2019-20 Louisville Basketball Schedule

[Getslow]

Oct. 29 - BELLARMINE (Exhibition)

Nov. 5 - at Miami, Fla. (ACC game)// ACC Network

Nov. 10 - YOUNGSTOWN STATE

Nov. 13 - INDIANA STATE

Nov. 17 - NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL

Nov. 20 - USC UPSTATE

Nov. 24 - AKRON

Nov. 29 - vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville

Dec. 3 - MICHIGAN// ESPN or ESPN2

Dec. 6 - PITTSBURGH// ACC Network

Dec. 10 - vs. Texas Tech in New York// ESPN or ESPN2

Dec. 14 - EASTERN KENTUCKY

Dec. 18 - MIAMI (OHIO)

Dec. 28 - at Kentucky// CBS

Jan. 4 - FLORIDA STATE// ESPN Networks

Jan. 7 - MIAMI (FLA)// ESPN Networks

Jan. 11 - at Notre Dame// ESPN

Jan. 14 - at Pittsburgh// ESPN Networks

Jan. 18 - at Duke// ESPN

Jan. 22 - GEORGIA TECH

Jan. 25 - CLEMSON

Jan. 29 - at Boston College// ACC Network

Feb. 1 - at NC State// ESPN Networks

Feb. 5 - WAKE FOREST// ESPN Networks

Feb. 8 - VIRGINIA// ESPN Networks

Feb. 12 - at Georgia Tech// ACC Network

Feb. 15 - at Clemson// ESPN Networks

Feb. 19 - SYRACUSE// ESPN

Feb. 22 - NORTH CAROLINA// ESPN Networks

Feb. 24 - at Florida State// ESPN

March 1 - VIRGINIA TECH// ACC Network

March 7 - at Virginia// ESPN Networks

[Getslow]

What I don't like:

 

- The ACC scheduling conference games to start the season in November and again in early December is awful. It's dumb ploy to try and get ACC Network some meaningful midweek content early on in its existence but whatever. The Pitt game sandwiched between Michigan and Texas Tech is somehow twice as dumb as having to get up to conference speed on opening night at Miami.

 

What I do like:

 

- At first glance, I loved the idea of scheduling UVA/Louisville and UNC/Duke on the same two days in January and February. Potential for the league to completely dominate the national basketball conversation that day if everything shakes out like it's supposed to. But then, this is ESPN we're talking about... UNC and Duke were already going to dominate the national basketball conversation on whatever day they played. We'll see how it goes.

 

- Why do I feel like we play down at Florida State every year? Maybe that's just me?

 

- Another loaded December is a lot of fun. We didn't get many of those for a while there, but Michigan, Texas Tech, and UK will make for quite a run toward the meat of ACC play.