Pat Kelsey, Louisville Cardinals at ACC basketball tipoff: Follow along with live updates

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Up next in the countdown to the Louisville men’s basketball season: ACC Tipoff.

Head coach Pat Kelsey and guards J’Vonne Hadley and Chucky Hepburn will represent the Cardinals this afternoon during the annual media event at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown.

U of L was the doormat of the ACC the past two seasons, finishing a combined 5-35 under former coach Kenny Payne. Kelsey, who was named Payne’s successor in March, is trying to change that with a completely overhauled roster built predominantly though the NCAA transfer portal.

The new-look Cards lead the conference in Division I minutes logged entering the season, but only two players have shared the court during an official game. They did, however, get a chance to develop some on-court chemistry during an exhibition tour of the Bahamas over the summer.

Kelsey’s tenure begins with two exhibitions at the KFC Yum! Center, against Young Harris College (7 p.m. Oct. 21) and Spalding (7 p.m., Oct. 28), before Louisville welcomes Morehead State to town for the season opener at 7 p.m. Nov. 4.

Courier Journal reporter Brooks Holton and columnist C.L. Brown are in Charlotte keeping up with the Cards and everyone else making the rounds at ACC Tipoff. Follow along with their live coverage below:

ACC Tipoff attendees: Pat Kelsey, J’Vonne Hadley and Chucky Hepburn representing Louisville basketball

Here’s a rundown of the ACC Tipoff guest list for today, which will feature 12 of the conference’s 18 men’s teams:

Thursday morning

• California: coach Mark Madsen, Mady Sissoko and Andrej Stojakovic

• North Carolina: coach Hubert Davis, RJ Davis and Seth Trimble

• Syracuse: coach Adrian Autry, Chris Bell and J.J. Starling

• Virginia: coach Tony Bennett, Isaac McKneely and Taine Murray

• Virginia Tech: coach Mike Young, Ben Burnham and Mylyjael Poteat

• Wake Forest: coach Steve Forbes, Cameron Hildreth, Efton Reid III and Hunter Sallis

Thursday afternoon

• Boston College: coach Earl Grant, Chas Kelley III and Donald Hand Jr.

• Clemson: coach Brad Brownell, Chase Hunter and Ian Schieffelin

• Louisville: coach Pat Kelsey, J’Vonne Hadley and Chucky Hepburn

• Miami: coach Jim Larrañaga, Matthew Cleveland and Nijel Pack

• Notre Dame: coach Micah Shrewsberry, J.R. Konieczny and Julian Roper II

• Pittsburgh: coach Jeff Capel, Ishmael Leggett and Jaland Lowe

Representatives from Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, N.C. State, SMU and Stanford met with the media Wednesday.

How to watch ACC Tipoff: TV channel, streaming info

The ACC Network will have live coverage of ACC Tipoff from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

The ACC Network is channel 610 on AT&T U-Verse, channel 612 on DirecTV, channel 402 on Dish and channels 524 and 937 on Spectrum.

If you don’t have cable, you can access the ACC Network through services such as ESPN+ (SUBSCRIBE). ACC Tipoff is also available to stream via fuboTV (FREE TRIAL) and YouTube TV (FREE TRIAL).

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