If that proves to be the case, what a statement Pat Kelsey's team made ... and Louisville basketball fans have a lot to say in recruiting Nate Ament Offensively, where to begin on a night ...

But Tuesday night was not a nostalgia-fueled fever dream. It was a clear-eyed toast to the future under Pat Kelsey, who's now one victory from tying Payne's two-year total. The buzz is intoxicating.