Alert: Trip 'huge' for Louisville basketball

It's travel day for the University of Louisville basketball team. The Cardinals are headed to Puerto Rico for nine games in the next six days. Cardinal Authority publisher Jody Demling looks at what coach Rick Pitino is hoping to get out of the trip.

The University of Louisville basketball team is headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Monday afternoon. The Cardinals will play nine games scheduled over six days, starting with Tuesday's 5:30 and 8 p.m. doubleheader at San Juan's Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum.

U of L coach Rick Pitino said the trip would be "huge" for the young Cardinals.

"We'll get a lot out of this trip," Pitino said. "It's a good time for us to be doing this with so many new…