Louisville saw its college basketball regular season come to a close on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals lost their 24th game of the year to a Boston College team that finished 11th in the ACC.
Believe it or not, that was not the most embarrassing part of the day.
Senior Day ceremonies featured a very brutal mistake while attempting an admirable gesture. It just happened to completely backfire and painted the program in an even worse light. Especially after the team tried to cover up their blunder.
As is the standard in college basketball, all of the Louisville players who are set to graduate in the coming months were recognized on the court prior to tipoff. They were accompanied by their parents and received a framed jersey.
Here is where things get awkward!
The Cardinals also honored a trio of seniors for their work off of the court. Nutrition/ops intern Shay Donnelly, athletic training intern Faith Reinert and team manager Chris Misson also received a framed jersey. It was a cool way to show appreciation to some of the folks who often go unappreciated.
However, Misson’s jersey was misspelled. It included an “i” that shouldn’t be there.
His jersey read “Mission,” not Misson.
That in itself was a tough look. To spell his name wrong while trying to tell him how important he is to the program is a slap in the face.
And Louisville made it so much worse.
Its social media team posted on X to honor the “three seniors who go beyond the court.” In doing so, it photoshopped the typo on Misson’s jersey. The extra “i” was removed from the jersey and the plaque.
They thought that nobody would notice but they were wrong!
To be fair, removing the “i” before posting a photo was actually the right thing to do. It would have been wrong to post “Chris Misson” in the caption with “Mission” on the jersey.
All of this could have been avoided if the jersey was spelled correctly in the first place, but perhaps there was a different way to post on social media. Maybe the Cardinals could have used a different picture that did not feature a misspelled jersey?