CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WDRB) — If you're looking for an early-season identity for Jeff Walz's Louisville Cardinals, it might go something like this: older, louder, faster … and stamped with a passport.

With a reloaded roster led by returning sophomore star Tajianna Roberts and Danish dynamo Laura Ziegler, the Cards spent Tuesday morning at ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff showing confidence, cohesion — and a whole lot of jet lag in the bank.

Their season opener? Not at the Yum Center. Not even in the U.S. It’s in a military hangar at Ramstein Air Base in Germany — against UConn.

“Two years in a row, my first game is overseas,” Roberts smiled. “Paris last year. Germany this year. That’s something I’ll never forget — getting that kind of experience with your teammates.”

The Nov. 9 showdown with t

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