The Louisville-Memphis basketball rivalry has included everything from a sucker punch to a player wielding a metal folding chair and multiple games decided late at the free-throw line.

What does the next chapter have in store? We'll find out today, when Pat Kelsey and the No. 11 Cardinals (8-1) host Penny Hardaway 's Tigers (4-4) at the KFC Yum! Center in the first matchup of a six-year series — the programs' first meeting since 2017 and their 91st dating back to 1949.

Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m., and halftime will feature the retirement of the late Junior Bridgeman's No. 10 jersey and a 50th anniversary celebration of the program's 1975 Final Four appearance.

UofL had a week off after beating then-No. 19 Indiana on Dec. 6 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis , bouncing

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