LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After learning last fall that the Louisville men's basketball program had inked a multi-year deal with the Players Era Festival, we now know some additional details regarding the Cardinals' first appearance in the event for this upcoming season. On Thursday , ESPN announced that they had reached a multi-year agreement with the multi-team event to be their exclusive broadcast partner. Now known as the Players Era Men's Championship, the MTE has expanded from 18 teams in last year's field, to 24 for the 2026 iteration. The event has shifted formats from pool play style to a more traditional bracket style, and the 24 participants will be split into two separate tournaments. The week of Nov. 16 will feature the "Players Era 8," with Auburn, Florida, Houston, Kansas, Notre Dame, Rutgers, UNLV and West Virginia making up the field. During the week of Nov. 23, which is Thanksgiving Week, is when the "Players Era 16" - the field in which Louisville was assigned to - will take place.…