LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville men’s basketball team will face Texas in the first round of the 2023 Empire Classic, the tournament announced Monday.

The Cards will meet the Longhorns at New York's historic Madison Square Garden on Nov. 19. Defending national champion UConn and Indiana will square off on the opposite side of the bracket, with the semifinal doubleheader scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

Second-round matchups are slated for Nov. 20, with the championship doubleheader set to begin at 4:30 p.m.

Tickets for the Empire Classic can be purchased here.

Louisville is 4-1 all-time against Texas, which finished 29-9 last season, won the Big 12 Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. The teams haven’t met since the Cardinals picked up a 78-63 victory in the 1997 NCAA East Regional.

Texas will be making its seventh appearance in the tournament, the most of any school. They won the event in 2014, defeating California 71-55 in the championship game.

This year will be the Cardinals’ first time competing in the Empire Classic.