Louisville’s tribulations have been well-documented, but just to recap: the Cardinals lost their first three games of the season by one point, which is incredibly difficult to do, then lost their next six games by no fewer than 18 points. An 0-9 start that was just as miserable as the record implies.
Louisville has been utterly non-competitive against teams in the KenPom top 100 and it is coming to Raleigh off an eight-point home loss to Lipscomb (KP No. 192). Louisville has plummeted to No. 253 in the Pomeroy Ratings, and the last ACC team to finish a year sub-200 was Pitt in 2018.