Pat Kelsey, Flory Bidunga and Adrian Wooley Take the Stage at ACC Media Day

On Tuesday afternoon Louisville Men’s Basketball had their opportunity to take center stage at ACC Media Days in Charlotte. Representing the Cards were head coach Pat Kelsey, forward Flory Bidunga and guard Adrian Wooley.

With the women’s teams wrapping up their portion of the media days Tuesday morning, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips took the stage to commence the men’s session.

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The commissioner was asked about his thoughts on the NCAA tournament expanding from 68 to 76 teams starting in 2027:

“With the NCAA Tournament bid expansion, there’s been a reduction in the NIT and the women’s NIT from 32 to 24. So at the end of the day, it’s 100 schools out of 361 or so that are playing basketball that will make the postseason play. I feel good about the NCAA and what they’ve done, and it’s been I think a thoughtful process.”

The Protect College Sports Act came up as well. The commissioner was asked about Miami, Florida State, UNC and Clemson tabbing a letter to the House speaker to drop the independence requirement from the Protect College Sports Act and to increase the conference membership limit to 22 (essentially making their paths to exit the conference easier):

“We have 14 schools that feel really good about it that want to sign it, and we have four schools that have an issue with a portion of it, so that’s what I’m going to continue to push towards the decision makers and those that have written the Bill to date. But there’s been a lot of work across the country on this thing. We’ll see kind of where it goes. It passed the Senate 77-23, which in this day and age is — I think it’s a pretty strong statement. But it now has to go through the House, and there’s a recess right now, and there’s going to be an election in early November. I’m not sure what that will mean, but that’s kind of where we sit today in early October.”

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Then it was time for the Cards to hit the stage. Pat Kelsey, the players, Johnny Ballgame and media from The Ville and around the…

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