LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kasean Pryor didn’t just pick a date. He circled it. Underlined it. Tattooed it on his rehab plan.

He’d waited nearly a year for this, ever since he was stuck in a New York hotel, leg propped up after ACL surgery, watching his Louisville teammates play Kentucky without him on TV last season, frustration rising with every dribble and taunt. That day, he set a target. A deadline. And Thursday night, he hit it.

“My deadline was to be back before Kentucky, so I could be prepared to play against them,” he said after Thursday’s 106-70 win over Jackson State at the KFC Yum! Center.

As usual, fans had already turned the page to Louisville’s next game — against Kentucky in this building on Tuesday — before the clock hit 0:00. The “Beat UK” chants rang out, louder than th

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