

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