Louisville vs. Miami Preview – Card Chronicle

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Louisville Cardinals (17-6, 10-2) against Miami Hurricanes (5-17, 1-10)

Playing time: 14.00

Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky.

Television: ESPN2

Advertisers: Wes Durham (Play-by-Play) and Dan Bonner (Analysis)

Officials: Ted Valentine, Bill Covington Jr., Jemel Spearman

Favorite: Louisville by 18.5

Series: Louisville leads, 14-8

Last meeting: Louisville won 80-71 on January 10, 2024 in Miami

Series History:

Projected starting lineups:

Louisville

  • G Chucky Hepburn (6-2, 190, Sr.)
  • G Reyne Smith (6-2, 190, Sr.)
  • G J’VONNE HADLEY (6-6, 215, SR.)
  • G/F Terrence Edwards Jr. (6-6, 205, Sr.)
  • C James Scott (6-11, 220, so.)

Miami

  • G Divine Ugochukwu (6-3, 190, Fr.)
  • G Jalil Bethea (6-5, 190, Fr.)
  • G Matthew Cleveland (6-7, 210, SR.)
  • F Brandon Johnson (6-8, 223, Sr.)
  • C Lynn Kidd (6-10, 241, Sr.)

Statistics:

Miami’s season to today’s date:

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About Miami:

It’s been less than two years since Miami crashed the last four in the fist time in program history. It feels more like two decades.

The hurricanes followed up this effort last season with a fantastic losing season, ending the campaign and losing their last 10 competitions. Things have gone even further to the south this season, when Miami came to a 4-8 start before Jim Larranaga, the most successful rus in the program history, announced that he was stepping down on December 26. The team lost its first nine matches in the direction of preliminary head coach Bill Courtney before finally beating Notre Dame last Saturday.

The biggest thing that stands out by this disaster in a season for U is just where Abysmal Hurricans have been defensively. Miami enters this weekend ranked 345 in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency. There are 364 teams in Division-I. To put this into perspective, the Louisville team, which won only four games two seasons ago, was 31 seats better in adjusted defensive efficiency.

Whether the cards have Chucky Hepburn or not, they should be able to get what they want on offensive in this game.

Offensively, Miami has actually been mostly OK. Hurricans are a respectable 60. In the country in adjusted offensive efficiency and are an average of 74.9 points per year. Competition.

Senior guard Matthew Cleveland, There played his first team seasons in Florida State before transferring to Miami last season, has been the team’s biggest bright spot. In the conference, Cleveland is an average of 21.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per year. Battle while shooting 53.6 percent off the field. Cleveland has scored in double figures in nine of the 10 matches since January 1st and a total of 20-Plus points in eight of the 10 competitions. He is a strain at the offensive end.

Second leading goal scorer Nijel Pack Haven’t played since December 10 due to an lower body injury and there has been no indication that he may be returning to court on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Spider Brandon JohnsonAn East Carolina transfer has been up and down this season, but mostly recently. Johnson has found his rhythm on insult again, an average of 14.0 points per Battle in the last three competitions. After starting the ACC Play 1-for-24 from 3-point reach, Johnson has turned down 52.9 percent (9-of-17) of his shots from beyond the arch in the last three games. Forward has also led the hurricanes in rebuilding each of the last three competitions, an average of 7.7 boards per year. Match. Johnson played all 40 minutes in the team’s win over Notre Dame last Saturday.

If there is reason to hope that Miami will enter this game, it is that they have played significantly better in the last few weeks than they were at the beginning of the Courtney takeover. After losing three consecutive matches by more than 30 points, the hurricanes of Cal took overtime, played a decently close match against Virginia and knocked the fighting Irish.

These have all been good steps in the right direction, but this is still undoubtedly the worst team in the ACC at the moment.

Remarkable:

—Louisville’s Final Four team in 2005 will reunite during a half -time presentation and celebrate 20 years since the march to the arch.

—Louisville celebrates Black History Month by wearing special uniforms specifically designed by adidas.

—Louisville has not lost a home game since an 8th December stumbles against Duke. This loss marks the Cardinals’ lonely home win in ACC Play this season.

— The last time Louisville and Miami played, Cardinals broke a 22-Kamps Road, losing a line with an 80-71 victory in Coral Gables. The victory marked the Lone Road victory in Kenny Payne’s two-year period.

—Miami is 0-9 in games away from home so fat this season and 0-5 in real road games.

—Chucky Hepburn is 14 in the country in assists per. Fight (6.2) and 15th Collected Assists (143). He is also 13 in total steal (54) and 17. Fight (2.35).

—Reyne Smith is the third in the country in made three-points per. Match (3.70) and in second place a total of three-Pointers (85). He is a fifth total 3-point attempt (215).

—James Scott is number two in the country and first in acc in dunks with 52.

—Louisville is 6-2 all the time against Miami in games played at KFC Yum Center.

—Louisville is 14-0 in the last 10 seasons when they limit opponents to a maximum of a three-point field goal.

—Louisville has led 10 or more points at the break in each of their last six games. This is the first time in the program history that the cards have had a double -digit lead in six consecutive conference games.

—Louisville has led at the break in 13 consecutive conference games, its longest such stripe since 1984.

—Louisville is at 10-2 or better start in conference games just fourth time ago leaving Conference USA in 2005.

—Louisville is 115-0 all the time when scoring 100 or more points in non-overtime games.

—Louisville has won 163 consecutive matches when he holds an opponent under 50 points.

Ken pomeroy -predict: Louisville 88, Miami 69