Louisville basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule
Louisville returns 11% of last season's minutes, and adds eight transfers and three freshmen.
Last season it ranked No. 17 in adjusted net rating (No. 20 on offense, No. 19 on defense). The biggest loss is Ryan Conwell, 18.8 points a game, gone to the NBA draft at No. 37. The schedule has 29 games, four against last season's adjusted top 25.
2026-27 roster
PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.
Who left
The players who left played 89% of last season’s minutes. Also gone, under 5 minutes a game: Cole Sherman, Spencer Legg.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 124.1 (No. 20), defense 96.7 (No. 19).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 29 games, 18 in the ACC. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who is back for Louisville in 2026-27?
2 players who played for Louisville last season: Adrian Wooley, Will Hanke. They played 11% of its minutes.
Who did Louisville add for 2026-27?
Jackson Shelstad (transfer from Oregon), Seth Trimble (transfer from North Carolina), Flory Bidunga (transfer from Kansas), De'Shayne Montgomery (transfer from Dayton), LJ Wells (transfer from Northern Kentucky), Karter Knox (transfer from Arkansas), Alvaro Folgueiras (transfer from Iowa), Gabe Dynes (transfer from USC), Obinna Ekezie Jr. (freshman, No. 15 recruit), Boyuan Zhang (freshman, No. 54 recruit), Isaac Ellis (freshman, No. 231 recruit).