Louisville coach Pat Kelsey added another fifth-year player to the roster Monday with forward LJ Wells now available this season for the Cardinals. Kelsey said he is friends with Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn, who gushes about Wells' character, work ethic and coachability.
Ittttt’s official. From U of L: University of Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey announced the addition of fifth-year LJ Wells to the 2026-27 roster. “Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn and I are friends and I have an unbelievable amount of respect for him as a coach,” said Kelsey on the addition.
Northern Kentucky transfer forward LJ Wells has committed to the Louisville Cardinals, according to On3's Joe Tipton. He spent the past four seasons at Northern Kentucky and is coming off the best year of his college career.
The Louisville Basketball program has taken a last-minute addition to the 2026-27 roster in a verbal commitment from fifth-year Northern Kentucky University tra
NKU basketball will play in the Field of 68's 24-hour marathon Nov. 2, then face two teams that reached the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
The Field of 68 is reviving college basketball’s opening-day 24-hour marathon, nearly a decade after ESPN discontinued the event; ESPN launched the format in 2008, running 14 games across five time zones in its debut year and continuing the tradition for nine seasons before ending it in 2017.
It's been one year since colleges have been allowed to pay student-athletes. Here's where NKU ranks among Kentucky's DI colleges.