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Warning signs indicate trouble brewing for Kenny Payne

Do recent moves by Trentyn Flowers and Nolan Smith indicate Payne's job is at stake this season? Cardinal Confidential weighs in ......

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Mike Hughes
Aug 29, 2023
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There’s no doubt Kenny Payne enters his second season at Louisville on one of the hottest seats in college basketball. 

That will happen at a perennial Top 10 program when the new coach goes 4-28 out of the gate.

Now, despite overhauling the roster in the wake of a historically horrific season, the warning signs are flashing brightly for Payne’s program. 

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