Episodes
ESPN Louisville's Phil Baker joins Jack as the guys react to Louisville hiring Charleston Head Coach Pat Kelsey! The guys give their thoughts on the hire, and breakdown the mess of a coaching search that it took to land on Kelsey. They also wonder what the expectations for Kelsey will be for his first year with the Cards. Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 03/27/24
Mark Ennis of 93.9 The Ville joins Jack! The guys take a deep dive into Dusty May bypassing on the Louisville job in favor of Michigan and wonder who Josh Heird will turn to now as the coaching search hits the resend button. They discuss numerous possible candidates and who UofL might land on before ending with some talk on the Kentucky/Calipari situation. Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 03/25/24
Jack and Jeff Greer take a deep dive into the Louisville basketball coaching search! Have things cooled on Scott Drew? Will Dusty May be the pick? What about Mick Cronin and others? The guys discuss it all! Later, they give their thoughts on the UofL players in the transfer portal and breakdown the NCAA Tournament bracket! Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 03/19/24
Jack gives his instant reaction to the reports that Louisville is parting ways with Kenny Payne! Jack also reacts to Payne's final postgame press conference and why he thinks it's wrong for KP to blame the fans, shows why yes UofL had to move on from KP, and spends the rest of the pod diving deep into the Cardinal coaching search! Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 03/13/24
Coach Lieberman and Jack open the pod with a deep dive into Louisville's potential upcoming coaching search! They vet through all of the recent reports on the search and give their thoughts on them. Is Scott Drew coming to Louisville? Would Billy Donovan go back to college? What are Louisville's options after Drew? No Chris Beard/Oats/Muss Bus? The guys discuss them all and more! Later, Jack and Coach look at the bizarre Joson Sanon saga and wrap up with some NCAA Tournament Blind...
Published 03/07/24
Coach Lieberman and Jack open the show discussing some current hot button topics within college basketball! Later, they talk about Louisville's struggles and if it will likely inevitably mark the end of Kenny Payne's rough two year stretch as the UofL Head Coach, discuss some potential replacement options for KP and how this search is different for Josh Heird than UofL's last three head coaching searches. The guys wrap up the episode looking ahead to the weekend's biggest games to kick off...
Published 03/01/24
Jack and Coach react to Louisville's abysmal performance at home against Notre Dame. The guys break down UofL's suddenly struggling offense, UofL's struggles making threes/defending the three point line, and another inept defensive performance. They also look ahead to the end of the regular season slate! Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 02/22/24
Jack and Jeff Greer talk about Louisville's better play over their last four games, where the Cards have gone 2-2! They look into where the Cards have improved and are still showing issues, and discuss if it would have any impact for Kenny Payne's coaching future. Later, they take a deep dive into the potential Louisville coaching search, wonder how the Ohio State job opening up could impact UofL and more! Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 02/15/24
Jack spends the majority of the pod discussing Louisville's win over Florida State! He breaks down how the Cards where able to attack the FSU D and take advantage of the 'Noles weaknesses on the defensive end, Ty-Laur Johnson and Brandon Huntley Hatfield's explosions and more! At the end of the pod Jack wonders if the win signals anything for the Cards as they enter the soft stretch of ACC play and looks back at a huge weekend nationally in college hoops! Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 02/06/24
ESPN Louisville's Phil Baker joins Jack to react to Louisville's loss at Clemson. Jack gives a take about a trend he's tired of hearing about the team, the guys wonder how much slack to be cutting the Cards for their injury issues, and talk about the state of KP's job security and the potential upcoming coaching search. Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 02/01/24
Coach Lieberman and Jack spend the majority of the episode breaking down why the Cardinals have struggled so much on the defensive end, especially when it comes to defending the three point line. The guys focus on how their issues defensively contributed to their losses to UNC and Wake Forest (among others), and why the Cards need to do more than just avoid poor starts in games. They wrap up hitting on some national notes around the college hoops landscape! Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 01/21/24
939 The Ville's Mark Ennis joins Jack to discuss UofL's upset over Miami! The guys break down the game, how the Cards were able to pull off the win, and debate if it could lead to future success for the Cards. Later, the guys look at UofL's upcoming schedule, hit on some big picture topics, wonder who Louisville's next coach could be if the Cards move on from Kenny Payne and more! Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 01/11/24
Jack does an old fashioned reaction pod here! He opens the pod hitting on if Kenny Payne could make one last stand and have his team show improvement off of the long 12 day break between games before spending most of the episode breaking down what went wrong for the Cards in the loss to Virginia. Jack closes the pod reacting to some comments from the ESPN2 game broadcast. Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 01/04/24
ESPN Louisville's James Streble joins Jack! They react to Josh Heird's decision to not fire Kenny Payne (at this point) and spend the majority of the podcast on why they disagree with the decision to not move on from the embattled Cardinal coach. They also talk about the embarrassment that was the Louisville/Kentucky basketball game, the sad state of the Battle of the Bluegrass rivalry, discuss the financial ramifacations (or lack thereof) of waiting to fire Payne until the end of the season...
Published 12/22/23
Recruiting & Kentucky men's basketball beat reporter Cam Drummond of the Lexington Herald-Leader joins Jack! The guys dive deep into Louisville's recruiting under Kenny Payne, why KP hasn't had the type of recruiting success expected when he took the job, the latest on the Karter Knox recruitment and the weird vibes around his visit to UofL. Later, they discuss the Koron Davis situation, ponder the future (or lack thereof) for Kenny Payne at Louisville, preview the upcoming...
Published 12/20/23
Jack is joined by former Floyd Street's Finest/Louisville beat reporter Jeff Greer! The guys talk about UofL's loss at DePaul, before spending the majority of the podcast discussing the future (or lack thereof) for Kenny Payne at Louisville, when such a coaching change might take place and speculate about the Cardinal basketball job. They wrap up picking some of the top games from a LOADED weekend slate in college hoops! Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 12/13/23
Jack and Mark react Louisville's loss in their ACC opener at Virginia Tech. They break down what went wrong for the Cards in the loss, what issues are lingering from past losses and some trends for Kenny Payne's team. The guys wrap up looking ahead to Louisville's game at DePaul on Saturday! Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 12/05/23
Jack and Mark discuss Louisville's wins over New Mexico State and Bellarmine! The guys take a big picture look with the two games, wondering what progress has been made and what the Cards can take away from the two tight wins. Later, they talk Ty-Laur Johnson's need for an expanded role, the Ty-Laur tights situation, what adjustments Louisville can make defensively and lineup wise (small ball?) and some thoughts on the ACC/SEC Challenge. Coach and Jack wrap up trying to predict how many games...
Published 11/30/23
IT'S FEAST WEEK! Jack and Coach open discussing a LOADED week in college hoops before diving into Louisville's performance in the Empire Classic! The guys breakdown how Louisville impressed against Texas and Indiana before dissecting what went wrong late in both games. Later, they discuss what the two games mean for Kenny Payne's program long term and if the Cards can build on their performances. Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 11/22/23
Jack and Mark react to Louisville's loss to Chattanooga. The guys discuss what went wrong for the Cards, some alarming trends from the start of the UofL season and what Louisville needs to show against Coppin State on Wednesday. They wrap up the show looking ahead to next weekend's Empire Classic and preview a tough draw against Texas, and then the intrigue of a potential matchup with Indiana. Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 11/13/23
Mark and Jack break down Louisville's season opening win over UMBC! The guys discuss what went well for the Cards, what causes for concern linger, what can UofL replicate against stiffer competition, as well as look ahead to Friday's game against Chattanooga before wrapping up hitting on some national takeaways from the start of the college hoops season! Listen to the podcast: 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floyd-streets-finest-a-louisville-basketball-podcast/id1536371252 🎥...
Published 11/08/23
It's a new age on Floyd Street's Finest! Jack Grossman and Mark Liebermann open the new edition of the podcast joined by former host Jeff Greer. After some quick introductions, the guys spend the pod discussing what went wrong in Louisville's exhibition loss to Kentucky Wesleyan, the big questions facing Kenny Payne in year two as the Cardinal coach, wonder if the Cards will be able to fix their issues in time for the regular season to start and more. Listen to the podcast: 🎧...
Published 11/01/23
Courier-Journal Cardinal hoops beat reporter Brooks Holton joins Jeff! The guys talk about Brooks' experience on the beat heading into his first full season covering the Cards before discussing a successful recruiting offseason for Kenny Payne, what to make of an extremely different Cardinal roster, expectations for year two and what the Cardinal head man could use from his time at rival Kentucky to help the Cards in the upcoming season. The Field of 68 POWERED by Bet Rivers:...
Published 05/23/23
Jeff and Mike Rutherford look back on the life of Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum and the impact he made on the UofL program and the city of Louisville, as well as share anecdotes about what Denny meant to them. Later, the guys discuss a critical offseason for Kenny Payne and the basketball program and discuss expectations for a pivotal second season for the Cardinal coach. The Field of 68 POWERED by Bet Rivers: https://www.betrivers.com/ Follow The Field of 68: Twitter:...
Published 05/15/23