LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- When you think Louisville vs. Kentucky, you think basketball. Everybody does.

But in this decade — the 2020s — the rivalry has found its edge at the net, not the rim.

The players wear knee pads. The scoring runs on aces, not triples. Somewhere between Kentucky's 2020 NCAA title and Louisville's three Final Four trips in the past four years, this became a volleyball state.

And at 6 p.m. Thursday, when No. 3 Louisville (7-1) hosts No. 6 Kentucky (5-2) in the KFC Yum! Center, ESPNU will be there. So will a crowd that could top 10,000.

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It may not carry the highest profile in the rivalry. But lately, it has become the epicenter of its excellence. Both teams have been ranked for every meeting this decade, and th

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