ACC Preview #10 - Louisville - Sin City East?

Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports Mar 10, 2021; Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Chris Mack directs his team against the Duke Blue Devils during the second half in the second round of the 2021 ACC tournament at Greensboro Coliseum. The Duke Blue Devils won 70-56.Oh, Louisville. Louisville, Louisville, Louisville. What to do with the Cards?

The ACC invited Louisville to join after Maryland left for the Big Ten and on paper it seemed like a logical and reasonable trade, possibly even a basketball upgrade (if an academic net loss).

It’s been a colossal embarrassment instead.

First there was the Rick Pitino-Karen Sypher scandal (2009), a humiliating extortion case for…