Louisville basketball picked up its 27th win on the season and secured its first-ever berth in the ACC Tournament semifinals. The Cardinals defeated Stanford on a buzzer-beater mid-range jumper from Chucky Hepburn. Hepburn asked about the shot after the game, and he kept it short and sweet.
"The mentality is to win," Hepburn stated.
Louisville saw a massive game from Terrence Edwards Jr, as he led all scorers with 25 points while shooting 65 percent from the floor and 40 percent from downtown. Noah Waterman had his best game as a Cardinal. He splashed multiple shots from downtown and earned 12 points in the Cardinals' victory. Waterman needs to keep this up deep into March and become Pat Kelsey's valuable bench piece.
The Cardinal's victory over Stanford not only marked Louisville basketball's first time to make it to the semifinals, but it also secured a glaring stat that set Louisville up for a deep postseason run.
Surreal stat foreshadows Louisville basketball will win ACC Tournament Title
The Cardinals have won 20 of their last 21 games, including two 10-game winning streaks. This is the first time Louisville has had multiple 10-game winning streaks in the same season since 2013.
The Cardinals have secured multiple 10-game winning streaks in the same year just three times before this year's achievement. The Cardinals secured this achievement in 1975, 1994, and 2013. The Cardinal's history tells Louisville basketball fans that when this achievement happens, hardware follows.
Louisville basketball secured the Big East Conference Tournament title in 2013, the Metro Conference Tournament title in 1994, and the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title in 1975.
This Pat Kelsey squad has broken multiple records all year and has drawn many similarities to some of the best teams in the Cardinal's history. Lousiville has broken the program's record for the most wins in conference play, the most significant turnaround in program history, the first ACC semifinal berth, and many more.
The Cardinals will take on the Clemson Tigers in tonights top 15 showdown in the ACC semifinals. Louisville basketball has shown they have the fight and roster to win the ACC, especially now that Cooper Flagg might miss the rest of the tournament.
Louisville basketball was gritty in last nights win and the Cardinals are just two wins away from etching their program in the ACC history books. The Cardinals have never won an ACC Tournament title game, and if historyy means anything then the Cardinals two 10-game winning streak foreshadows the Cardinals will cut down the nets in Charlotte.