Underwhelming
by TAB on 10/7/24KFC Yum! Center - LouisvilleStarted off well, but then the pace went downhill and things became a bit boring. Overall it was very underwhelming.
Basketball
Venue
John Paul Jones Arena
Venue
Petersen Events Center
Venue
McCamish Pavilion
Venue
Lenovo Center
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Louisville Cardinals Basketball History
An excellent college basketball program across all eras, Louisville is notable especially for its continuity. Bernard "Peck" Hickman (1944-67) went 443-183 during his time in the ‘Ville; John Dromo (1967-71) went 68-23 during his brief run as coach, which ended when a heart attack forced him to retire; Denny Crum (1971-2001) went to six Final Fours, won two national championships and left campus with a shiny 675-295 record; Rick Pitino (2001-17) added another national championship to the pile and two more Final Fours, going 416-143 overall.?
The Crum era in particular is regarded as one of the great coaching tenures in the history of the sport. He was the top assistant to the legendary John Wooden at UCLA, and in his first year in Louisville he took the Cardinals to the Final Four — the first coach to make a Final Four in his first season as a head coach. He earned the nickname? "Cool Hand Luke" for his demeanor and "Mr. March" for all the deep postseason runs his teams produced over the years. His offenses were famous for their post play — "Never Nervous" Pervis Ellison was the rock of the Cardinals' second national championship team — and his defenses were a frenzy of switches. The style of play was perhaps ill-suited to the era of the three-pointer, but he was still winning games into the mid ‘90s, including a 26-9 season in 1996-97.
Currently, the team is led by coach Kenny Payne.
Louisville Cardinals Team Info
Conference: ACC
Team Colors: Red and black
Team Rivals: Kentucky Wildcats, Cincinnati Bearcats
Louisville Cardinals at KFC Yum! Center
Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center seats more than 22,000 fans, making it the third-largest college hoops arena in the country, The student section is known as The Ville'ns, and they keep the stadium lively. To juice their homecourt advantage, the Cardinals have made a habit of staging "color" events — "whiteouts," "redouts" and "blackouts" — during which fans are encouraged to wear the same color to games.
Tickets for the 2024-25 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the Louisville Cardinals.
The Cardinals play their basketball games at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The seating map for KFC Yum! Center can be viewed here.
Started off well, but then the pace went downhill and things became a bit boring. Overall it was very underwhelming.
The Louisville Live event was nice but there were a few things that could’ve been better. For one, there was way too much down time transitioning between events. There was a time before the scrimmage where everyone was just standing around. The transitions could’ve been faster. Also, the camera work needs improvement. They introduced the senators for the free throw contest and they weren’t on camera for anyone to see. Also, they introduced Darrell Griffith as a judge for the dunk the camera wasn’t even on the judges table so nobody really cheered. At one point Peyton Siva was shown on the half court screen but there was no mention of him that I heard. The needs to be better coordination between what’s being talked about in the mic and what’s being shown on camera.
This is one of the best arenas in the United States hands down for Basketball wether it's Pro or college.
It was Senior Day and the Cardinals won - need I say more!!!
Great experience at the game. Glad that I got tickets for it. Cards Baby!!!
It was my first time at the YUM Center and it was a great experience. A very good game with good seats.
Great seats, great bar area, good game. Enjoyed the entire experience.
You expect to see a 40 minute scrimmage, you pay for 40 minutes and you get 20 minutes of actual game time and a 10 minute running clock. Not much of a game like it usually is haven’t missed a red and white scrimmage in years but this may be the last one if it’s gonna be 20 minutes then half time and the game is basically over. Don’t waste your time or money if it’s going to be like this next season. Love seeing the players play but not worth everyone’s drive then pay for parking for half a game.
Not pertaining to the game but the ticket process. The first two events I was able to pick my section and seat. This event my seats were picked for me. I did not like this process of getting tickets AT ALL!! I have no idea why they changed the format and I tried several times to change the setting but it wouldn't let me. My seats were ok but not where I wanted to be. Signed, Unhappy Fan
The only thing missing was a win. Poor Cardinals were not a winner.