Pat Kelsey believes Louisville basketball is "one of the deepest teams in the country" entering the 2025-26 season.

That wasn't the case in 2024-25, when the Cardinals weathered a rash of injuries.

With more players at his disposal in Year 2, Kelsey has no shortage of lineups to throw at opponents. Below, we break down five of his options.

Pat Kelsey had his hands tied for most of his first season at the helm of Louisville basketball . The Cardinals couldn't catch a break on the injury front .

Six of U of L's 13 scholarship players combined for 80 absences across 35 games, and two others redshirted the entire campaign. As a result, three players shouldered minute shares of 81.3% or more — and the team operated at the fourth-slowest pace of Kelsey's 13-year coaching tenure, 69.1 po

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