Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
| Louisville Cardinals | ||||
 2011–12 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team |
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| University | University of Louisville | |||
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| First season | 1911 | |||
| All-time record | 1653-861 (.658) | |||
| Conference | Big East | |||
| Location | Louisville, KY | |||
| Head coach | Rick Pitino (11th year) | |||
| Arena | KFC Yum! Center (Capacity: 22,000) |
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| Nickname | Cardinals | |||
| Colors | Red and Black
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| NCAA Tournament champions | ||||
| 1980, 1986 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2005 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1997, 2005, 2008, 2009 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1959, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2008, 2009 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1951, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1928, 1929, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2009 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2009 | ||||
The Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program representing the University of Louisville in the Big East Conference of NCAA Division I. It is the 18th winningest college basketball team in NCAA Division I history with the 9th best winning percentage.[1]
The Cardinals have won two NCAA championships (1980, 1986) and been to eight Final Fours (7th all time) in 37 NCAA tournament appearances (5th all time) while compiling 60 tournament wins (6th all time). [2]
Louisville basketball has been named the seventh best all-time basketball program by Street and Smith's, The Sporting News, and CBS Sportsline and are currently coached by Rick Pitino.
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[edit] History
[edit] Notable Achievements
As of the end of the 2010-11 season, Louisville had an all-time 1632–854 record in 96 seasons of intercollegiate basketball ranking 18th in all-time victories and 9th in all-time winning percentage among NCAA division I schools. From 1944 to 1990 Louisville had 46 straight winning seasons (1st all-time), winning 20 or more games on 31 occasions during that period. The Cardinals have been ranked on 523 occasions in the AP poll (current 1/23/12), sixth most all-time.[3]
Louisville has made 37 NCAA Tournament appearances (5th all-time) and 14 NIT appearances. The Cardinals have reached the NCAA Tournament 24 of the last 31 years (six of the last nine years, 12 of last 16). The Cards have reached the Sweet 16 on 23 occasions. Louisville is sixth in tournament victories (60) with a 60–39 overall NCAA Tournament record, reaching the Final Four eight times.
Louisville is the only school in the nation to have claimed the championship of three major national post-season tournaments including the 1948 NAIB championship, the 1956 NIT title and the 1980 and 1986 NCAA championships.
[edit] "Peck" Hickman era (1944-1967)
Bernard "Peck" Hickman's 1944 team finished with a 16-3 record and started a string of 46 consecutive winning seasons (1st all-time) for the Cardinals.[4]
Hickman led Louisville to their first championship on a national level by winning the NAIB Tournament in 1948.[5] In 1956, his team headed by All American Charlie Tyra won the NIT Championship.[6] In 1959 he lead Louisville to its first NCAA FInal Four appearance.
The Cardinals never had a losing season in Hickman's 23 seasons as head coach.[7] He coached eleven 20 win teams, appeared in 5 NCAA tournaments, coached 6 NIT appearances and finished with a 443-183 overall record, a .708 winning percentage that ranks him in the top 45 all time.
[edit] John Dromo (1967-71)
John Dromo was Hickman's assistant for 17 years and succeeded him at head coach in 1967. In four seasons as coach Dromo lead the Cardinals to a 68-23 record (.747 winning percentage) and won the 1967 Missouri Valley Conference title.
A heart attack durning the 1970-71 season forced Dromo to retire. His assistant, Howard Stacey, was named interim head coach for the final 20 games of the season.[8]
[edit] Denny Crum era (1971-2001)
Denny Crum was hired as head coach from his alma mater, UCLA, where he was assistant coach to John Wooden. In his first season he guided the Cardinals to the NCAA Final Four. He would go on to lead the Louisville Cardinals to six final fours (1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1986). He is fifth all-time in number of final four appearances.[9]
The Cardinals won the 1980 NCAA Tournament Championship after defeating UCLA 59–54. Six years later, Louisville would overcome Duke 72–69 for a second title. Crum is one of only eleven coaches to achieve two or more national championships.[10]He was named National Coach of the Year in 1980, 1983 and 1986.
He took the Cardinals to 23 NCAA tournaments, where they had an overall record of 43-23. While in the Metro Conference, the Cardinals won 12 regular season titles and 11 tournament championships. In its 19 years of naming a champion, the Metro had Louisville as first or second place 17 times. In 1993, he became the second fastest coach to reach 500 wins.[11]
Crum retired in 2001 with a career record of 675-295 (.696 winning percentage) over 30 seasons. He was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1994 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 2006.
[edit] Rick Pitino era (2001-present)
[edit] By the numbers
| Tradition | Number | National Rank |
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| All-time NCAA Tournaments | 37 | 5th |
| All-time NCAA Tournament Wins | 60 | 6th |
| All-time NCAA Final Fours | 8 | T-7th |
| All-time Winning Percentage | .658 | 9th |
[edit] Post-season results
[edit] National Championships
[edit] 1948 NAIB Tournament Championship
| Round | Opponent | Score |
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| First Round | South Dakota State | 63-60 |
| Sweet 16 | Emporia State | 82-66 |
| Elite 8 | Beloit | 85-76 |
| Final 4 | Xavier | 56-49 |
| Championship | Indiana State | 82-70 |
[edit] 1956 NIT Championship
| Round | Opponent | Score |
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| First Round | BYE | |
| Elite 8 | Duquesne | 84-72 |
| Final 4 | Saint Joseph's | 89-79 |
| Championship | Dayton | 93-80 |
[edit] 1980 NCAA Tournament Championship
| Round | Opponent | Score |
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| Round #1 | BYE | - |
| Round #2 | Kansas State | 71-69 OT |
| Sweet 16 | Texas A&M | 66-55 OT |
| Elite 8 | LSU | 86-66 |
| Final 4 | Iowa | 80-72 |
| Championship | UCLA | 66-55 OT |
[edit] 1986 NCAA Tournament Championship
| Round | Opponent | Score |
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| Round #1 | Drexel | 93-73 |
| Round #2 | Bradley | 82-68 |
| Sweet 16 | North Carolina | 94-79 |
| Elite 8 | Auburn | 84-76 |
| Final 4 | LSU | 88-77 |
| Championship | Duke | 72-69 |
[edit] NCAA Tournament Final Four history
- 1959-Semifinalist
- 1972-Semifinalist
- 1975-Semifinalist
- 1980-Champion
- 1982-Semifinalist
- 1983-Semifinalist
- 1986-Champion
- 2005-Semifinalist
[edit] Men's NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
[edit] NCAA Tournament seeding history
The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.
| Years → | '79 | '80 | '81 | '82 | '83 | '84 | '85 | '86 | '87 | '88 | '89 | '90 | '91 | '92 | '93 | '94 | '95 | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 |
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| Seeds→ | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | - | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | - | 7 | 7 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 4 | - | 6 | 3 | 1* | 9 | 4 |
* - Overall number one seed. The committee began ranking 1 seeds in 2004.
[edit] Regular season conference championships
The Cardinals have won 21 conference regular season championships and 16 conference tournament championships.
They have belonged to the Big East Conference since the 2005–06 season. Before that, they belonged to the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from the 1925–26 to 1947–48 seasons, the Ohio Valley Conference for the 1948–49 season, the Missouri Valley Conference from 1964–65 to 1974–75, the Metro Conference from 1975–76 to 1994-95, and Conference USA from 1995-96 to 2004-05.
They played as an independent school from 1911-12 to 1924-25 and from 1949-50 to 1963-64 (29 total seasons).
Missouri Valley Conference (7)
- 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 [12]
Metro Conference (12)
- 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994 [13]
Conference USA (1)
- 2005
Big East Conference (1)
- 2009
[edit] Conference tournament championships
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament (2)
- 1928, 1929
Metro Conference Tournament (11)
- 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995 [14]
- 2003, 2005.
Big East Conference Tournament (1)
[edit] Season by Season Results
The following is according to Louisville's 2011-12 media guide[15] plus the results from the Louisville Athletics web site as of 01-28-12.[16]
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| 1911-12 | William Gardiner | 0-3 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1912-13 | Captains | 2-3 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1913-14 | Captains | 2-6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1914-15 | Captains | 4-5 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1915-16 | Ed Bowman | 8-3 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1916-17 | No Formal Team | Season cancelled | — | — | World War I | ||||
| 1917-18 | Ed Bowman | 3-4 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1918-19 | Earl Ford | 7-4 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1919-20 | Tuley Brucker | 6-5 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1920-21 | Jimmie Powers | 3-8 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1921-22 | John T. O'Rouke | 1-13 | — | — | — | ||||
| No Team (World War I) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922-23 | No Formal Team | Season cancelled | — | — | — | ||||
| Fred Enke (KIAC & SIAA) (1923–1925) | |||||||||
| 1923-24 | Fred Enke | 4-13 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1924-25 | Fred Enke | 10-7 | — | — | — | ||||
| Fred Enke: | 14-20 | ||||||||
| Tom King (KIAC& SIAA) (1925–1930) | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Tom King | 4-8 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1926-27 | Tom King | 7-5 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1927-28 | Tom King | 12-4 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Champion | ||||
| 1928-29 | Tom King | 12-8 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Champion | ||||
| 1929-30 | Tom King | 9-6 | — | — | KIAC and SIAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| Tom King: | 44-21 | ||||||||
| Edward Weber (KIAC & SIAA) (1930–1932) | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Edward Weber | 5-11 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1931-32 | Edward Weber | 15-7 | — | — | KIAC and SIAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| Edward Weber: | 20-`18 | ||||||||
| C.V. Money ( KIAC & SIAA) (1932–1936) | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | C.V. Money | 11-11 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1933-34 | C.V. Money | 16-9 | — | — | KIAC and SIAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1934-35 | C.V. Money | 5-9 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1935-36 | C.V. Money | 14-11 | — | — | KIAC and SIAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| C.V. Money: | 46-40 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Apitz ( KIAC & SIAA) (–present) | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Lawrence Apitz | 4-8 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1937-38 | Lawrence Apitz | 4-11 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1938-39 | Lawrence Apitz | 1-15 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1939-40 | Lawrence Apitz | 1-18 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| Lawrence Apitz: | 10-52 | ||||||||
| John C. Heldman, Jr. ( KIAC & SIAA) (1940–1942) | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | John C. Heldman, Jr. | 2-14 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1941-42 | John C. Heldman, Jr. | 7-10 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| John C. Heldman, Jr.: | 9-24 | ||||||||
| No Team (World War II) (1942–1943) | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | No Formal Team | Season cancelled | — | — | — | ||||
| Harold Church and Walter Casey ( KIAC ) (1943–1944) | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Harold Church and Walter Casey |
10-10 | — | — | — | ||||
| Harold Church and Walter Casey: | 10-10 | ||||||||
| Bernard Hickman ( KIAC ) (1944–1948) | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Bernard Hickman | 16-3 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1945-46 | Bernard Hickman | 22-6 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1946-47 | Bernard Hickman | 17-6 | — | — | KIAC Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1947-48 | Bernard Hickman | 29-6 | — | — | NAIB Champion Olympic Trials Participant |
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| Bernard Hickman (Independent) (1948–1964) | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Bernard Hickman | 23-10 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1949-50 | Bernard Hickman | 21-11 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1950-51 | Bernard Hickman | 19-7 | — | — | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1951-52 | Bernard Hickman | 20-6 | — | — | NIT Participant | ||||
| 1952-53 | Bernard Hickman | 22-6 | — | — | NIT Elite Eight | ||||
| 1953-54 | Bernard Hickman | 22-7 | — | — | NIT Participant | ||||
| 1954-55 | Bernard Hickman | 19-8 | — | — | NIT Elite Eight | ||||
| 1955-56 | Bernard Hickman | 26-3 | — | — | NIT Champion | ||||
| 1956-57 | Bernard Hickman | 21-5 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1957-58 | Bernard Hickman | 13-12 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1958-59 | Bernard Hickman | 19-12 | — | — | NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1959-60 | Bernard Hickman | 15-11 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1960-61 | Bernard Hickman | 21-8 | — | — | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1961-62 | Bernard Hickman | 15-10 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1962-63 | Bernard Hickman | 14-11 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1963-64 | Bernard Hickman | 15-10 | — | — | NCAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| Bernard Hickman (Missouri Valley Conference) (1964–1967) | |||||||||
| 1964-65 | Bernard Hickman | 15-10 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1965-66 | Bernard Hickman | 16-10 | 8-6 | 4 | NIT Participant | ||||
| 1966-67 | Bernard Hickman | 23-5 | 12-2 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| Bernard Hickman: | 443-183 | ||||||||
| John Dromo – Missouri Valley Conference (1967–1971) | |||||||||
| 1967-68 | John Dromo | 21-7 | 14-2 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1968-69 | John Dromo | 21-6 | 13-3 | 2 | NIT Elite Eight | ||||
| 1969-70 | John Dromo | 18-9 | 11-5 | 3 | NIT Participant | ||||
| 1970-71 | John Dromo and Howard Stacey |
20-9 | 9-5 | T-1 | NIT Participant | ||||
| John Dromo: | 68-23 | 38-10 | |||||||
| Howard Stacey: | 12-8 | 9-5 | |||||||
| Denny Crum – Missouri Valley Conference (1971–1975) | |||||||||
| 1971-72 | Denny Crum | 26-5 | 12-2 | T-1 | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| 1972-73 | Denny Crum | 23-7 | 11-3 | 2 | NIT Elite Eight | ||||
| 1973-74 | Denny Crum | 21-7 | 11-1 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1974-75 | Denny Crum | 28-3 | 12-2 | 1 | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| Denny Crum – Metro Conference (1975–1996) | |||||||||
| 1975-76 | Denny Crum | 20-8 | 2-2 | 2 | NIT Elite Eight | ||||
| 1976-77 | Denny Crum | 21-7 | 6-1 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| 1977-78 | Denny Crum | 23-7 | 9-3 | 2 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1978-79 | Denny Crum | 24-8 | 9-1 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1979-80 | Denny Crum | 33-3 | 12-0 | 1 | NCAA Champion | ||||
| 1980-81 | Denny Crum | 21-9 | 11-1 | 1 | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round | ||||
| 1981-82 | Denny Crum | 23-10 | 8-4 | 2 | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| 1982-83 | Denny Crum | 32-4 | 12-0 | 1 | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| 1983-84 | Denny Crum | 24-11 | 11-3 | T-1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1984-85 | Denny Crum | 19-18 | 6-8 | T-4th | NIT Final Four | ||||
| 1985-86 | Denny Crum | 32-7 | 10-2 | 1 | NCAA Champion | ||||
| 1986-87 | Denny Crum | 18-14 | 9-3 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1987-88 | Denny Crum | 24-11 | 9-3 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1988-89 | Denny Crum | 24-9 | 8-4 | T-2 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1989-90 | Denny Crum | 27-8 | 12-2 | 1 | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round | ||||
| 1990-91 | Denny Crum | 14-16 | 4-10 | 8 | — | ||||
| 1991-92 | Denny Crum | 19-11 | 7-5 | T-2 | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round | ||||
| 1992-93 | Denny Crum | 22-9 | 11-1 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1993-94 | Denny Crum | 28-6 | 10-2 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1994-95 | Denny Crum | 19-14 | 7-5 | T-2 | NCAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| Denny Crum – Conference USA (1996–2001) | |||||||||
| 1995-96 | Denny Crum | 22-12 | 10-4 | T-3 | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1996-97 | Denny Crum | 26-9 | 9-5 | T-5 | NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1997-98 | Denny Crum | 12-20 | 9-5 | 5 (American Division) | — | ||||
| 1998-99 | Denny Crum | 19-11 | 11-5 | 2 (American) | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round | ||||
| 1999-2000 | Denny Crum | 19-12 | 10-6 | 2 (American) | NCAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| 2000-01 | Denny Crum | 12-19 | 8-8 | T-5 (American) | — | ||||
| Denny Crum: | 675-295 | ||||||||
| Rick Pitino (Conference USA) (2001–2005) | |||||||||
| 2001-02 | Rick Pitino | 19-13 | 8-8 | 5 (American) | NIT Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2002-03 | Rick Pitino | 25-7 | 11-5 | 2 (American) | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round | ||||
| 2003-04 | Rick Pitino | 20-10 | 9-7 | T-6 | NCAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| 2004-05 | Rick Pitino | 33-5 | 14-2 | 1 | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| Rick Pitino – Big East (2005–present) | |||||||||
| 2005-06 | Rick Pitino | 21-13 | 6-10 | 11 | NIT Final Four | ||||
| 2006-07 | Rick Pitino | 24-10 | 12-4 | 2 | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round | ||||
| 2007-08 | Rick Pitino | 27-9 | 14-4 | 2 | NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 2008-09 | Rick Pitino | 31-6 | 16-2 | 1 | NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 2009-10 | Rick Pitino | 20-13 | 11-7 | 2 | NCAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| 2010-11 | Rick Pitino | 25-10 | 12-6 | 4 | NCAA Tournament Participant | ||||
| 2011-12 | Rick Pitino | 21-7 | 9-6 | - | |||||
| Rick Pitino: | 266-103 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1653-861 | ||||||||
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KIAC – Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
SIAA – Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
NAIB - National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball
NAIA – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics was NAIB until 1952 when they picked up other sports.[17]
NIT – National Invitation Tournament
NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association
[edit] Notable Cardinals
[edit] All-Americans
Nineteen Louisville players have earned 23 All American selections. 6 players received 7 consensus All-American selections.[18] [19]
[edit] Consensus selections
- 1957- Charlie Tyra
- 1967- Wes Unseld
- 1968- Wes Unseld
- 1972- Jim Price
- 1980- Darrell Griffith
- 1989- Pervis Ellison
- 1994- Clifford Rozier
[edit] Other selections
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[edit] National Player of the Year Awards
- 1980 - Darrell Griffith (John R. Wooden Award)
[edit] Retired numbers
| Retired numbers | ||
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| Number | Player | Years |
| 8 | Charlie Tyra | 1954-57 |
| 31 | Wes Unseld | 1966-68 |
| 35 | Darrell Griffith | 1977-80 |
| 42 | Pervis Ellison | 1986-89 |
Louisville basketball has honored four former players by retiring their numbers. These are the last players to wear these numbers for a Louisville men's squad.
- Charlie Tyra #8 - A Louisville native, the two time All-American Tyra lead the Cardinals to the 1956 NIT Championship and was named the tournament's MVP. He scored 1728 points and pulled down a Louisville record 1617 rebounds in his career. His 645 rebounds in the 1955-56 season still ranks as the 4th most in NCAA season history.[20] He holds the Louisville record for most rebounds in a game (38), is second in career rebound average (17.0), third in free-throws made (448), fourth in scoring average (18.7), and eighth in scoring (1728) and field goals made (640).[21] He was drafted #2 by in the Detroit Pistons in the 1957 NBA Draft.
- Wes Unseld #31 - A two time consensus first team All-American from Louisville, KY, Unseld holds the highest scoring (20.6) and rebounding (18.9) averages at Louisville. His 3 year career total of 1686 points is 10th best, and his 1551 rebounds ranks second all time at Louisville. He holds the single game scoring record of 45 points against Georgetown College (Kentucky).[22] He was drafted #2 by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1968 NBA Draft.
- Darrell Griffith #35 - The 1980 Player of the Year and consensus first team All-American he lead Louisville to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances winning the 1980 Championship as he had promised when he committed to his hometown Cardinals. Griffith's career 2333 points and single season 825 points rank first in Louisville history. He scored in double figures in 41 straight games and 111 of his 126 games with the Cardinals. His play earned him the nickname "Dr. Dunkenstein".[23] He was drafted #2 by the Utah Jazz in the 1980 NBA Draft.
- Pervis Ellison #42 - Ellison won the 1986 NCAA Tournament MOP award after leading the Cardinals to their second NCAA Tournament Championship. A consensus first team All-American in 1989, he is the only Louisville player to score 2000 points and grab 1000 rebounds in a career. His 374 career rejections rank first at Louisville and ranked Ellison 3rd all time in the NCAA when he left in 1989. He was drafted #1 by the Sacramento Kings in the 1989 NBA Draft.
[edit] Honored Jerseys
Louisville has honored the jerseys of 20 former players. Their numbers remain active.
| Honored Jerseys | |||
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| Number | Player | Position | Years |
| 14 | Alfred "Butch" Beard | Guard | 1966-69 |
| 10 | Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman | Guard/Forward | 1972-75 |
| 16 | Jack Coleman | Forward/Center | 1946-49 |
| 24 | Don Goldstein | Forward | 1956-59 |
| 4 | Lancaster Gordon | Guard | 1980-84 |
| 13 | George Hauptfuhrer | Center | 1944-46 |
| 20 | Bob Lochmueller | Forward | 1949-52 |
| 22 | Rodney McCray | Forward/Center | 1979-83 |
| 12 | Jim Morgan | Guard | 1953-57 |
| 20 | Allen Murphy | Guard/Forward | 1972-75 |
| 16 | Chuck Noble | Forward/Guard | 1950-54 |
| 13 | Bud Olsen | Center | 1959-62 |
| 15 | Jim Price | Guard | 1969-72 |
| 13 | Kenny Reeves | Guard | 1946-50 |
| 9 | Phil Rollins | Guard | 1952-56 |
| 43 | Derek Smith | Guard/Forward | 1978-82 |
| 55 | Billy Thompson | Forward | 1982-86 |
| 22 | John Turner | Forward | 1958-61 |
| 20 | Milt Wagner | Guard | 1981-86 |
| 32 | DeJuan Wheat | Guard | 1993-97 |
[edit] 1000 point scorers
As of March 2011[update], Louisville has 63 1000-point career scorers, tied with North Carolina for most all time.[24]
[edit] Cardinals in the pros
The Cardinals have had 59 players taken in the NBA Draft, the most recent being Earl Clark and Terrence Williams, who were chosen in the first round in the 2009 NBA Draft. As of December 2010, at least 15 former Cardinal players are playing professional basketball, with four of those ( Earl Clark, Francisco García, Samardo Samuels, and Terrence Williams) currently playing in the NBA. Reece Gaines and Dwayne Morton have previously played in the NBA, but are now playing in international leagues.
* – player has been drafted by the listed team but has not yet played professionally.
Several other former players have played in the NBA, including:
- Butch Beard
- Junior Bridgeman
- Jack Coleman
- Wesley Cox
- "Never Nervous" Pervis Ellison
- Lancaster Gordon
- Darrell Griffith
- Rodney McCray
- Scooter McCray
- Greg Minor
- Dwayne Morton
- Kenny Payne
- Jim Price
- Clifford Rozier
- Derek Smith
- LaBradford Smith
- Felton Spencer
- Barry Sumpter
- Billy Thompson
- Charlie Tyra
- Wes Unseld
- Milt Wagner
- Samaki Walker
- Rick Wilson
[edit] Cardinals in the Hall of Fame
Louisville has two representatives in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Cardinal All-American and former Washington Bullets All-Star Wes Unseld, who was inducted in 1988, and former coach Denny Crum, who was inducted in 1994.
[edit] Facilities
[edit] Home Courts
[edit] KFC Yum! Center (2010-Present)
Since the 2010-11 season the Cardinals have played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center located along the banks of the Ohio River is downtown Louisville. Louisville has a 34-5 record (.871 winning percentage) in just over 1 season in the KFC Yum! Center. (current 02-13-12)
The facility has a seating capacity of 22,000 with 71 suites and 62 loge boxes.[29] Louisville ranked among the top 3 in attendance in the first season at the KFC Yum! Center. [30] The attendance record of 22,803 was set on December 31, 2010 in a loss to #10 Kentucky.
The playing surface at the KFC Yum! Center is named Denny Crum Court in honor of Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum.
[edit] Freedom Hall (1956-2010)
From 1956 to the completion of the KFC Yum! Center in 2010, the Cardinals played their home games at Freedom Hall. Louisville had a 664–136 record in 54 seasons in Freedom Hall (.83 winning percentage). Freedom Hall has been the site of six NCAA Final Fours, four additional NCAA events and 10 conference tournaments. ESPN College Basketball magazine once named Freedom Hall as the nation’s "Best Playing Floor."
Louisville ranked among the top 10 nationally in average home attendance at Freedom Hall for 31 years, including the last 28 in the nation's top five (19,397 in '09-10, third in the nation). In 2010, a new Freedom Hall attendance record was set when 20,135 fans witnessed the Cardinals defeat the #1 ranked Syracuse Orange in the final University of Louisville game in the arena.[31]
[edit] Jefferson County Armory (1945-55)
[edit] Belknap Gymnasium (1931-44)
After playing home games at numerous venues in it's early years, the Cardinals moved to the newly constructed Belknap Gymnasium in 1931. The gym housed 600 bleacher seats and the baskets were mounted directly to the wall. Louisville compiled a 56-35 (.615 winning percentage) before moving to the Jefferson County Armory. The gym was razed in 1993 to make way for Lutz Hall.[32]
[edit] Practice Facilities
[edit] The Yum! Center (2007-present)
Since 2007 the Cardinals have practiced at the $15.2 million, 60,000-square-feet Yum! Center on Louisville's campus. The Yum! Center houses the teams basketball offices, practice facilities, film room and training areas.
[edit] Crawford Gymnasium
[edit] See also
- Louisville Cardinals
- Louisville - Kentucky Rivalry
- Big East Conference
- Big East Conference rivalries
- List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins
[edit] References
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