Louisville basketball recently lost to the Tennessee Volunteers 83-62 on Tuesday night. The No. 11 Louisville Cardinals suffered their second loss of the 2025-26 season, both on the road and against ranked SEC teams. Louisville’s two losses weren’t pretty, as in both games, they were down by at least 20 points. Against the Razorbacks, they made a late comeback, but against Tennessee, it got ugly fast.
Louisville kept it manageable in the first half, but the Cards were dominated in the second. When looking at stats alone, one stat stands out, and that is the bench points.