Louisville vs. Montana preview – Yahoo Sports

Louisville Cardinals (9-2) vs. Montana Grizzlies(6-6)

Game Time: Noon

Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky.

Television: ACC Network Extra

Announcers: Rich Hollenberg (play-by-play) and Emeka Okafor (analysis)

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Favorite: Louisville by 30.5

Series: First Meeting

Projected Starting Lineups:

Louisville

G Adrian Wooley (6-4, 200, So.)

G Isaac McKneely (6-4, 195, Sr.)

G Ryan Conwell (6-4, 215, Sr.)

F J’Vonne Hadley (6-7, 210, Sr.)

C Sananda Fru (6-11, 245, Jr.)

Montana

G Money Williams (6-4, 211, Jr.)

G Brooklyn Hicks (6-3, 186, Jr.)

G Tyler Isaak (6-4, 190, Jr.)

F Amari Jedkins (6-7, 197, R-Jr.)

F Kenyon Aguino (6-7, 222, Fr.)

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About Montana:

The Montana Grizzlies have made six NCAA Tournament appearances since 2012 and 10 since the turn of the century. This has created something of an issue for the program.

“What a lot of people don’t understand about the University of Montana scheduling is that the first answer is no,” Grizzlies head coach Travis DeCuire said before the start of the eason. “Whether it’s high majors for guarantee games, high mids for guarantees or home-and-homes, the answer is no. They don’t want to play us.”

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Louisville wanted to play the Grizz, and on Saturday the two programs will square off for the first time.

Montana arrives in the Derby City coming off of one of the more embarrassing losses in the program’s recent history: An 82-75 home loss at the hands of NAIA Montana Tech on Wednesday night. That was easily the low point of a non-conference run that has seen them pull of an impressive road victory over UNLV and nearly stun Texas A&M in College Station, but also score just three total wins over D-I opponents.

The Grizz have been erratic throughout the first seven weeks of the season, but one thing has been consistent: Money Williams is a walking bucket. The 6’4 junior averaged double figures for Montana in each of the past two seasons, but has taken his game to…

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