Louisville basketball finds theirselves back in the AP Rankings for the first time in a couple weeks after their 77-70 Georgia Tech loss.
Pat Kelsey and his squad continues to dominate in the ACC as they picked up two more double digit wins and improved to 20-6 on the season, and 13-2 in the ACC. UofL defeated North Carolina State 91-66, and Notre Dame 75-60.
Louisville has a chance at history this season, as they are in the hunt for the ACC crown with Duke and Clemson, and are currently in third place. With just five weeks remaining this Pat Kelsey squad jumps back into the top 25 and is ready to make their mark heading into the postseason.
Louisville Basketball’s red-hot streak rockets them to No. 25
Louisville glaring strength of being able to win on the road is a clear reason they are back in the rankings.
Pat Kelsey flipped this program around and has led this Louisville basketball squad to be lethal home or away, but on the road they now have 12 double digit road wins, which leads the country, and are beating their opponents by an average of 16.8 points per game on the road, which is third in the country.
Louisville basketball is now ranked No. 25 in the country, and depending on how they close this season out, they have a path to be a dark horse in the NCAA Tournament. As of now Joe Lunardi has the Cardinals as a seven seed, but it was last updated on Friday.
Louisville basketball have won 13 of their last 14 and are heavy favorites the rest of their way for the regular season. Cardinals have four home games and just one road game, this Saturday against FSU, and have proven since their loss to Georgia Tech they are destined to win out.
In the rankings Louisville jumped New Mexico, and Saint Mary's as they are now behind No. 24 Ole Miss. Cardinals will have one game this upcoming week against Florida State at noon local time.
Cardinals are tied with Clemson in ACC record and have the head-to-head over the Tigers, and currently are just one game behind Duke. It is likely Cardinals are the No. 2 or No. 3 seed in ACC Tournament but if Clemson can slip up Cardinals will be in a great spot for the two-seed.