Very light news and notes day, which says to me that it’s time for everyone to start their holiday weekend immediately.
—Louisville finished 40th in the final Directors’ Cup standings for the 2020-21 athletic season, just barely keeping alive its streak of finishing in the top 40 in each of the last 11 years.
—USA Today ranks Louisville’s non-conference schedule as the 16th-toughest of all Power Five football teams. Kentucky’s is ranked as the easiest of all 64 teams.
—Chris Mack has offered California shooting guard Dusty Stromer, a member of the class of 2023 who did play high school basketball as a sophomore.