The worst two-year run in college basketball has come to an end with coach Kenny Payne getting fired, and there will be a lot of colleges who will use Louisville to get contract extensions. In a bubble, Louisville could be an NIT team next year, but I'm sure some of their guys will enter the transfer portal, possibly before they even hire a coach. And if they hire a coach soon, does that coach leave his current team if they are in the NCAA Tournament? If it's UCLA coach Mick Cronin, that won't be a issue.
I remember being at ACC media day for football two years ago, and I ran into a Louisville writer, and I go, "Am I wrong, does Louisville have guards?" He goes, you are not wrong, just Elbert Ellis. That team used just 10 of 13 scholarships and had one guard and then used Michael James at shooting guard, which was fine. I thought that was coaching malpractice to not use three scholarships.
I remember being at ACC media day for football two years ago, and I ran into a Louisville writer, and I go, "Am I wrong, does Louisville have guards?" He goes, you are not wrong, just Elbert Ellis. That team used just 10 of 13 scholarships and had one guard and then used Michael James at shooting guard, which was fine. I thought that was coaching malpractice to not use three scholarships.
