Louisville is ready to continue soaring upward in 2025-26 after winning three times as many games last season (27) than it did in the previous three combined. It was a sterling debut campaign for coach Pat Kelsey, who followed it up with an equally good offseason to position the Cardinals for a shot at ACC supremacy.

A team that hoisted more 3-pointers per game (28.5) than anyone else in the conference is poised to do it again — and likely with greater effectiveness — as a trio of elite shooters enter via the portal. Adrian Wooley ( Kennesaw State ), Ryan Conwell ( Xavier ) and Isaac McKneely ( Virginia ) each ranked among CBS Sports' top 20 transfers.

They will be joined by one of the program's most highly anticipated recruits ever. Five-star point guard Mike Brown Jr . r

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