Friday afternoon Cardinal news and notes

—Spread Check: Louisville by 22.5.

—A Kentucky judge has denied the NCAA’s request for emergency relief in the Wells case, which means Seth Trimble, L.J. Wells, Jabari Mack and Kalib Perry will all remain eligible as the case moves forward.

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Next up? The players still have to prevail in front of the court of appeals (this will take at least three more weeks). If they win there, the last stop would almost certainly be the Kentucky Supreme Court (would likely take another 3-6 weeks to get a decision there).

—Matt McGavic of WHAS likes Louisville over Stanford by three touchdowns on Saturday.

—Brooks Holton’s latest Louisville basketball mailbag for the CJ is here.

—Not sure how likely it is, but would be very cool to get this same thing done with Kienholz before the end of the season.

—William McDermott previews Adrian Wooley.

—As most expected, 5-star PG Reese Alston (against his father’s wishes) committed to Will Wade and LSU on Thursday.

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—Lou City opens up the USL Playoffs at home tonight against reigning champion Pittsburgh. If you’re looking for last minute tickets, save yourself some money by getting them here.

—Isaac Trotter of CBS has Flory Bidunga as his Preseason Transfer of the Year.

Bidunga was the top-rated player in the 2026 transfer portal cycle because he can be such an impactful player even on the nights when he scores six points. Bidunga will be the fire-douser for Louisville this year. We already saw it in Louisville’s exhibition win at Kansas when Bidunga switched onto KU five-star wing Tyran Stokes and gave him the business. The 6-9 forward has a massive 7-3 wingspan and can guard anybody and everybody. He’s one of the best four defenders in all of college basketball, next to Arizona’s Mo Krivas, Houston’s JoJo Tugler and Florida’s Rueben Chinyelu.

Bidunga’s already a useful offensive player because you can throw a lob near the square and he’ll throw it down, but continuing to refine his handle will be a major X factor….

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