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Louisville basketball: Pat Kelsey discusses ‘magical’ senior day game

Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey discusses the special day honoring the senior class at the KFC Yum! Center after beating the Stanford Cardinal.

The consensus No. 1 team in the country, Duke, stands between Louisville basketball and its first ACC Tournament championship.The Cardinals and the Blue Devils, who are led by the top vote-getters for ACC Coach of the Year, tip off at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.Pat Kelsey and Jon Scheyer’s teams have changed a lot since they last met back in December at the KFC Yum! Center. Here’s how they stack up.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Yes, Pat Kelsey saw the graphic Duke basketball posted to X, formerly Twitter, after he was crowned ACC Coach of the Year on Monday. Of all people, his mom sent it to him.

The Blue Devils caught a lot of flak for it — a low blow, some would say; considering just how impressive Kelsey’s revival of Louisville basketball has been. But there’s more to the story.

Sometime after the award was announced — it’s unclear if this was before or after Kelsey saw the graphic outlining the reasons why Duke felt as if Jon Scheyer was “snubbed” — his phone rang. Scheyer was on the other end; he wanted to congratulate him on a job well done.

“I thought that was really, really, really classy,” said Kelsey, who bested Scheyer by a tally of 47-25. “He could have very easily gotten it. Maybe he should have.”

How about this? Why don’t we roll the ball out there Saturday night at the Spectrum Center — 8:30 p.m. on ESPN, to be more specific — with an ACC Tournament championship on the line and see who has the last laugh?

It’s not a stretch to say that both men would trade the hardware in a heartbeat if it meant they were the one who gets to cut down a net; especially considering the wild rides they took to be the last two standing in Charlotte.

Round 2 of U of L vs. Duke will be drastically different than the first installment on Dec. 8…

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