No. 6Louisville Cardinals

East Region · 1st Round

YES!

Louisville Cardinals beat the South Florida Bulls

Ranked #11 · 25-9 79 – 83

Ranked #6 · 24-10

Final · Thu, Mar 19

Game Details

KeyBank Center (Buffalo) · 17,182 fans · TNT View tournament bracket →

Recap

McKneely scores 23 and Louisville beats South Florida 83-79 in 1st round of NCAA Tournament

Isaac McKneely scored 23 points, and Louisville hung on to beat South Florida 83-79 on Thursday to win its first NCAA Tournament game since Rick Pitino’s final season as coach.

Recap via ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	T
USF	27	52	79
LOU	37	46	83

Game Flow

USF LOU

H1H2

7-0Biggest Run8-0

2Largest Lead23

2 lead changes · tied 2 times

Win Probability · Louisville Cardinals

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Game Leaders

South Florida Bulls

Joseph Pinion · 27Points
Joseph Pinion · 6Assists
Izaiyah Nelson · 9Rebounds

Louisville Cardinals

Isaac McKneely · 23Points
Ryan Conwell · 6Assists
Sananda Fru · 10Rebounds

2025-26 American Conference Standings

Team	GB
South Florida	-
Tulsa	2
Wichita State	2
UAB	4
North Texas	6
Florida Atlantic	6
Charlotte	6
Tulane	7
Temple	7
Memphis	7
Rice	8
East Carolina	9
UTSA	14

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team	GB
Duke	-
Virginia	2
Miami	4
North Carolina	5
Clemson	5
Louisville	6
NC State	7
Florida State	7
California	8
Stanford	8
Virginia Tech	9
SMU	9
Wake Forest	10
Syracuse	11
Pittsburgh	12
Notre Dame	13
Boston College	13
Georgia Tech	15

Team Stats

South Florida BullsLouisville Cardinals

Shooting

30-77, 39% Field Goals 28-52, 54%

5-33, 15% 3-Pointers 13-25, 52%

14-16, 88% Free Throws 14-25, 56%

Possessions

37 Rebounds 41

18 Offensive Rebounds 11

14 Assists 17

15 Steals 5

3 Blocks 3

9 Turnovers 22

21 Fouls 17

Scoring

44 Points in Paint 30

18 Fast Break Points 9

2 Largest Lead 23

Box Score

South Florida Bulls ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
I. NelsonF	22	9	1	35	9-17	0-2	4-4	2	2	3	5	4	5
W. EnisG	4	1	2	32	2-15	0-11	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	4
J. OmojafoG	6	7	0	23	1-5	0-2	4-4	0	0	0	2	5	0
CJ BrownG	4	2	2	19	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	1
J. PinionG	27	7	6	38	10-25	5-14	2-2	1	4	0	2	5	4
Bench
D. CollinsF	0	1	0	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
I. JonesF	4	5	0	27	1-4	0-3	2-2	2	4	0	3	2	3
G. HightowerG	12	4	3	23	5-7	0-0	2-4	3	4	0	2	2	4
C. SandersF	DNP: Did not play
O. NnaniF	DNP: Did not play
D. GreenF	DNP: Did not play
T. BeckfordG	DNP: Did not play
A. NyorhaG	DNP: Did not play
D. HaidG	DNP: Did not play
X. BrownG	DNP: Did not play
Team	79	37	14		30-77	5-33	14-16	9	15	3	18	19	21

Louisville Cardinals ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
V. ZougrisF	6	6	0	10	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	4	2	2
A. WooleyG	4	2	1	30	1-5	1-3	1-4	3	0	0	0	2	4
R. ConwellG	18	4	6	37	5-14	2-7	6-9	6	1	0	0	4	2
I. McKneelyG	23	3	2	28	8-11	7-10	0-0	2	1	0	1	2	2
J. HadleyG	10	5	2	33	3-4	1-1	3-4	4	0	0	0	5	2
Bench
S. FruF	10	10	0	25	4-5	0-0	2-6	0	1	2	2	8	1
K. RoothsF	5	2	0	11	2-4	1-2	0-0	2	0	1	1	1	0
A. KhalifaC	3	0	1	6	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
K. RodgersG	4	6	5	20	1-3	0-1	2-2	2	2	0	3	3	2
M. CamaraF	DNP: Did not play
K. PryorF	DNP: Did not play
W. HankeG	DNP: Did not play
C. ShermanG	DNP: Did not play
S. LeggG	DNP: Did not play
L. JohnsonG	DNP: Did not play
M. Brown Jr.G	DNP: Did not play
Team	83	41	17		28-52	13-25	14-25	22	5	3	11	30	17