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5 Louisville Basketball players you need to know for this season

By Derek Snyder

Feb 13, 2016; South Bend, IN, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino reacts during a time out in the first half against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Purcell Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 13, 2016; South Bend, IN, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino reacts during a time out in the first half against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Purcell Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 24, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Pennsylvania Quakers guard Tony Hicks (11) drives between Saint Joseph
Jan 24, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Pennsylvania Quakers guard Tony Hicks (11) drives between Saint Joseph /

The Cardinals will be hoping that Hicks can come in and be the same type of player and person that Damion Lee and Trey Lewis were last year for Louisville. The 6-foot-1 guard will look to continue his scoring frenzy in a tough ACC conference through this season.

This is what Louisville’s Athletic website had to say about Hicks in his bio:

"Graduate transfer led Penn in scoring as a sophomore and junior and earned All-Ivy League honorable mention honors during his freshman and junior years.  Enrolled in graduate school at UofL after completing his sociology degree at Penn in May.  Totaled 1,060 career points in three seasons while starting 64 games for the Quakers.  He has connected on 107-of-308 three-pointers in three seasons (347) and 78.1 percent of his free throws (217-of-278)  Completed his degree in sociology at Penn while sitting out the 2015-16 season."

If Hicks can be the scoring threat he was as Penn, then Louisville has an opportunity to be very good in 2016-2017.

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