With dates featuring Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan State and Indiana, Chris Mack’s first schedule with Louisville packs a punch.
The Cardinals released their full non-conference slate of games Thursday, with the unveiling of a Dec. 29 contest at home against Kentucky the headliner.
Mack, who took came over from Xavier this offseason, will take his team to the NIT Season Tip-Off that will pit them against Tennessee and then either Kansas or Marquette in November before the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 27. That’s followed by a trip to Seton Hall (Dec. 1) and later to Indiana (Dec. 8).
“My former boss and mentor, the late Skip Prosser, once remarked ‘You can’t sharpen your teeth just by eating oatmeal. You have to eat some raw meat now and then’,” Mack said in a statement released by the school. “Well, our choppers better be sharp with the challenge that awaits us. It’s what Louisville Basketball is all about. We wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Here’s the whole schedule:
Nov. 8: Nicholls State
Nov. 13: Southern
Nov. 16: Vermont
Nov. 21: Tennessee, NIT Season Tip-Off first round
Nov. 23: Kansas or Marquette, NIT Season Tip-Off second round
Nov. 27: Michigan State
Dec. 1: at Seton Hall
Dec. 5: Central Arkansas
Dec. 8: at Indiana
Dec. 12: Lipscomb
Dec. 15: Kent State
Dec. 21: Robert Morris
Dec. 29: Kentucky