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Louisville basketball: Comparing the class of 2020 to past Cardinals

By Presley Meyer

DAYTON, OH - MARCH 13: Carlik Jones #1 of the Radford Highlanders handles the ball on offense against the Long Island Blackbirds during the second half of the First Four game in the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 13, 2018 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
DAYTON, OH - MARCH 13: Carlik Jones #1 of the Radford Highlanders handles the ball on offense against the Long Island Blackbirds during the second half of the First Four game in the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 13, 2018 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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Louisville basketball’s class of 2020 continues to get better as we near the 2020-21 season. Here are some former Cards the incoming players compare to.

The recruiting class in 2019 was considered one of the most monumental and important recruiting classes in program history, considering the six players who committed to play for Louisville basketball would be the first group of Chris Mack recruits to lead the program.

Last offseason we broke down the “Super Six,” the nation’s 12th best-recruiting class in 2019, in about as many ways as humanly possible – but none more fun than finding former Cards to compare each player to.

Read Now: Comparing the super six to past Cardinals

Some of the comparisons were fairly easy while others took some digging and time watching highlights to find the perfect player. With the success of last year’s piece, we decided why not try it again with 2020’s four-man class.

Louisville 2020 class has undergone some major changes over the last week and a half as junior college star and class headliner, Jay Scrubb, has officially entered the NBA Draft leading to the commitment of San Francisco star graduate-transfer Charles Minlend Jr. to go along with former Big South Player of the Year and the nation’s top graduate transfer, Carlik Jones.

The Cards aren’t quite finished filling out the 2020-21 roster as one scholarship still remains and is likely to be used on a graduate transfer big man at some point before the offseason comes to a close. Even still, we know that the class will be made up of at least two high school recruits and two eligible grad transfers – all of which bring a unique game to the Cards.

Finding comparisons is never an exact science, especially when comparing a crop of recruits to players who mostly played for a completely different coach in a completely different style, however we think the group of players we’ve found make a ton of sense. Some are former stars while some are former role players, and while they may not be exactly the same player they are being compared to, they do present similar characteristics/player traits as well as talent/ability.

Without further ado, here are the former Cardinal comparisons for each incoming player in the class of 2020.

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