{"id":188432,"date":"2026-03-12T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188432\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:25:12","slug":"tale-of-the-tape-predictions-louisville-vs-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188432\/","title":{"rendered":"Tale of The Tape, Predictions: Louisville vs. Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#8211; Louisville (23-9, 11-7 ACC) is set to face Miami (24-7. 13-5 ACC) on Thursday, Mar. 12 at 2:30 p.m. EST at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. Here&#8217;s how the Cardinals stack up against the Hurricanes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">*Mobile users can scroll left and right on the tables below*<\/p>\n<p>Rankings<\/p>\n<p>Miami<\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p>AP\/USAT<\/p>\n<p>RV\/25th<\/p>\n<p>24th\/24th<\/p>\n<p>SOS<\/p>\n<p>81st<\/p>\n<p>46th<\/p>\n<p>SOR<\/p>\n<p>28th<\/p>\n<p>25th<\/p>\n<p>NET<\/p>\n<p>32nd<\/p>\n<p>13th<\/p>\n<p>WAB<\/p>\n<p>27th<\/p>\n<p>22nd<\/p>\n<p>RPI<\/p>\n<p>53rd<\/p>\n<p>25th<\/p>\n<p>BPI<\/p>\n<p>40th<\/p>\n<p>11th<\/p>\n<p>KenPom<\/p>\n<p>29th<\/p>\n<p>16th<\/p>\n<p>Torvik<\/p>\n<p>35th<\/p>\n<p>14th<\/p>\n<p>EvanMiya<\/p>\n<p>29th<\/p>\n<p>18th<\/p>\n<p>Team Leaders<\/p>\n<p>Miami<\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Points<\/p>\n<p>Malik Reneau (19.0)<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Conwell (18.6)<\/p>\n<p>Rebounds<\/p>\n<p>Ernest Udeh (9.4)<\/p>\n<p>Sananda Fru (6.1)<\/p>\n<p>Assists<\/p>\n<p>Tre Donaldson (5.9)<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Brown Jr. (4.7)<\/p>\n<p>Steals<\/p>\n<p>Tru Washington (1.9)<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Conwell (1.2)<\/p>\n<p>Blocks<\/p>\n<p>Ernest Udeh (1.4)<\/p>\n<p>Sananda Fru (1.4)<\/p>\n<p>Scoring<\/p>\n<p>Miami<\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Points Per Game<\/p>\n<p>82.7<\/p>\n<p>85.1<\/p>\n<p>Field Goal %<\/p>\n<p>50.6<\/p>\n<p>47.0<\/p>\n<p>FGM\/FGA Per Game<\/p>\n<p>30.3\/60.0<\/p>\n<p>28.8\/61.3<\/p>\n<p>Three Point %<\/p>\n<p>35.1<\/p>\n<p>35.9<\/p>\n<p>3PTM\/3PTA Per Game<\/p>\n<p>6.7\/19.1<\/p>\n<p>11.7\/32.5<\/p>\n<p>Free Throw %<\/p>\n<p>68.1<\/p>\n<p>76.9<\/p>\n<p>FTM\/FTA Per Game<\/p>\n<p>15.3\/22.5<\/p>\n<p>15.8\/20.6<\/p>\n<p>Rebounding<\/p>\n<p>Miami<\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Rebounds Per Game<\/p>\n<p>37.8<\/p>\n<p>38.5<\/p>\n<p>Off. Reb. Per Game<\/p>\n<p>12.4<\/p>\n<p>11.4<\/p>\n<p>Def. Reb. Per Game<\/p>\n<p>25.4<\/p>\n<p>27.1<\/p>\n<p>Rebound Margin<\/p>\n<p>8.4<\/p>\n<p>5.4<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Miami<\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Opp. Points Per Game<\/p>\n<p>70.7<\/p>\n<p>72.0<\/p>\n<p>Opp. FG%<\/p>\n<p>44.1<\/p>\n<p>42.2<\/p>\n<p>Opp. 3PT%<\/p>\n<p>35.5<\/p>\n<p>32.6<\/p>\n<p>Steals Per Game<\/p>\n<p>7.9<\/p>\n<p>6.9<\/p>\n<p>Blocks Per Game<\/p>\n<p>3.3<\/p>\n<p>3.2<\/p>\n<p>Turnovers Forced Per Game<\/p>\n<p>12.8<\/p>\n<p>12.0<\/p>\n<p>Ball Handling<\/p>\n<p>Miami<\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Assists Per Game<\/p>\n<p>16.6<\/p>\n<p>17.1<\/p>\n<p>Turnovers Per Game<\/p>\n<p>11.5<\/p>\n<p>11.6<\/p>\n<p>Turnover Margin<\/p>\n<p>1.3<\/p>\n<p>0.4<\/p>\n<p>Assist\/Turnover Ratio<\/p>\n<p>1.45<\/p>\n<p>1.48<\/p>\n<p>Predictions<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">&#8211; KenPom Prediction:\u00a0Per KenPom.com, the Cardinals have a 62 percent chance to take down the Hurricanes, with a projected final score of 81-77 in favor of UofL. Louisville has an adjusted efficiency margin of +26.10 (16th overall), whereas Miami has an adjusted efficiency margin of +21.15 (29th overall).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">&#8211; Torvik Prediction:\u00a0Per BartTorvik.com, the Cards have a 67 percent chance to take down the Canes, with a projected final score of 82-77 in favor of UofL. Louisville has a &#8220;Barthag&#8221; of .9389 (14th overall), whereas Miami has a &#8220;Barthag&#8221; of .8832 (35th overall).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">&#8211; Personal Prediction: Louisville 79, Miami 75.<\/p>\n<p>More Cardinals Stories<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">(Photo of Shelton Henderson, Ryan Conwell, Sananda Fru: Jeff Romance &#8211; Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">You can follow Louisville Cardinals On SI for future coverage by liking us on Facebook, Twitter\/X and Instagram:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LouisvilleOnSI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LouisvilleOnSI<\/a><br \/>Twitter\/X &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/louisvilleonsi\" rel=\"nofollow\">@LouisvilleOnSI<\/a><br \/>Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/louisvilleonsi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@louisvilleonsi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also follow Deputy Editor Matthew McGavic at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_mcgavic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Matt_McGavic<\/a> on Twitter\/X and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mattmcgavic.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@mattmcgavic.bsky.social<\/a> on Bluesky<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#8211; Louisville (23-9, 11-7 ACC) is set to face Miami (24-7. 13-5 ACC) on Thursday, Mar.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-188432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}