Friday afternoon News and cardinal notes

—Checkout spread: North Carolina by 4.

—Update of NET rankings: # 33 (no change).

—Louisville’s request to have his NCAA case resolved through IARP has been granted. When will this resolution take place? Probably at some point before 2040. Probably.

“It certainly looks like Louisville is planning to travel to Chapel Hill for the North Carolina game.

If that happens, I would be mentally prepared to watch a shorthanded Cardinals team.

Or maybe everyone is healthy and Malik Williams scores 40 points in 40 minutes! Who the hell knows? But preparing for the worst still seems to be the safest game these days.

—Five names to know before the 2021 baseball season begins in Louisville tomorrow.

—GoCards.com recaps the women’s basketball team’s victory over Pitt on Thursday night.

– Dubbing highlights:

—NCAA has announced that it will allow limited fan participation (25% capacity) at this year’s men’s basketball tournament in Indiana.

—The Cardinal lacrosse team won a victory over nationally ranked Colorado on Thursday.

—Athletic has polled CCA editors on who would get their vote for league player of the year if the season ended today. Pitt’s Justin Champegnie received the most votes, but Carlik Jones is right behind him.

Carlik Jones, Louisville (16 points)

First place: Three voices. Second place: Three voices. Third place: A voice.

Credits: Leads the ACC in minutes played (37.6), third in points (17.4) and assists (4.9), fourth in free throw percentage (83.8), fifth in assists ratio rolling (2.1) and 15th for the percentage basket (41); has scored in double digits in every game, including a season 25 record against Miami, in his first ACC campaign following his transfer from Radford.

What voters said

“I’m going to inject the word ‘value’ into this vote and ask, ‘Where would Louisville be without Jones? Chris Mack should really share part of his salary with the transfer from Radford. The cards would be in the ACC basement without him. They form a tournament team with him. – Joe Giglio (NC State), WRALSportsFan (Raleigh, NC)

“Chris Mack needed someone to take the ball and run with it. It is arguably the best transfer of graduates in the country that has done so while adjusting to the ACC talent leap. – Tom Noie (Notre-Dame), Tribune de South Bend (Ind.)

“His consistency and explosiveness have helped the Cardinals thrive this season. He does a bit of everything and plays extremely hard all the time. – Trevor Hass (Boston College), Boston.com

– The folks in the state of Louisville have a new podcast focused on Cardinal baseball. The first episode is here.

—ESPN watch how Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz have become an unlikely juggernaut.

—Louisville baseball’s Alex Binelas and Henry Davis are both on the pre-season watch list for the Golden Spikes Award.

—The U of L women’s basketball team have announced minor schedule changes for their last two games of the regular season.

Louisville’s game at Florida State scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 21 has moved to 2 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

Louisville’s game at Notre-Dame on February 28 kicks off at 3 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN.

– Junior right-hander Glenn Albanese is set to be Louisville’s new No.1.

—Chris Dobbertean’s last false fork has Louisville as 9 seed and gets a rematch with Seton Hall in the first round.

—There will be no fans at Madison Square Garden for this year’s Big East tournament.

– Cardinal baseball is back tomorrow.

—U of L has offered three-star linebacker Jared Badie of Illinois.

– Alvin Sims’ daughter has a great story here.

—Lonnie Douglas, head of sports medicine at the University of Los Angeles School of Medicine, is accused by the federal government of participating in a conspiracy to order unapproved HGH from China. Sounds … not great.

– If anyone in Louisville, especially near the U of L / Churchill Downs area, has seen or is seeing Chelsey White, please contact and alert her family.

UPDATE: Chelsey has been found and she is safe. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the research.

—KFC Yum Center will announce a “new professional sports tenant” on Monday. All signs point to this tenant being the Louisville Xtreme Arena football team.

“The Atlantic 10 is changing the dates of its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, which seems like a move other leagues would be wise to emulate.

—Louisville is an 8-seeded with a spicy first-round game against Xavier in Athletic’s final support watch.

– Interesting conversation between Steve Masiello and Wayne Turner here.

—The U of L men’s tennis team opens the CLA game with matches against two of the top 20 opponents.

– Matt McGavic of Louisville Report takes Carolina at five tomorrow night.

– Pitt’s official website recaps last night’s loss to Louisville.

—Nate Oats, the hottest new name in college basketball coaches, has signed a contract extension with Alabama.

– Good luck to lineman Jackson Gregory in Stony Brook.

—Three players are in the race to be the U-L’s starting tackle next season.

– The last simulated stadium support in Louisville against Indiana in a 6/11 game.

– And finally, play and beat UNC.