Bape x Louisville Cardinals Ugly Christmas Sweater Red Black Knit Pullover Baby Milo Basketball Pattern 502 Holiday Winter Xmas Unisex

Bape x Louisville Cardinals Ugly Christmas Sweater Red Black Knit Pullover Baby Milo Basketball Pattern 502 Holiday Winter Xmas Unisex

This exclusive Bape x Louisville Cardinals ugly Christmas sweater merges Japanese streetwear icon A Bathing Ape’s signature aesthetic with the resurgent legacy of the University of Louisville Cardinals men’s basketball program, which is currently ranked #6 nationally with a perfect 4-0 start to the 2025-26 season under second-year head coach Pat Kelsey, including an impressive 74-64 victory over Cincinnati at The Hoops Classic on November 21, 2025, where freshman sensation Mikel Brown Jr. posted 22 points, six assists, five rebounds, and three steals while Ryan Conwell led all scorers with 25 points and five three-pointers. The unisex knit pullover features the iconic red and black Louisville colors with Baby Milo—Bape’s beloved mascot character—wearing a jersey with “502” (Louisville’s area code that has become synonymous with Cardinal pride and local identity, famously tattooed by top recruits as a symbol of loyalty to the city) alongside the Cardinals’ fierce bird mascot, incorporating basketball motifs, “L” lettering, Bape head logos, and holiday patterns including snowflakes. After taking over a program that won just 12 games in the previous two seasons and hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2018, Kelsey engineered the “ReVILLE” in his first year (2024-25), leading the Cardinals to a remarkable 27-8 record with an 18-2 ACC mark (tied for second place), their first NCAA Tournament appearance since the pandemic, a top-10 national ranking, and signature victories over #9 Michigan State, #12 North Carolina, and #11 Virginia Tech before falling to #3 Duke 73-62 in the ACC Championship Game. This holiday sweater celebrates Louisville’s storied basketball heritage as a two-time NCAA champion (1980 under Denny Crum and 1986), eight-time Final Four participant (with 10 total appearances including vacated years), and six-time national tournament victory leader (75 wins, 75-41 all-time record) playing at the 22,000-seat KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, with legendary figures including Hall of Fame coaches Denny Crum and Rick Pitino, and iconic players like Darrell Griffith, Wes Unseld, Pervis Ellison, and Donovan Mitchell defining Cardinal excellence over decades. As the 2025-26 Cardinals prepare for their November rematch against rival Kentucky, a grueling ACC schedule featuring two games against top-ranked Duke (home January, road late January), and aspirations for a deeper postseason run beyond last year’s first-round NCAA Tournament exit, this Bape collaboration represents the intersection of Japanese streetwear innovation and Louisville basketball pride, with the “502” prominently displayed as both an area code and a cultural marker that unites Cardinals fans, athletes, and the local community in their collective identity.

Product Details:

• Comfortable and versatile, this sweater is perfect on its own or as a layer under a blazer or jacket.
• This casual wardrobe-essential comes in a lightweight fabric perfect for comfortable everyday wear.
• Suitable for special occasions such as Christmas, birthday, celebration, housewarming gift.
• Material: Polyester and spandex is used to react to your body’s temperature, thus keeping you warm in the Winter.
• Dye-sublimation printing.
• For all ages.
• EU warranty – 2 years.

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