Chris Mack and Louisville basketball enter year two with a lot of promise. Still, there are a lot of questions to be answered about one of the Cardinals’ most hyped teams in years. Here are the five biggest questions around 2019-20.
Louisville basketball enters the 2019-20 season ranked fifth in this year’s AP and coach’s polls respectively. Second-year coach Chris Mack came to Louisville for this.
He came to coach a nationally competitive team in front of a fan base that truly cares. After just one season of work, it appears he has the team for it.
Last season, Louisville earned a seven seed in the NCAA tournament and was bounced in the first round. Card Nation expects improvement and there should be a lot of it.
Louisville welcomes back Steven Enoch, Malik Williams, Dwayne Sutton, Darius Perry, and Ryan McMahon. Jordan Nwora – the team’s leading scorer from a season ago – is also back for more. Nwora has been tabbed as a preseason All-American and has the second-best odds to win player of the year honors.
Louisville also welcomes grad transfer Fresh Kimble. He played his last few seasons at Saint Joseph’s. Last year, he averaged 15.6 points per game. He should fit in nicely as Christen Cunningham’s replacement.
Several new freshmen will also join this already stacked Louisville team. Aidan Igiehon, David Johnson, Josh Nickelberry and McDonald’s All American Samuell Williamson. A lot will be expected from Williamson this season, but some will be expected from the rest of the freshmen as well in smaller roles.
Louisville is a legitimate contender to not only win the ACC Conference Championship but also make a run to the Final Four and maybe win the National Championship but they’ll need a lot to go right this season.
Here are five burning questions about this Cardinal basketball team before the season starts in a week and a half.