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Warning signs indicate trouble brewing for Kenny Payne

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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