Louisville basketball game today, UofL vs SMU TV channel, live updates

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Louisville basketball game today, UofL vs SMU TV channel, live updates

Louisville basketball beats Baylor, C.L. Brown’s One Take

Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. is asserting himself on the team with a game-high 29 points and a career-best five steals against the Baylor Bears.

DALLAS — Louisville basketball will try to score its sixth win in a row today.

Pat Kelsey’s 21st-ranked Cardinals (19-6, 8-4 ACC) wrap up a two-game Texas road trip with a rematch against SMU (17-8, 6-6). Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Moody Coliseum.

UofL stuck around the Lone Star State after notching an 82-71 win over Baylor last Saturday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Freshman point guard Mikel Brown Jr. locked up the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week award by following up a 45-point performance Feb. 9 vs. N.C. State with a game-high 29 points, six assists and five steals against the Bears.

“I love where our team’s at,” Kelsey said after the victory. “I love my team — love everything about them. I love the competitive makeup of it. I love the pieces and the talent they bring together. I love their approach. I love their professionalism. I love their selflessness. I love my team.”

Led by second-year coach Andy Enfield, SMU entered the week at 38th in KenPom.com’s adjusted efficiency rankings and 36th in the NET — making today’s game a Quad 1 opportunity for Louisville. The Mustangs are 2-2 since falling to the Cards on Jan. 31 at the KFC Yum! Center and are coming off a 79-78 loss at Syracuse over the weekend that was decided in the final seconds of regulation.

Follow along with live updates from the Moody Coliseum below:

The Mustangs have made eight consecutive shots going back to the 12:36 mark. Not going to cut it defensively for the Cards, who won Game 1 of this home-and-home series by holding SMU to 27 second-half points.

UofL is 50% from the field and 36.4% (4 for 11) from deep.

The Mustangs have taken the lead behind some hot shooting. They’ve started 9 for 17 from the field and 4 for 5 from 3-point range.

Here are UofL’s starters:

Mikel Brown Jr.
Isaac McKneely
Ryan Conwell
J’Vonne Hadley
Sananda Fru

Here are SMU’s starters:

BJ Edwards
Boopie Miller
Jaron Pierre Jr.
Corey Washington
Samet Yigitoglu

The game between the Cards and the Mustangs will air on ESPN2, which is channel 606 on AT&T U-Verse; channel 209 on DirecTV; channel 143 on Dish; and channel 509 on Spectrum.

Wes Durham (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will be on the call.

If you subscribe to a cable package, you’ll be able to livestream the game via ESPN.com and the ESPN app. If you don’t have cable, you can livestream the game via Fubo, which offers a free trial here.

Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Jody Demling (analyst) will have the call on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).

You can also listen online via GoCards.com.

Betting odds: Louisville is a 3½-point favorite (-118) on DraftKings, which set the over/under at 167½ points (-108/-112).

Score predictions: KenPom gives the Cards a 58% chance of winning and projects an 84-82 final score in their favor. BartTorvik.com is also forecasting a UofL victory (55%), with a projected final score of 84-83.

The officials for today’s game are Ron Groover, Bill Covington Jr. and Gregory Nixon.

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Tuesday, Oct. 28: vs. Bucknell (exhibition) | SCORE: Louisville 99, Bucknell 76
Monday, Nov. 3: vs. South Carolina State | SCORE: Louisville 104, South Carolina State 45
Thursday, Nov. 6: vs. Jackson State | SCORE: Louisville 106, Jackson State 70
Tuesday, Nov. 11: vs. Kentucky | SCORE: Louisville 96, Kentucky 88
Saturday, Nov. 15: vs. Ohio | SCORE: Louisville 106, Ohio 81
Friday, Nov. 21: vs. Cincinnati | SCORE: Louisville 74, Cincinnati 64
Monday, Nov. 24: vs. Eastern Michigan | SCORE: Louisville 87, Eastern Michigan 46
Wednesday, Nov. 26: vs. NJIT | SCORE: Louisville 104, NJIT 47
Wednesday, Dec. 3: at Arkansas (ACC/SEC Challenge) | SCORE: Arkansas 89, Louisville 80
Saturday, Dec. 6: vs. Indiana (at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis) | SCORE: Louisville 87, Indiana 78
Saturday, Dec. 13: vs. Memphis | SCORE: Louisville 99, Memphis 73
Tuesday, Dec. 16: at Tennessee | SCORE: Tennessee 83, Louisville 62
Saturday, Dec. 20: vs. Montana | SCORE: Louisville 94, Montana 54
Tuesday, Dec. 30: at California | SCORE: Louisville 90, California 70
Friday, Jan. 2: at Stanford | SCORE: Stanford 80, Louisville 76
Tuesday, Jan. 6: vs. Duke | SCORE: Duke 84, Louisville 73
Saturday, Jan. 10: vs. Boston College | SCORE: Louisville 75, Boston College 62
Tuesday, Jan. 13: vs. Virginia | SCORE: Virginia 79, Louisville 70
Saturday, Jan. 17: at Pittsburgh | SCORE: Louisville 100, Pittsburgh 59
Saturday, Jan. 24: vs. Virginia Tech | SCORE: Louisville 85, Virginia Tech 71
Monday, Jan. 26: at Duke | SCORE: Duke 83, Louisville 52
Saturday, Jan. 31: vs. SMU | SCORE: Louisville 88, SMU 74
Wednesday, Feb. 4: vs. Notre Dame | SCORE: Louisville 76, Notre Dame 65
Saturday, Feb. 7: at Wake Forest | SCORE: Louisville 88, Wake Forest 80
Monday, Feb. 9: vs. N.C. State | SCORE: Louisville 118, N.C. State 77
Saturday, Feb. 14: vs. Baylor (at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas) | SCORE: Louisville 82, Baylor 71
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Saturday, Feb. 21: vs. Georgia Tech, 2:15 p.m., The CW
Monday, Feb. 23: at North Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Feb. 28: at Clemson, TBA, either ESPN or ESPN2
Tuesday, March 3: vs. Syracuse, 9 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, March 7: at Miami, 2 p.m., either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
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