“That’s the power of Card Nation,” the first-year coach joked after U of L took down Clemson, 74-64, on Tuesday at the KFC Yum! Center. “Jeez-o-Pete.”

Can the Cardinals (11-5, 4-1 ACC) stay red hot through the rest of conference play? We’ll find out when they travel to Pittsburgh this weekend for what the NET says is one of the toughest games remaining on their schedule — at noon on Saturday against the Panthers. But they’ve done quite a bit since the calendar flipped to 2025 to bolster their chances of ending an NCAA Tournament drought dating back to 2019.

Any questions?

It’s time for another edition of The Courier Journal’s U of L basketball mailbag. If you have a question about anything going on around the program — from how the Cards fit into the March Madness picture to what’s going on recruiting-wise after the signing of five-star point guard Mikel Brown Jr. — we’ll do our best to answer it. Just follow the instructions below to submit: