Louisville Basketball: 10 Takeaways From The Cards’ Loss To Virginia
By Derek Snyder
Take a look at out ten takeaways from Louisville basketball’s unfortunate loss to the Virginia Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Well, it wasn’t exactly the type of performance that we were all expecting from the Louisville basketball team on Wednesday night. The Cavaliers led from beginning to end, which completely took any type of momentum out of the Yum Center in the Cards’s first ACC game of the 2016-2017 season.
With that being said, let’s take a look at our ten takeaways from the game:
10. The “Kentucky-Hangover” Is Real
The Cards came out of the gates against Virginia looking like they haven’t played basketball in a month. It has only been a week since the Kentucky game, but Louisville still came out very flat against a Cavaliers team looking to continue their dominance over the Cardinals.
Virginia had numerous double-digit leads throughout the first half and Louisville had a lot of trouble handling their tough defense and great passing on offense. It also didn’t help that the Cavaliers made their first four shots of the game.
We all knew how important the Kentucky game was for the rivalries’ sake, but this was the Cards’ first ACC basketball game of the 2016-2017 season.
A conference basketball game is much more important than playing a non-conference team, even if that school is Kentucky.