LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Next season’s ACC-SEC Challenge will be pretty spicy for the Louisville basketball program.<\/p>\n
According to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, the Cardinals will travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas to face the Razorbacks. That’s right \u2014 a former nemesis and a former head coach together again on an opposing sideline: longtime Louisville antagonist John Calipari and Kenny Payne, coach for the two longest seasons in Louisville history.<\/p>\n
If that doesn’t get you ready for basketball season, not much will.<\/p>\n
Louisville<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kentucky<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Indiana<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Bozich & Crawford<\/a><\/p>\n Calipari is 19-8 all-time against Louisville \u2014 including a 13-3 mark during his 15 seasons at Kentucky. Payne went 12-52 in two seasons at Louisville.<\/p>\n The Cardinals and Razorbacks have split their eight all-time meetings, with Arkansas winning the most recent, 80-54, in the 2022 Maui Invitational \u2014 Payne’s fourth game as Louisville head coach.<\/p>\n Pat Kelsey made all that a faint memory in his first season \u2014 guiding the Cardinals to a 27-8 record and the NCAA Tournament while winning ACC Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n Louisville’s nonconference schedule is starting to take shape. The Cards will host Kentucky on Nov. 11, Memphis on Dec. 13 and travel to Tennessee on Dec. 16. They’ve also scheduled a home exhibition against Kansas on Oct. 24 at the KFC Yum! Center.<\/p>\n CBS Sports ranks Louisville No. 15 in its early preseason rankings. Arkansas comes in at No. 20.<\/p>\n Other reported ACC-SEC Challenge matchups include North Carolina visiting Kentucky and Duke taking on Florida. Dates and times for all games are still to be announced.<\/p>\n Louisville Basketball Coverage:<\/p>\n New signee Zougris will get the red carpet — but won’t get Louisville legend’s number<\/a><\/p>\n Louisville men’s basketball sets exhibition against Kansas in KFC Yum! Center<\/a><\/p>\n