LOUISVILLE — Kenny Payne sounded like a man looking for hope in a hard reality. His Louisville basketball team came close, so painstakingly close, to finally doing it — winning one of those games upon which corners are turned. Instead, No. 19 Texas pulled away late, handing Payne his 30th loss in 36 games as coach of the Cardinals. This was four weeks ago, what, in hindsight, feels like four years ago.

Prior to their upcoming matchup, head coach Jeff Brohm, running backs coach Chris Barclay, center Bryan Hudson and cornerback Quincy Riley took time to meet with the media. They discussed the previous game at Miami, previewed the upcoming game vs. Kentucky, and more.

Below is the partial transcript from Brohm’s press conference, as well as the videos from Barclay, Hudson and Riley’s press conference:

“Well, it’s time to get back to work. I was really proud of our football team. This past Saturday, I thought we came ready to play. We beat what, in my opinion, was a really talented football team and found a way to play to the very end and come out on top. So it was a huge win for our program. And yes, we did celebrate after with the opportunity to go play in the ACC Championship game, but as of now that’s over with. It’s a one game season and I think we all know what’s coming up. It’s a rivalry game against a really good, talented opponent that’s well coached and that’s won a lot of games against our program over the last four years. So we’ve got to get back to work and really understand what this game means. It means a lot to not only our team, but to our fan base and to our program, and we’ve got to find a way to have a great week of practice and work really hard to try to come out with a win. It’s an important game, and we’ve got to put the work in and understand how difficult it’s going to be because this team does have talent. They played a really good schedule. They’ve got good size and good length, and good athletes. We’ll have to play well to win.”