’25 Summer Shootaround: Louisville shaping up to be one of the most watchable + 3-point-happy teams in CBB

Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Louisville ranks among the most interesting teams heading into the season; it's no surprise the Cards get back into the Summer Shootaround mix. Pat Kelsey's making good noise at a program that's returned to respectability. Norlander is joined on this episode by Mark Ennis, a local radio host in Louisville who knows the program inside and out. Mikel Brown Jr. is the guy who's got Cards fans amped, but there's enough here to believe U of L could be a top-10 team. 00:45 - Hi-hellos 05:21 - Kelsey in Year 1 13:00 - Who's Gone, Who's Back, Who's New for the Cards 20:00 - Mikel Brown Jr.'s big offseason 30:49 - Schedule rundown and predictions on win total 🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast." Email the show for any reason whatsoever: [email protected] Visit Eye on College Basketball's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw For more college hoops coverage, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	one more week closer to the start of the season but yes summer still here the shoot
0:19.7	around series rolls on and no gp isn't back just yet, but we will be teaming
0:24.9	up on the pod later this week.
0:26.5	I promise.
0:27.5	And after, by the way, our most recent episode spotlighted the fellas down in Lexington.
0:32.3	Well, felt only appropriate that our next summer shoot around would center on BBN's
0:37.7	big rival. So we're going to talk about the Louisville
0:39.4	Cardinals today.
0:41.7	Norlander fact, I lived in Louisville
0:43.6	when I was younger. In fact, I was
0:45.3	I was like three, four, five years old.
0:48.0	I had to text my mother and ask.
0:49.3	Apparently we live, Louisville locals. I lived on
0:51.5	barred or off of bars town road.
0:54.0	I guess that's in the southern part
0:56.0	of the city.
0:58.1	Travolker Square apartments
0:59.9	according to my mother. So, little Norlander
1:02.0	lore for you there. I was a one time
1:04.0	Louisville resident. There are pictures
1:05.9	that exist in my mother's photo
1:07.6	albums of me wearing Louisville
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