Louisville's Brown Out for NCAA Opener

0:00On March 18th, Louisville star freshman guard Michael Brown Jr. will sit out the Cardinals NCAA tournament opener against South Florida and, possibly the second round because of a back injury, the team announced the news on Wednesday. Brown ranks as their second leading scorer this season with 18.2 points per game and tops the team and assists at 4.7 per time. Game. He has not played since February 28th and already missed 12 games overall. After this year, Brown dropped to season high 45 points in a blowout win over NC State, setting an ACC freshman scoring record and, matching a school mark from 1967. The sixth seeded Cardinals enter at 23 wins and 10 losses after a late season push. They opened at 7.5 point favorites over the 11th seeded bulls, but that spread titan to 4.5 points this week. Coach Pat Kelsey noted progress last week before this setback hit. Without Brown, Louisville wins 7-5 while averaging 81.7 points per game, down from 88.1 in

1:04the 16. It starts. The offense now leans on Ryan Conwell at 18.7 points per game, Javon Hadley with 11.8 and Isaac McNeely at 10.6. The Cardinals tip off Thursday against South Florida, testing their depth right out of the gate in March Madness. Made in AI.