GREENSBORO, N.C. — When Ken Pomeroy of KenPom.com crunched the numbers, the Louisville males’s basketball crew has less than 0.01% odds of successful the ACC Event and securing an computerized bid to the NCAA Event.
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So, you are saying there’s an opportunity?
The plan is to not, as Mike James put it, simply present up at Greensboro Coliseum and say, “Hey, we’re right here.”
“We’re making an attempt to win it,” the redshirt freshman guard mentioned after shedding at No. 13 Virginia within the regular-season finale. “If our mindset isn’t that, then I don’t know what to say.”
The ACC begins Tuesday in Greensboro, and the query on everybody’s thoughts is whether or not it’s harder to win the ACC match or the NCAA match. pic.twitter.com/1gpXXmGMy1
Step 1 for the Cardinals (4-27, 2-18 ACC) is thrashing Boston Faculty (15-16, September 11) Tuesday afternoon. Head coach Kenny Payne and firm had been unable to take action when the groups met Jan. 25 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, largely attributable to 19 turnovers and simply 9 second-chance factors off six offensive rebounds.
Louisville is 17-8 in its first convention match sport courting again to the 1995-96 season and 1-0 in first-round ACC matchups after beating Georgia Tech final 12 months in Brooklyn, New York.
Payne shares James’ perception that the Cardinals might “shock a pair folks” in Greensboro and needs his crew to have a mentality of, “We’re ruining any person’s season.” So as to try this, they’ll must handle the ball and play with a defensive depth that hasn’t been seen typically throughout their four-game shedding streak to shut out what is going to go down because the worst common season in this system’s 109-year historical past.
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“We have now quite a lot of expertise in what to not do,” Payne mentioned after shedding at Virginia final Saturday.
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The Eagles, then again, went 3-1 down the stretch, together with victories in opposition to UVA at dwelling and Wake Forest on the highway. One thing to observe: Head coach Earl Grant mentioned Monday the crew’s main scorer and rebounder, Quinten Submit, is “day after day” with a sprained ankle; and the ACC’s Most Improved Participant did not participate in the team’s open practice later within the day on the enviornment.
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Boston Faculty’s Quinten Submit, the ACC’s Most Improved Participant who leads the Eagles in scoring and rebounding, shouldn’t be going via follow right here on the Greensboro Coliseum.
Right here’s what it’s worthwhile to know to look at, hear and observe together with the first-round matchup.
When is Louisville vs Boston Faculty ACC Event sport?
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When: 4:30 p.m., Tuesday
The place: Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)
What TV channel is ACC Event and Louisville-Boston Faculty on?
Wes Durham (play-by-play) and Jordan Cornette (analyst) will name the sport on the ACC Community (AT&T U-Verse 610; DirectTV 612; Dish 402; Spectrum 524 and 937).
The best way to stream Louisville vs Boston Faculty in ACC Males’s Basketball Event
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Certified subscribers can watch the sport via WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app, ESPN+ or fuboTV.
The best way to stream Louisville vs BC in ACC Event at no cost
You possibly can stream ESPN on YouTube TV, which gives a free trial right here. fuboTV gives a free trial right here.
The best way to hearken to Louisville vs Boston Faculty in ACC Event on the radio, on-line
Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Jody Demling (analyst) may have the decision on the Cardinal Sports activities Community (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville). You too can hear on-line by way of GoCards.com.
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Louisville basketball’s historical past vs Boston Faculty, in ACC Event
Louisville boasts a 10-5 report in opposition to Boston Faculty, which snapped the Cardinals’ three-game successful streak within the sequence when the groups met again in January. U of L has received eight of its previous 10 matchups in opposition to the Eagles.
Since becoming a member of the ACC forward of the 2014-15 season, Louisville is 3-6 general in convention match play.
Louisville vs Boston Faculty rating, dwell updates, highlights from ACC Event
Attain Louisville males’s basketball reporter Brooks Holton at bholton@gannett.com and observe him on Twitter at @brooksHolton.
A man stabbed near a fish market in Boston late Saturday is expected to survive his injuries, according to police.
Officers were approached by an unknown 47-year-old man in the area of 3099 Washington St. around 9 p.m. Saturday. The man, who was bleeding from his neck and arms, told police he was robbed for his scooter, Boston Police Department spokesperson Officer Mark Marron said.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for injuries that are not life-threatening, Marron told MassLive.
Police at the scene of the stabbing followed the blood trail of the man, which led them to Star Fish Market at the corner of Atherton Street and Washington Street. Multiple witnesses said there was a fight in the parking lot, everyone ran and they saw a man walking around bleeding afterward, according to Marron.
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The stabbing remains under investigation. No arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon, Marron said.
Each week, Boston Globe Today Sports host and Globe sports columnist Chris Gasper provides commentary on a notable sports topic in the segment “Write or Wrong?”
This week: The debate surrounding the Celtics as they prepare for the NBA Finals. Who deserves more responsibility for their success, Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown? Or neither of them?
Tatum and Brown aren’t competitors for leading man. They’re perfect complements for each other. Watch “Write or Wrong?” at the top of this story.
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TD Garden will host the first two games of the Finals at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday and 8 p.m. on June 9. The West champion Mavericks will host Games 3 and 4 on June 12 and June 14.
Game 5, if needed, would be at TD Garden on June 17. Game 6 would be at Dallas on June 20, and Game 7 in Boston on June 23.
All Finals games will be televised on ABC. See the full schedule here.
Boston Globe Today Sports airs every Friday at 5 p.m. on NESN and is available to stream on-demand on the Globe’s website.
Material from previous Globe coverage was used in this report.
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Christopher L. Gasper is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at christopher.gasper@globe.com. Follow him @cgasper and on Instagram @cgaspersports.
Joshua Guerrier, a class of 2025 recruit, took his official visit to Boston College on Friday.
The Ocoee, Fla., native is a three-star recruit that ranks No. 615 nationally, No. 44 in athletes, and No. 84 in the state of Fla., according to 247Sports Composite. Boston College sent an offer to the rising senior on March 10.
The Eagles currently have three commitments from this class in athletes Nolan James and TJ Green and wide receiver Nedrick. All recruits are three-stars.
