{"id":12310,"date":"2025-07-15T19:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12310\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:04:04","slug":"tuesday-afternoon-cardinal-news-and-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12310\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday afternoon Cardinal news and notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014A total of five Cardinals were selected<\/a> on the second day of the MLB Draft. <\/p>\n

\u2014Pat Kelsey will meet with the media to provide a summer update Wednesday morning at 10. <\/p>\n

\u2014Four-star running back Evan Hampton, the No. 1 player in the state of Kentucky according to Rivals, has flipped his college commitment from Louisville to … Vanderbilt<\/a>? <\/p>\n

I guess his dad can officiate U of L men\u2019s basketball games again now. <\/p>\n

\u2014The Athletic ranks<\/a> the 25 best men\u2019s college basketball players of the last 25 years and has Russ Smith at No. 17.<\/p>\n

17. Russ Smith, Louisville, 2010-14<\/p>\n

Career stats: 133 games, 14.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.8 apg, 41.3% FG, 34.5% 3FG<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an analytics junkie, you\u2019re probably arguing for Smith to be higher. The former Cardinals guard is one of two players in the KenPom era to be a back-to-back player of the year based on his individual KenPom player rating<\/a>. After Kevin Ware\u2019s gruesome broken leg in the 2013 regional final, Smith stepped up to score 23 points and win regional most outstanding player honors. He led Louisville to the national championship that year, the Cardinals\u2019 first since 1986.<\/p>\n

Carmelo Anthony, surprisingly, tops the list. <\/p>\n

\u2014Louisville native Sammy T. Hughes played in the Negro Leagues from 1930 to 1946. He was a star who was buried without pomp or a headstone. That\u2019s about to change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Nolan Smith is reportedly<\/a> set to leave Memphis State and take the head coaching position at Tennessee State. Good luck with that. <\/p>\n

\u2014It appears Montrezl Harrell is back in for this weekend\u2019s TBT opener. <\/p>\n

\u2014The Basket Under Review podcast has a great conversation about Mikel Brown Jr. Listen here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2014The schedule for the 2025-26 U of L men\u2019s golf season is now set<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2014It\u2019s \u201cSuper Kid Night\u201d on Saturday at Lynn Family Stadium, where Lou City will be hosting FC Tulsa at 8 p.m. Card Chronicle readers can get discounted tickets to the match here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2014LMPD arrested this guy. <\/p>\n

“I love being able to play this game for a living. It’s one of the greatest joys of my life, but does it fill the deepest wants and desires of my heart? Absolutely not.”<\/p>\n

All-time five minutes here from Scottie. <\/p>\n

Must watch stuff. pic.twitter.com\/ut3sB76z56<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kyle Porter (@KylePorterNS) July 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014\u201cAthlon U: The College Football Podcast\u201d debates<\/a> the best quarterbacks in each conference for the upcoming season. The ACC convo begins around the 35-minute mark. <\/p>\n

\u2014Class of 2026 point guard Deron Rippey has Louisville on his list<\/a> of 12 finalists. <\/p>\n

\u2014The Athletic dives into how NIL has changed<\/a> the way that college basketball coaches lead. <\/p>\n

\u2014Nice breakdown here of Mikel Brown\u2019s performance at the FIBA U19. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2014Racing Louisville has re-signed<\/a> star midfielder Taylor Flint through the 2028 season<\/p>\n

\u2014Eric Crawford writes<\/a> about the ridiculousness of the Teddy Bridgewater \u201ccontroversy.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u2014Here\u2019s another take on the matter:<\/p>\n

Teddy Bridgewater was just suspended from Miami Northwestern high school for giving players Impermissible benefits\u2026 and it\u2019s complete garbage<\/p>\n

The dude allegedly spent over $200,000 of his own money to help out his players. And now he\u2019s being punished for being a good guy. pic.twitter.com\/hnYh5u8MY4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ev Hand (@Evan_Hand) July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014NBADraft.net\u2019s latest update<\/a> for the 2026 draft now has Mikel Brown Jr. going third overall. <\/p>\n

\u2014Pro Football Sports Network ranks<\/a> all 136 FBS coaches and has Jeff Brohm at No. 15.<\/p>\n

15) Jeff Brohm, Louisville Cardinals <\/p>\n

Put Jeff Brohm in the \u201cif he can win there, then he can probably win anywhere\u201d category. Not many coaches can do what he did at Purdue, but Brohm found ways to win there. I still can see Rondale Moore torturing Ohio State, and that is one of the many moments Brohm produced.<\/p>\n

It felt like only a matter of time before Brohm returned to Louisville, and that reunion has been great. He is now 19-8 with the Cardinals, and appears as dialed in to winning as ever. It just will come easier now when talent wants to come to his program without a ton of effort.<\/p>\n

Georgia\u2019s Kirby Smart tops the list. <\/p>\n

\u2014Brooks Holton\u2019s latest player-by-player preview focuses on Isaac McKneely<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2014A year after buying out of two games against Louisville, the Indiana football program has bought out <\/a>of a home-and-home series against Virginia. <\/p>\n

\u2014The Tay Kinney to Louisville hype train continues to gain traction. <\/p>\n

\u2014Former Card Dana Evans has hit <\/a>the 1,000-point mark for her WNBA career. <\/p>\n

\u2014CardinalSports.com\u2019s William McDermott previews<\/a> the Louisville tight end group. <\/p>\n

\u2014CJ Moore ranks<\/a> Rick Pitino as the fifth-best college basketball head coach of the century so far. <\/p>\n

5. Rick Pitino<\/p>\n

Teams: Louisville (2001-17), Iona (2020-23), St. John\u2019s (2023-present)<\/p>\n

National titles: 1<\/p>\n

Final Fours: 3<\/p>\n

Conference regular-season championships: 7<\/p>\n

Conference tournament titles: 9<\/p>\n

NCAA Tournament appearances: 17<\/p>\n

Wins: 531 (25.3 per season)<\/p>\n

Pitino is in the conversation among the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. His this-century resume took a hit when he was fired at Louisville, because he might have won another national title or two there. But the fifth and sixth acts of his career have added to his legacy. At 72, he just won the Big East at a school that hadn\u2019t won its league in 23 years. He also proved in his return to college hoops that he can win anywhere, taking Iona to two NCAA Tournaments in three seasons. Pitino is a master at player development and also can X and O as well as anyone. And while most coaches seem to lose some speed on their fastball as they age, Pitino is an exception.<\/p>\n

Bill Self tops the list. <\/p>\n

\u2014Pitt\u2019s 247 Sports site previews Louisville<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2014MLB players who played their high school ball in the city of Louisville made quite the impact<\/a> on the sport\u2019s first half of the season. <\/p>\n

\u2014The Solid Verbal podcast previews the ACC in its latest episode<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2014And finally, the Mike Rutherford Show is on the air this afternoon from 2:30-5:30 on 1450\/96.1 The Big X. You can watch live on YouTube here<\/a>. <\/p>\n