One win stands between Pat Kelsey‘s inaugural Louisville basketball team and the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.
The Cardinals (4-1), fresh off a blowout win over No. 15 Indiana, will face West Virginia (4-1), fresh off an overtime upset of No. 4 Gonzaga, on Thanksgiving Day.
U of L is 9-4 all time against the Mountaineers. It won the most recent meeting, 77-74, on Feb. 11, 2012, in Morgantown.
Here’s what you need to know to follow the game from home:
U of L and West Virginia are scheduled to tip off at noon.
Check out the full Battle 4 Atlantis bracket below:
Betting odds: Odds were not available at the time of publication. They will be added to this story later.
Score predictions: KenPom.com gives U of L a 59% chance of winning and projects an 74-72 final score in its favor. BartTorvik.com is also forecasting a Cards victory (56%), with a projected final score of 77-76.
The game between the Cards and the Mountaineers will air on ESPN, which is channel 602 on AT&T U-Verse; channel 206 on DirecTV; channel 140 on Dish; and channel 506 on Spectrum.
Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will be on the call.
If you have cable, you can livestream Louisville’s Battle 4 Atlantis games via the ESPN app or ESPN.com/watch.
If you don’t have cable, you can access ESPN through streaming services such as fuboTV (FREE TRIAL) and YouTube TV (FREE TRIAL).
Jody Demling (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst) will be on the call for all three of U of L’s Battle 4 Atlantis games on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).
You can also listen online via GoCards.com.
Reach Louisville men’s basketball reporter Brooks Holton at bholton@gannett.com and follow him on X at @brooksHolton.
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