Louisville basketball opened their ACC schedule last night with an impressive 20-point road victory over California. They will wrap up a two-game road trip on Friday night at Stanford, with tipoff set for 8 p.m. Last season, Louisville was dominant in ACC play, finishing 18–2, and starting conference play 1–0, and covering by 13 points is about as strong a start as you can ask for.
Louisville entered ACC play at 10–2, with two losses that left a bad taste in Cardinal fans’ mouths for a couple of weeks. With plenty of time to work on their issues since the December 16 loss to Tennessee, head coach Pat Kelsey had a lot to prove as the competition stiffens moving forward.