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5 Louisville basketball players who definitely won’t be back for the 2026-27 season

Here are five Cardinals who won't be back for Louisville basketball next season.
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Ryan Conwell

Louisville's most dominant scorer this season was the Xavier transfer, Ryan Conwell. The Cardinals added three transfers last offseason, and Conwell was maybe their biggest addition. He came to Louisville as an elite scorer who could create his own shots and take over games.

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He led Louisville with 18.8 points per game and chipped in 4.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists while shooting 40.8 percent from the field and 34.5 percent from beyond the arc. He had an impressive college career, playing at four different schools over four years and scoring nearly 2,000 points (1,991).

He played at Xavier before his time at Louisville, averaging 16.5 points per game, shooting 45.0 percent from the field and 41.2 percent from beyond the arc. Louisville’s backcourt is going to take a huge hit, losing Conwell and McKneely, and replacing them will be hard.

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