Walker deals with schedule

Darrell Walker would have liked a chance at Louisville to start the season.

But the second-year head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock won't get that chance in the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic, hosted by Louisville starting Nov. 25. Instead, Walker and UALR will face UNC-Greensboro (Nov. 25), Western Kentucky (Nov. 28), Prairie View A&M (Nov. 30), Duquesne (Dec. 3) and Winthrop (Dec. 4) at the tournament.

While Walker may not get the Cardinals, he and the Trojans have a tough challenge ahead with those five games.

"It would have been great, but it didn't work out that way," Walker said of playing Louisville. "It's still great that we could be in a bubble and our guys…