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Louisville basketball: Despite hype, Cards picked to finish third behind Duke & UNC

There hasn’t been this much hype surrounding a Louisville basketball team leading into a season since 2014-15 when Louisville looked like a potential Final Four caliber squad behind returning stars Montrezl Harrell and Terry Rozier. But here we are in just year two of the Chris Mack era talking about a potential run to the Final Four.

When Vince Tyra pulled the trigger on hiring Mack, we knew that the expectation was for Louisville basketball to be restored to its previous place amongst the top blue blood’s in college basketball. However, with the FBI Investigation still looming over the program and the previous scandals taking a toll on the fanbase and recruiting, it looked like Mack could be in for a long rebuild.