Predicting which Louisville basketball players leave or stay with the Cardinals

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F Kasean Pryor - Stay

Kasean Pryor is one of a few names that gets tricky to predict. The Cardinals starting center played in seven games last season before his season-ending injury. Pryor averaged 12.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.1 blocks while shooting a little below 36.8 percent from the field. 

Pryor started in all seven games he played last season, and it would be expected to be the same next season. Pryor and the Cardinals agreed on a massive NIL deal last offseason so it is hard to imagine Pryor would leave Louisville after his massive deal.

He would be Kelsey's starting center next season, as the Cardinals lost two backup forwards and have yet to bring in a center from the transfer portal. The Cardinals haven't contacted many centers in the transfer portal, so Kelsey is all in on Pryor. The 6-foot-10, 225-pound center will be a crucial piece to Kelsey's team next year, and he will likely return to the Cardinals.

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