< PreviousKUEBER CENTER Men’s basketball only practice facility with extended court space Spacious locker room and player lounge with nutrition center Expansive theatre for video room and meetings Weight room, training room, study areas, sleep pods, staff offices 24-hour access for players ® 18 University of Louisville n gocards.comgocards.com n University of Louisville 19 Louisville, Kentucky Home to legendary Churchill Downs and Louisville Slugger bats Worldwide shipping hub for UPS Top businesses include Yum! Foods (Pizza Hut/Taco Bell/ KFC), Ford, General Electric , Brown-Forman , Papa John’s Pizza, Humana 20 University of Louisville n gocards.comgocards.com n University of Louisville 21 University of Louisville Established in 1798, the University of Louisville is Kentucky’s premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university. With a student body of more than 23,000 and faculty and staff of nearly 7,000, UofL offers more than 200 areas of study. UofL is recognized among the nation’s best institutions for African American, LatinX and LGBTQ+ students, and it is repeatedly designated a military-friendly school. 22 University of Louisville n gocards.come The Cardinal Degree Completion (CDC) program was established to assist returning student- athletes, who have exhausted their athletic scholarship eligibility, with the costs of full or part-time tuition and books associated with completing their degree at the University of Louisville. Among those who have taken advantage of or are recently involved with the program are Gorgui Dieng (San Antonio Spurs front office; graduated in Spring 2015), Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers) and Deng Adel (playing overseas). gocards.com n University of Louisville 23 24 University of Louisville n gocards.com T his publication featuring the 2024-25 Uni- versity of Louisville men’s basketball team has been prepared to aid you in covering the Cardinals this season. Additional information is available through UofL’s primary men’s bas- ketball contact, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications Dana Brown, (cell: 317-752- 6161; dana@gocards.com). n Media Credentials: To obtain credentials for a UofL home contest, please make the request via email to Dana Brown (dana@gocards.com). Credentials are held at Media Will Call, located inside the Suite Entrance on the Second Street side of the KFC Yum! Center (front right side of the arena). Credentials will not be mailed. Passes are limited to working media only. We do not have complimentary game tickets, but we will assist in purchasing tickets when they are available. The media room is located on the event level, the first door to the right after entering the Suite Entrance/Media Entrance. Media seating is either at courtside or at tables in designated corner areas of the arena in section 120. nInternet Access: Wireless internet access is available throughout the KFC Yum! Center. A password is required for special media access. Wired connections are also available in the media room. n Telephones: Media desiring personal phone service should have a phone installed through the KFC Yum! Center by calling (502) 690-9000 in advance. Please list Dana Brown as the contact for placement. nPhotographers: Photographers are limited to working in their designated spots in each half. Space on the baselines is limited, but an upper photo area position may be available as well. Photo work space, equipped with wired internet access, is available within the media work room (two digital photo rooms). Specific protocols will be provided to those who receive limited credentials. n Parking: Limited media parking is available in garages within one block of the KFC Yum! Center. Some require a pass to have in hand in advance, others are operated from a list supplied by UofL. Requests should be made well in advance to Dana Brown. nNotes/Statistics: Game notes and statistics will be available online at www.GoCards.com/ MBBMedia. Live statistics will be available during the event online on GoCards.com, the CardsMobile app and Louisville.statbroadcast.com. A pdf of the final statistics will be posted postgame on GoCards. com. Broadcast personnel will have access to a computer monitor displaying live game statistics throughout the game. n Media Room Hours: The KFC Yum! Center media room will open two hours prior to tipoff and will close two hours after conclusion of the game. Only those who make special arrangements with Dana Brown (dana@gocards.com) in advance will be permitted in the media areas any earlier. If you anticipate needing additional time postgame, you may wish to work from home or another location. n Food/Refreshments: A pregame buffet meal and fountain drinks are planned on game day through our partnership with our concessionaire Centerplate. n Postgame: Postgame interviews will take place following games, either in person, online through Microsoft Teams or a hybrid format. The format will be communicated to media members closer to each game. Coach Pat Kelsey and select Cardinal student-ath- letes will be available as soon as possible following games for both home and away events. Links for the video conference if applicable, or phone numbers to dial into the conference, will be provided to approved media who request ac- cess from Dana Brown (dana@gocards.com). The Microsoft Teams software or app may be downloaded to desktop or mobile from this link: https:// www.microsoft.com/ en-us/microsoft-365/ microsoft-teams/ download-app nInterviews: Coach Pat Kelsey and selected players are generally available by news conference prior to most games, sched- ule permitting. That availability may again take place in person, online or in a hybrid format. To request a specific interview with Coach Kelsey or a player, please call or email Dana Brown (317-752-6161 or dana@gocards.com). nInternet Services: UofL is partnered with Sidearm Sports to host its official athletic site. Located at GoCards.com, the web site contains updated game notes, cumulative statistics, box scores from previous games, weekly video interviews with Coach Pat Kelsey and selected players, and many other resources. Information is also available with UofL’s CardsMobile app, available for both iPhone and Android users. This media guide is also avail- able online in both a pdf and interactive format. The Atlantic Coast Conference site is located at www.theacc.com. nBroadcast Center: Live video operations for the ACC Network and UofL in-venue video boards are conducted at the UofL Athletics Broad- cast Center, located on the UofL campus at 1900 Arthur Street adjacent to Interstate 65. Media Relations/Live TV Production Staff Jeremy Noe Assistant AD for Television Production Chaney Cochran Assistant Director of Television Production John Leenerts Chief Broadcast Engineer Bobby Blankenship Director of Television Production Stephen Williams Assistant Director of Media Relations/Creative Communications Lori Harmon Assistant Director of Media Relations Matt Paras Assistant Director of Media Relations/Creative Communications Bryce Matthis Technical Manager Will Clark Technical Manager Jake Williamson Associate Producer Nancy Worley Associate Director of Media Relations Dana Brown Assistant Director Primary MBB Contact Rocco Gasparro Director of Media Relations Sam Gercak Assistant Director of Media Relations/Creative Communicationsgocards.com n University of Louisville 25 n Mailing Address: The mailing address for the Cardinals’ Media Relations Office is: Media Rela- tions Office, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292. Express mail items should be sent to: UofL Media Relations, 2100 S. Floyd St., SAC Rm. E219, Louisville, KY 40208 (phone: 502-852-6581). n Campus Locations: The UofL Media Rela- tions Office is located in the Swain Student Activities Center, room E219, on the UofL campus at the corner of Floyd and Brandeis Streets (2100 S. Floyd Street). Visitor’s parking is available in the garage adjacent to the Swain Student Activities Center. The men’s basketball offices and practice facility are housed on campus in the Planet Fitness Kueber Center, located at 2432 South Floyd Street. n Directions: (Arriving on Interstate 65 South) Take the Arthur Street exit (Exit 134) off I-65 south. At the end of the ramp, turn right at the stop sign (Brandeis Street). Proceed through the traffic roundabout to turn left onto Floyd Street. The Swain Student Activities Center is the first building on the right and the SID’s office is in Room E219. To reach the Planet Fitness Kueber Center, continue on Floyd Street, about 200 yards past the traffic light at University Boulevard. After travelling under the Eastern Parkway overpass, the Planet Fitness Kueber Center is the first building on the right. (Arriving on Interstate 65 North for the Swain Student Activites Center) Off I-65 north, take the University Boulevard exit (Exit 134) and turn left at the end of the ramp. At the second traffic light, turn right onto Floyd Street. After passing through the next traffic light, the Swain Student Activities Center will be on the left after passing the parking garage. The Sports Information office is in Room E219. (Arriving on Interstate 65 North for the Planet Fitness Kueber Center) Off I-65 north, take the University Boulevard exit (Exit 134) and turn left at the end of the ramp. At the second traffic light, turn left onto Floyd St. After travelling about 200 yards under the Eastern Parkway overpass, the Planet Fitness Kueber Center is the first building on the right. Arena Location: The KFC Yum! Center (22,090) is located on Main Street in downtown Louisville between Second and Third Streets on the banks of the Ohio River (201 West Main St., Louisville, KY 40202). Uniforms: UofL wears its adidas white jerseys trimmed in red and black at most home games in the KFC Yum! Center. The Cards wear either red uniforms trimmed in white and black or black uniforms trimmed in red and white on the road. Press/Scouting Credentials: Contact UofL Assistant Director of Strategic Communications Dana Brown at dana@gocards.com well in advance of a game. Ticket Information: Many seats are sold on a season basis, but there are often single-game seats available through Ticketmaster (online at http://www.ticketmaster. com/Louisville-Cardinals-Mens-Basketball-tickets/art- ist/845511). The UofL ticket office is located on the third floor of the Swain Student Activities Center at 2100 South Floyd Street. Contact the UofL ticket office for further information (502-852-5151). Athletic Trainer: Training facilities are available at the KFC Yum! Center through UofL trainer Katie Creznic (502-852-0116). Locker Rooms: Visiting team locker rooms are located on the event level in the southwest corner of the KFC Yum! Center, down the corridor on the right when exiting the media room. The Cardinals’ locker room is located in the southeast corner, down the corridor on the right when exiting the media room. Team Entrance: Visiting team buses should enter through the Third Street garage entrance of the KFC Yum! Center (191 North Third Street), near the southwest corner of the building. The team bus may park at the loading dock within the building. Media Entrance: Media should enter through the Suite Entrance located on Second Street (near southeast corner of the KFC Yum! Center, to the right and below the main lobby; below the Second Street bridge). There is limited seating for credentialed media representatives in Sections 119 and 120. Will Call: Media credentials not picked up in advance will be left at Media Will Call inside the Suite Entrance, located on Second Street (near southeast corner of the KFC Yum! Center, to the right and below the main lobby). The main will call window for tickets is located to the right of the front entrance of the arena. Airport: Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF airport code) is located at 600 Terminal Drive in Louisville, 40209. Major airlines: Allegiant, American, Breeze, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit and United. Airport information can be obtained at (502) 368-6524 or www.flylouisville.com. Taxi Service: Yellow Cab (502-636-5511). NOTE: Further information on the KFC Yum! Center is included on pages 32-35 of this guide and a seating chart is on page 27. KFC Yum! Center InformationBrandeis School of Law The Oval The 2020 Quad 3rd St South lot Grawemeyer Hall Schneider Hall Lutz Hall Belknap Academic Bldg. Shumaker Research Bldg. Houchens Bldg. Service Complex Steam & Chilled Water Plant University Relations & Development Studio Arts/ HPES Buildng/ Thrust Theatre Wright Natatorium Public Safety Floyd Street Parking Garage Parking Office Student Activities Center The rch Reynolds Lofts Marshall Apartments Barn Bingham Humanities Quad New Residence Hall Center House Stevenson Hall Hall Ford Hall Gardiner Hall Gottschalk Hall Miller IT Center Chemistry Natural Sciences Ernst Hall Phoenix House SGA/Parkway Intramural Complex Brook St Lot Planet Fitness Kueber Center Denny Crum Residence Hall Patrick Henry Hughes Field Lacrosse Stadium McDonald Soccer Field Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Papa John’s The Clubhouse McDonalds Speedway Trager Stadium Field Hockey Complex Marshall Center Frazier Sportplex Cardinal Park Kiel Courts Fightmaster Playground Track Stadium Ulmer Stadium Koetter Center W.S. Speed Hall Speed School of Engineering Duthie Center Sackett Hall Vogt Bldg. Dougherty Hall Administrative Annex Brigman Hall West Info Center McCandless Hall Patterson Hall S. FLOYD ST CRITTENDEN DR S. BROOK ST S. 3RD ST S.4THST S.4THSTS.3RDSTARTHUR ST EASTERN PKWY UNIVERSITY BLVD CARDINALBLVDTO CARDINAL STADIUM & LYNN SOCCER STADIUM (see inset) A R T H U R S T E. BRANDEISAVE S . B R O O K S TS.FLOYDST E.BLOOMST W.BLOOMSTE.LEESTW.LEESTW.GAULBERTAVEW.HILLSTS.1STSTS.2NDSTUNITYPLACE H A H N S T B r o o k S t r e e t W a l k 93 94 94 94 94 4 29 29 to I-65N to I-65S to I-65S Exit 133 University Blvd. $ $ $ P P P P P Patterson Stadium Cardinal Station Cardinal Stadium Thornton’s Academic Center for Excellence Schnellenberger Football Complex Trager Practice Field Lynn Soccer Stadium Trager Center N Human Resources BYRNE AVE BOXLEY AVE CENTRAL AVE / DENNY CRUM OVERPASS S.3RDST TO MAIN BELKNAP CAMPUS TO CHURCHILL DOWNS 94 4 Publications/Web Sites Brooks Holton (Beat Writer) The Courier-Journal 525 W. Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: (502) 889-0074 bholton@gannett.com Jody Demling CardinalAuthority.com (website, weekday radio program, UofL radio personality) 7425 Falls Ridge Ct. Louisville, KY 40241 Phone: (502) 424-9617 jodydemling@gmail.com Matthew McGavic Sports Illustrated Maven (website) matthewm1992@yahoo.com Mark Blankenbaker TheCrunchZone.com (website) Phone: (502) 802-3024 cardsandcats2011@gmail.com Sports Editor The Cardinal (student paper) University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 Phone: (502) 852-6728 sports@louisvillecardinal.com Television Kendrick Haskins, Dusty Baker WAVE-TV Sports 725 S. Floyd Street Louisville, KY 40203 Phone: (502) 561-4144 khaskins@wave3tv.com Tyler Greever, Tom Lane WDRB-TV Sports 634 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. Louisville, KY 40203 Phone: (502) 584-6441 tgreever@wdrb.com Rick Bozich, Eric Crawford (sports columnists, website) rbozich@wdrb.com ecrawford@wdrb.com Kent Taylor, Britt Del Barba, Preston Harvey WLKY-TV Sports 1918 Mellwood Avenue Louisville, KY 40206-1035 Phone: (502) 893-7300 kent.taylor@hearst.com Kent Spencer, Mason Horodyski, Sarandon Raboin WHAS-TV Sports 520 West Chestnut Street Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: (502) 582-7255 kspencer@whas11.com Radio Paul Rogers (UofL radio play-by-play) Phone: (502) 468-7175 Pnr51@twc.com Bob Valvano (UofL radio analyst, afternoon radio show) WHBE Radio/ESPN 680 337 W Cardinal Blvd. Louisville, KY 40208 Phone: (502) 240-0602 elcoche@yahoo.com Drew Deener, Marques Maybin, Mark Ennis (morning, mid-morning, afternoon radio shows) WLCL Radio/93.9 the Ville 337 W Cardinal Blvd. Louisville, KY 40208 Phone: (502) 240-0602 drewd@espnlouisville.com marke@espnlouisville.com Nick Coffey (afternoon radio show) 790KRD Radio 428 South Fourth Street, Suite 252 Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: (502) 479-2143 nickcoffey@iheartmedia.com Mike Rutherford (afternoon radio show, host of Card Chronicle website) Big X Sports Radio 1450AM/ 96.1 FM WXVW MikeRuth5@aol.com Paul Miles WHAS Radio 428 South Fourth Street, Suite 252 Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502-479-2200 – Newsroom paulmiles@whas.com Wire Service Gary Graves Associated Press Courier-Journal Bldg. 525 W. Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: (502) 583-7718 ggraves@ap.org aplouisville@ap.org Primary Media Outlets 26 University of Louisville n gocards.comInteresting Figures on the KFC Yum! Center n Structural steel placed in the arena weighs 5,975,000 pounds - the same weight as 746 average-size Asian elephants. n The center-hung scoreboard weighs 40,000 pounds - as much as 11 Ford Explorers. n There are 130 miles of electrical conduit and 322 miles of electrical wiring installed in the arena - enough to stretch from Louisville to Chicago. n There are 9,000 light fixtures in the arena with 17,000 lamps. n The overall square footage of the arena (721,762) equals approximately 13 football fields. n 60,000 cubic yards of concrete were placed in the arena, equaling 6,000 concrete trucks - represented by 25 miles of concrete trucks parked bumper to bumper. n The arena contains 58,655 square feet of exterior glass panels - the glass on the east side of the arena could provide for approximately 60 houses. n The length of the arena’s catwalk totals half a mile. KFC Yum! Center Diagram gocards.com n University of Louisville 27 Next >