LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tickets are now available for the 2017 University of Louisville Men's Basketball Tipoff Luncheon, presented by Clark & Riggs Printing and WAVE3, to be staged on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Grand Ballroom of the Louisville Downtown Marriott.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon for the event, which will feature comments from UofL Acting Head Coach David Padgett.

Tickets are $45 each and may be purchased through the "My Cardinals Account" link at the top of www.GoCards.com, or specifically at this link:  https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/uofl/EN/link/buy/browse?g%5B0%5D=24770 .  No orders will be taken by phone or fax.

Tickets are also currently available for a pair of public Red-White intrasquad scrimmages in the KFC Yum! Center on Friday, Oct. 13 and Friday, Oct. 27.  Both games will start at 7 p.m.

Scrimmage tickets, priced at $10 each, are on sale at the UofL Ticket Office, located near Gate 2 of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at 2800 South Floyd Street. The ticket office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.  Cardinal fans may also purchase scrimmage tickets by visiting Ticketmaster online at www.Ticketmaster.com, calling 1-800-745-3000 or by visiting any Ticketmaster Ticket Center, including statewide Kroger locations. Convenience fees are applied with Ticketmaster orders.

Tickets are available for UofL students to each scrimmage at no charge. Student tickets -- no more than two for each scrimmage -- must be obtained with a valid student ID in advance at the UofL ticket office.

Louisville has received attention among many early top 25 rankings, including a No. 6 national ranking by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. Last season, the Cardinals posted a 25-9 record, tied for second in the ACC and earned a No. 10 ranking in the final Associated Press poll. UofL is one of just four teams that have won 20 or more games in each of the last 15 seasons. Louisville has received NCAA Public Recognition Awards each of the last five years for ranking among the top 10 percent nationally in men's basketball and having a perfect score in the Academic Progress Rate, which measures academic eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes.