Among the things Tom Jurich insisted on for the University of Louisville in negotiations for the KFC Yum! Center 10 years ago was that the UofL women’s basketball team be permitted to play its home games there.
There was some resistance but Jurich prevailed as he usually does and the opening game for the UofL’s women’s 2010-2011 season attracted 22,000-plus fans for the opening act against Pat Summit and the University of Tennessee. The women have averaged more than 9,000 fans per game annually since then.
A total of 7,606 were on hand on Wednesday night as the Cardinals rolled to their 100th victory in six seasons the Yum!