Episodes

  • Elif Istanbulluoglu makes big impact for Louisville WBB
    Dec 24 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Louisville women's basketball forward Elif Istanbulluoglu. Istanbulluoglu explains how watching UofL legend Angel McCoughtry play professionally in Istanbul was her first exposure to the program. And she details how she's emerged as one of the Cards' top players in the last month.

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    28 mins
  • ACC basketball race likely between UofL, Duke. Any surprises?
    Dec 17 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features national college basketball reporter Brendan Marks of The Athletic to discuss Louisville basketball as nonconference play ends and ACC competition cranks up. Marks discusses why he believes the Cards and Duke are in their own tier in the ACC. He tells why he picked UofL as a Final Four team in his preseason predictions and if he still stands behind it.

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    29 mins
  • UofL, UK volleyball trying not to look too far ahead
    Dec 10 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Courier Journal college sports enterprise reporter Payton Titus to break down Louisville and Kentucky volleyball competing in the NCAA Sweet 16. Titus explains why UK, the No. 2 overall seed, isn't trying to look ahead of upset-minded Cal Poly. She also tells why UofL players aren't overly emotional traveling to Nebraska for a possible regional final showdown against former coach Dani Busboom Kelly.

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    32 mins
  • UofL, UK basketball may be in tier below Final Four contenders
    Dec 3 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features ESPN senior college basketball reporter Myron Medcalf to talk Louisville basketball's first road trip of the season at Arkansas and what Kentucky basketball needs to do to get rolling. Medcalf tells why he doesn't yet have the Cardinals listed among his Final Four contenders. And how the Wildcats who came by way of transfer may still be learning to play in the spotlight that is UK basketball.

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    32 mins
  • UofL football's Pete Nygra says UK rivalry surpasses earlier eras
    Nov 26 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Louisville center Pete Nygra and Kentucky defensive back Ty Bryant to give their thoughts on Saturday's Governor's Cup rivalry showdown. Nygra, an Indianapolis native, tells why the Cards-Cats rivalry far surpasses the rivalry he grew up watching.

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    35 mins
  • U of L basketball's Mikel Brown Jr. has chance to be legendary
    Nov 19 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Michael DeCourcy, columnist with The Sporting News and college basketball analyst for Fox Sports. DeCourcy dives into what has made this freshman class in college basketball so special. He explains the qualities that could make Louisville's Mikel Brown Jr. one of the first names called in the 2026 NBA Draft and what that means for the Cardinals.

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    35 mins
  • Ex-U of L star DeJuan Wheat, leading Simmons, channels Denny Crum
    Nov 12 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features DeJuan Wheat, a former Louisville basketball guard and current Simmons College basketball coach. Wheat tells how playing for legendary coach Denny Crum has helped shape how he relates to players in his first year as a college head coach. Wheat finished his career at U of L, which ran from 1993-97, as the second-leading scorer in program history behind Darrell Griffith.

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    29 mins
  • Louisville victory in Battle of Bluegrass would be good for hoops
    Nov 5 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Courier Journal reporters Brooks Holton, the Louisville basketball beat writer, and Ryan Black, the Kentucky beat writer, to discuss the start of college basketball season and next Tuesday's battle between the Cardinals and Wildcats. Short of making a game prediction, both agree on why it would be good for the rivalry if U of L wins.

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    30 mins