Here are some pics from someone inside the new arena. They aren't great but give you a good idea of what it's like.

Locker Room

Practice Court

View from wheel chair-accessible mid level

2010-11 University of Louisville Men's Basketball Schedule

October
Sun. 31 NORTHERN KENTUCKY / exhibition KFC YUM! CENTER 2 p.m. 17-13
November
Thur. 11 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN / exhibition KFC YUM! CENTER 7 p.m. 29-5 NCAA
Tues. 16 BUTLER (ESPN) KFC YUM! CENTER 8 p.m. 33-5 NCAA
Sat. 20 JACKSON STATE KFC YUM! CENTER TBA 19-13 NIT
in GLOBAL SPORTS SHOOTOUT
Mon. 22 CHATTANOOGA KFC YUM! CENTER 7 p.m. 15-18
in GLOBAL SPORTS SHOOTOUT
Sat. 27 MARSHALL KFC YUM! CENTER 1 p.m. 24-10 CIT
in GLOBAL SPORTS SHOOTOUT
December
Wed. 1 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL KFC YUM! CENTER 7 p.m. 7-25

Two boys are playing football in Jeffersonville, IN when one is attacked by a rabid rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy rips a big board off of a nearby fence, wedges it down the dog's collar, and twists it, breaking the dog's neck.

A reporter was strolling by, sees the incident, and rushes over to interview the boy. "Young Louisville Cardinal Fan Rescues Friend From Vicious Animal," he starts writing in his notebook.

"But I'm not a Cardinal fan," the little hero replies.

Per The Orlando Sentinel:

Head coach Charlie Strong, the former Florida Gators defensive coordinator who is in his first year as head coach at Louisville, remains a thorn in the side of Gators’ rival Florida State.

On Thursday, Strong got a commitment from defensive end Deiontrez Mount (6-6, 215) from Fort Walton Beach. Mount also had offers from FSU, South Carolina, Minnesota, Iowa State, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

After whipping the Cuse, Louisivlle is certainly a lock for the tournament. The problem I see is that we probably worked our way right now to a 8 or 9 seed. I hate knowing we'd have to play the 1 on the first weekend. We clearly can win (see WSYR TV Syracuse -- on a related note, I wonder if Syracuse has considered just forfeiting their games against us to save the travel expenses and humiliation). Nevertheless, I'd much rather be a 10 than a 9 or 8.

I just drove by the new arena for the first time in a couple weeks and it's looking good. From the south it still looks like a big work in progress but from the north it is beautiful. There's a huge curved glass wall bulging out toward the interstate and along the east side they have a glass wall up that spans the length of the building. With all the talk of tomorrow's Freedom Hall Finale I hadn't really though about how cool it will be to play in a state-of-the-art downtown arena. 240 more days.

Here's the story in full at ESPN. Some highlights are below:

So can we expect a Florida-esque or Utah-esque spread offense at Louisville?

Sept. 4 vs. UK
Sept. 11 vs. Eastern Kentucky
Sept. 18 at Oregon State
Oct. 2 at Arkansas State
Oct. 9 vs. Memphis
Oct. 15 vs. Cincinnati
Oct. 23 vs. Connecticut
Oct. 30 at Pittsburgh
Nov. 6 at Syracuse
Nov. 13 vs. South Florida
Nov. 20 vs. West Virginia
Nov. 26 at Rutgers

I really really want to go to a bowl. Even if it has car care or .com at the end of it, I really want to go to a bowl.

Thanks to UofL Card Game and Charles Springer for the video.