Louisville Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,000 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red & Black TOUGH. TOGETHER. UNBREAKABLE. Conference Atlantic Coast 1980, 1986 NCAA Champions  8 NCAA Final Fours  38 NCAA Tournament Appearances Home Court KFC Yum! Center (22,000) Sports Information  University of Louisville  Louisville, KY 40292  www.GoCards.com President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Phone: (502) 852-6581  email: [email protected]  Twitter/Instagram: @LouisvilleMBB Vice President/Director of Athletics Head Coach Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92) Exhibition Game UofL Record first year vs. Overall Record 215-97 (9 years) Bellarmine Knights Assistant Coach (Ohio U. ’81) Sunday, Oct. 28  2:02 p.m. ET  KFC Yum! Center  Louisville, Ky. Assistant Coach Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07) Assistant Coach (Delaware ‘00) PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS Dir. of Basketball Operations Kahil Fennell (Redlands ‘04) Louisville (22-14, 9-9 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,702-912 (104 yrs.) F 13 V.J. KING 6-6 215 Jr. 8.6 3.3 Cleveland, Ohio (does not include 123-3 record vacated by NCAA) F 33 Jordan NWORA 6-7 225 So. 5.7 2.2 Buffalo, N.Y. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 61-40 C 23 6-10 260 Jr. 3.4 2.3 Norwalk, Conn. (38 Appearances, 8 Final Fours, 2 NCAA Titles - ‘80, ‘86) G 1 Christen CUNNINGHAM 6-2 190 Gr. 7.7 2.9 Georgetown, Ky. Important Phone Numbers G 2 Darius PERRY 6-2 195 So. 3.9 1.2 Marietta, Ga.

Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 Stats are from each player’s last season Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Bellarmine (29-3, 16-2 GLVC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 4 Ben WEYER 6-7 220 Jr. 8.7 4.0 Ft. Thomas, Ky. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 11 Alex COOK 6-7 205 Jr. 11.8 5.0 Louisville, Ky. F 22 Chivarsky CORBETT 6-7 215 Sr. 8.3 4.0 Tampa, Fla. 2018-19 Schedule / Results F 41 Adam EBERHARD 6-8 210 Sr. 14.3 7.0 Evansville, Ind. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 12 Daniel RAMSER 6-5 195 Sr. 4.5 3.0 Louisville, Ky. October / Result

G 14 Tyler JENKINS 6-2 180 Sr. 4.5 3.0 Indianapolis, Ind. Five from these six Sun. 28 BELLARMINE ~ ...... ACCN 2:00 p.m. Head Coach: Scott Davenport (Louisville ‘78) 316-96 in 14th season at Bellarmine and overall. November Sat. 3 SIMMONS (Ky.) ~ ...... ACCN 7:00 p.m. Louisville will play its first game of the CARD FILE Thur. 8 NICHOLLS STATE ...... ACCN 7:00 p.m. 2018-19 season against outside competition Tues. 13 SOUTHERN + ...... ACCN 7:00 p.m. as the Cardinals face the Bellarmine Knights  Louisville has won its last 34 straight in- Fri. 16 VERMONT + ...... ACCN 7:00 p.m. in an exhibition game on Sunday. UofL tuned season exhibition games, a span stretching the Wed. 21 Tennessee # ...... ESPN2 5:00 p.m. up with a public intrasquad scrimmage on last 17 years (since 2001). The Cardinals last Fri. 23 Kansas or Marquette # ...... ESPN2 7 or 9 p.m. Oct. 21 won 55-41 by the White squad in a full dropped an exhibition game on Dec. 2, 2000 Tues. 27 MICHIGAN STATE ^ ...... ESPN 7:30 p.m. when falling 87-86 in double overtime to a December half plus a 10 minute running clock second Global Sports team in Freedom Hall. Sat. 1 at Seton Hall ...... FOX Noon half. Coached by UofL graduate and former Wed. 5 CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...... ACCN 7:00 p.m. Cardinal assistant coach Scott Davenport,  Louisville will face one of the nation’s most Sat. 8 at Indiana ...... FOX 2:30 p.m. Bellarmine is ranked as the nation’s top difficult schedules this season, with 11 possible Wed. 12 LIPSCOMB ...... RSN 7:00 p.m. team by the Division II Bulletin and is No. 2 opponents ranked among the preseason AP Top Sat. 15 KENT STATE ...... RSN 4:00 p.m. preseason by Street & Smith’s. UofL, which 25, including seven of the top 10 teams. Over Fri. 21 ROBERT MORRIS ...... ACCN 7:00 p.m. posted a 22-14 record last season, is entering half of the Cardinals’ games -- 17 of 31 -- will Sat. 29 KENTUCKY ...... ESPN2 2:00 p.m. a new era under the direction of Coach Chris be played against teams in the AP Top 25 or January among those receiving votes in the preseason Sun. 6 MIAMI...... ESPNU 6:00 p.m. Mack, who guided Xavier to a 215-97 record and eight NCAA Tournament appearances in nine poll. UofL’s schedule has been among the top Wed. 9 at Pittsburgh ...... Raycom/WAVE 8:00 p.m. 16 toughest by the RPI in nine of the past 11 Sat. 12 at North Carolina ESPN or ESPN2 Noon seasons. Wed. 16 BOSTON COLLEGE ...... RSN 7:00 p.m. seasons (10th-toughest last year). Sat. 19 at Georgia Tech ...Raycom/WHAS 4:00 p.m. GAME FACTS  V.J. King is the Cardinals’ leading returning Thur. 24 NC STATE ...... Raycom/WAVE 8:00 p.m. scorer and lone returning starter, averaging 8.6 Sat. 26 PITTSBURGH ....Raycom/WHAS 2:00 p.m. Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, points and 3.3 rebounds a year ago. The two- Wed. 30 at Wake Forest .....Raycom/WAVE 8:00 p.m. Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (131-21 in 8th year) time All-ACC Academic Team selection scoring February Television: ACC Network Extra (available in double figures in 14 games last year. King Sat. 2 NORTH CAROLINA .ESPN/ESPN2 2/4/6 p.m. to authenticated subscribers of ESPN on the and Christen Cunningham were elected team Mon. 4 at Virginia Tech ...... ESPN 7:00 p.m. Watch ESPN app) Kent Taylor, play-by-play; co-captains by a vote of their teammates. Sat. 9 at Florida State ....ESPN/ESPN2/U 4:00 p.m. Jody Demling, analyst.  Louisville’s Nov. 8 season opener vs. Nicholls Tues. 12 DUKE ...... ESPN or ESPN2 9:00 p.m. Radio: Radio: WHAS (WHAS, 840 AM) State will be the earliest season opener in UofL Sat. 16 CLEMSON ...... ESPN/ESPN2/U Noon Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, Wed. 20 at Syracuse ...... ESPN 7:00 p.m. history. UofL’s 2013-14 opener vs. College of Sat. 23 VIRGINIA ...... Raycom/WHAS Noon analyst (game not available on Sirius XM) Charleston on Nov. 9 had been the earliest. Wed. 27 at Boston College ...... RSN 9:00 p.m. Series History: UofL leads 12-0 (regular  Louisville is one of just four schools which March season games; UofL leads 8-0 in exhibitions) have won 20 or more games in each of the last Sun. 3 NOTRE DAME ...... CBS 1:30 p.m. Last Meeting: UofL 72, Bellarmine 57 16 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga). Sat. 9 at Virginia ...... ESPN or ESPN2 4/6/8 p.m. (exhibition/Nov. 7, 2017 at KFC Yum! Center)  UofL’s academic performance has been Tues. 12- at ACC Tournament ...... TBA TBA Officials: Bert Smith, Bart Lenox, impressive, as the team has posted a collective Sat. 16 (Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC) Alfred Smith 3.0 or better grade point average in 19 of the last ~ exhibition game + NIT Season Tip-Off, Louisville, KY Next UofL Game: Nov. 3 vs. Simmons College 20 semesters. UofL has placed an ACC-best 25 # NIT Season Tip-Off, Brooklyn, NY of Kentucky, KFC Yum! Center, 7 p.m. ET Cardinals to the All-ACC Academic Team over * ACC/Big 10 Challenge, Louisville, KY (ACC Network Extra) the last four year Bellarmine at Louisville (exhibition) -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581

 Cards Begin New Era with Chris Mack — UofL began a new era when it named Chris Mack CARD FILE as its new head men’s basketball coach on March 28. In nine seasons as the head coach at Xavier, Mack guided the Musketeers to a 215-97 record and eight NCAA Tournament appearances (the last  Louisville has finished among the nation’s Top five straight years), including reaching the Sweet 16 on four occasions and the Elite Eight in 2017. 25 teams in seven of the last eight years. Louisville His teams won or shared three conference regular season championships while compiling a 105-49 has been ranked on 624 occasions in the Associate league record over nine seasons in the Big East and Atlantic 10. Among active coaches, Mack’s Press poll, sixth all-time. .689 winning percentage as a head coach ranks him 19th in the nation and his 215 victories are tied  Louisville has 75 NBA Draft selections, includ- for the 11th-most ever amassed by a coach in their first nine seasons. ing eight in the last six years (Ray Spalding the His most recent 2017-18 squad achieved a 29-6 record, won Xavier’s first latest in 2018 as the 56th overall pick). Former regular season championship and earned the school’s first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA UofL and current Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell Tournament. Mack was honored as the 2018 Big East Coach of the Year, NABC District 5 Coach was the 2018 NBA Dunk Contest winner and was of the Year, and he became the all-time coaching wins leader with the Musketeers. Xavier finished runner-up for the NBA Rookie of the Year. third in the final Associated Press poll – its highest ever ranking -- and last year’s team was one  Louisville is the only school in the nation to short of the school record for victories. have players drafted in both the last five NBA drafts Mack’s contract with the Cardinals will be for seven years, extending through the 2024-25 and NFL drafts. season. He will be just the fourth head coach to guide the Cardinals in the last 48 years, following  Louisville has been the highest rated television (1971-2001), (2001-17) and (2017-18). Mack is the 21st market for for the last 16 years.  head coach in Louisville’s 104-year history and the seventh in the past 73 years. Louisville was fourth in the nation in blocked shots (6.0 bpg) last season and ranked 35th in  Cards Have 16 Straight 20-Win Seasons — Louisville is one of four Division I schools in percentage defense (.413). the nation which has won 20 or more games in each of the past 16 seasons. Reaching 20 victories  Louisville is one of just four schools which have last season and extending their streaks are Kansas (29), Duke (22), Gonzaga (20) and Louisville won 20 or more games on the court in each of the (16). UofL has won at least 19 games in 44 of the last 48 years. However, the NCAA Committee on last 16 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga). Infractions’ vacation of 123 victories in four of those years (2011-15) negates the official results. However, the NCAA Committee on Infractions’ King Lone Returning Starter — While the Cardinals return eight letterman from last year’s vacation of 123 victories in four of those years 22-14 unit, junior V.J. King is the Cardinals’ lone returning starter. King was a starter at shooting (2011-15) negates the official results. guard in all 36 games for the Cardinals last season, scoring in double figures in 14 games, including  Louisville has attracted over three million seven of the last 16 and nine of the last 20. A two-time All-ACC Academic Men’s Basketball Team fans in its first eight years in the spectacular KFC selection, King was fourth on the team in scoring with an 8.6 average and was sixth on the team Yum! Center. The Cardinals have ranked in the in three-point field goal percentage (.320). He scored a season-high 17 points against Purdue and top six nationally in home attendance for the last Memphis last season and scored a career-high 24 points against Virginia as a freshman. 38 consecutive years.  Graduate Transfer Trio -- UofL bolstered its roster with three graduate transfers that have  Five Cardinals were named to the 2018 All- one year of eligibility. Christen Cunningham started all 110 games of his career at Samford, where ACC Academic Team (ACC-best 25 selections he ranks 13th on Samford’s all-time scoring list with 1,283 career points and his 514 career assists over 4 years). UofL achieved a collective 3.083 is a school record. Khwan Fore started the last two seasons at Richmond, averaging 11 points and grade-point average for the 2017 fall semester, 3.2 rebounds as a redshirt junior last year. Akoy Agau, who played his freshman year at Louisville, with nine of 14 student-athletes earning a 3.0 returns to the Cardinals after a stint at Georgetown and SMU, where he averaged 5.0 points, 3.6 or better GPA. The Cardinals have produced a rebounds last season. In addition, junior center Steven Enoch has two years to play at UofL after 3.0 or better GPA in 19 of the last 20 semesters. sitting out the 2017-18 season. Enoch averaged 3.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 12.1 minutes in 29 UofL is one of only two Division I schools in the games during the 2016-17 season for Connecticut as a sophomore. nation to have perfect men’s basketball multi-  Agau Returns -- Graduate transfer Akoy Agau made the rare move to return to the Cardinals year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in where he began his collegiate career. Agau played his freshman year at Louisville in 2013-14, four of the past five years. transferred to Georgetown in December of 2014 following the UofL fall semester, missed the entire  Over the last three years, UofL held 45 oppo- 2015-16 season after suffering an injury in preseason, played 32 games for Georgetown in 2016-17, nents under 40 percent shooting from the field, 29 and played the 2017-18 season at SMU as a graduate transfer. Last season, he averaged 5.0 points, under 36 percent and 12 under 32 percent. Over 3.6 rebounds and shot 51.2 percent from the field while appearing in 27 games for SMU. Agau has the last four seasons, Louisville has held 46 op- one season of competition available after obtaining waivers to participate and plans to work on a ponents below 60 points, including 12 below 50. master’s degree in business. An NCAA waiver was approved to extend his eligibility clock to a sixth  Louisville’s strength of schedule has been year and he obtained a transfer residency waiver so he could play immediately, since he transferred among the top 16 toughest in the nation by the twice previously. He had two medical hardship waivers approved when he was an undergraduate. RPI in nine of the past 11 years, including 10th  Nwora Gained International Experience -- Sophomore forward Jordan Nwora had a success- during the 2017-18 season. ful venture as a member of the Nigeria national team in the 2018 FIBA World Cup African Qualifiers  Louisville has participated in postseason com- June 29-July 1 in Lagos, Nigeria. In three games, Nwora tied for the average scoring lead among all petition in 48 of the last 53 years. players in the 16-team event with a 21.7 average in his three games. His 8.0 rebounding average was  Louisville is second in the nation with 68 10th in the qualifiers, his 2.3 steals per game tied for third, and his 2.7 assists ranked 16th. Nwora 1,000-point career scorers (behind North Caroli- totaled 36 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals for Nigeria in a 93-53 victory over Mali na’s 76). Junior forward V.J. King is the Cardinals’ on July 1. His 36 points is the most ever scored by a Nigerian player in a major tournament, a mark next closest current player to that plateau with 490 previously held by Ikechukwu Diogu with 31 points on two occasions. Nwora made 12-of-20 field points entering the 2018-19 season. goals in the game, including 5-of-11 from three-point range, and 7-of-8 free throws. Nwora has dual  Louisville has the largest margin of victory over citizenship with Nigeria. His father Alex, who is the head coach at Erie Community College, serves as an eventual national champion in both men’s and the head coach of the Nigerian team. women’s basketball, beating 2014 NCAA men’s A member of the 2018 All-ACC Academic Team, Nwora averaged 5.7 points and 2.2 rebounds as a champion Connecticut and 2018 women’s cham- freshman last season for the Cardinals, connecting on 43.9 percent of his three-point attempts (25- pion Notre Dame each by 33 during the regular of-57). He was named the ACC Rookie of the Week for games Feb. 5-11 when he averaged 12 points, season. Previous records were 27 points over a 3.3 rebounds and shot 59.1 percent from the field (7-of-11 threes) as the Cardinals won two of three men’s champion and 18 points over a women’s games that week. UofL was 8-1 when Nwora scored in double figures last season. champion. Bellarmine at Louisville (exhibition) -- Page 3 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581

2018-19 University of Louisville Cardinals Men’s Basketball Roster Red-White Scrimmage 10/21/18 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) White 55, Red 41 0 Akoy Agau F 6-8 240 Gr. Tr. (SMU) October 21, 2018 -- KFC YUM! CENTER 1 Christen Cunningham G 6-2 190 Gr. Tr. Georgetown, Ky. (Samford University) Red 41 2 Darius Perry G 6-2 195 So. 1L Marietta, Ga. (Wheeler HS) Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Cunningham 39 6-7 0-0 3-4 5 4 1 0 1 0 15 3 Jo Griffin G 6-1 200 So. 1L Crestwood, Ky. (South Oldham HS) Perry 40 2-8 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 Griffin 35 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Khwan Fore G 6-0 185 Gr. Tr. Huntsville, Ala. (University of Richmond) Williams 22 5-14 1-4 0-1 6 0 1 1 1 3 11 Sutton 37 3-6 1-4 0-0 5 1 2 0 2 1 7 5 Malik Williams F/C 6-11 245 So. 1L Ft. Wayne, Ind. (Snider HS) Agau 25 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 Wyatt Battaile G/F 6-4 195 Fr. HS Pikeville, Ky. (Pikeville HS) Battaile 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Team 1 12 Jacob Redding G 6-0 180 So. 1L Ft. Wayne, Ind. (Carroll HS) Totals 200 7-39 3-10 4-7 19 5 6 1 6 6 41

13 V.J. King G/F 6-6 215 Jr. 2L Cleveland, Ohio (Paul VI Catholic HS) Total FG% 1st H: 15-33 45.5% 2nd H: 2-6 33.3% Game: 43.6% 3-Pt. FG% 1st H: 3-9 33.3% 2nd H: 0-1 0.0% Game: 30.0% 14 Will Rainey * G 6-3 180 Sr. Tr. Louisville, Ky. (Spalding University) FThrow % 1st H: 2-4 50.0% 2nd H: 2-3 66.7% Game: 57.1% 23 Steven Enoch C 6-10 260 Jr. Tr. Norwalk, Conn. (Univ. of Connecticut) White 55 Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP 24 Dwayne Sutton F 6-5 215 R-Jr. 1L Louisville, Ky. (UNC Asheville) Fore 38 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 5 0 0 0 4 2 King 40 7-11 3-4 2-3 5 1 0 0 0 0 19 30 Ryan McMahon G 6-0 180 R-Jr. 2L Sarasota, Fla. (Cardinal Mooney HS) Enoch 40 5-11 0-2 0-0 8 0 2 0 1 1 10 McMahon 38 1-5 1-2 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 4 3 33 Jordan Nwora F 6-7 225 So. 1L Buffalo, N.Y. (Vermont Academy) Nwora 40 6-13 3-8 3-3 11 0 4 1 2 1 18 Redding 4 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Pronunciation Guide: Akoy Agau (uh-KOY, uh-GOW; like cow with a “G”), Battaile (BATTLE), Rainey 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enoch (EE-knock), Khwan Fore (KWAHN FOUR), Nwora (WOR-uh; silent N). *Rainey, a walk-on, will Team 0 sit out the 2018-19 season after transferring from Spalding University. Totals 200 1-43 8-18 5-6 27 7 8 1 4 10 55 Total FG% 1st H: 17-33 51.5% 2nd H: 4-10 40.0% Game: 48.8%  Cards Sixth All-Time in the Polls — Louisville has been ranked in the Associated Press poll 3-Pt. FG% 1st H: 7-15 46.7% 2nd H: 1- 3 33.3% Game: 44.4% on 624 occasions, sixth most all-time. The Cardinals had been ranked in 35 straight AP polls before FThrow % 1st H: 1- 1 100% 2nd H: 4- 5 80.0% Game: 83.3% falling out on Dec. 4, 2017 (UofL has been ranked in 96 of the last 113). UofL has been among Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 10,201 the top ten on 289 occasions, including 10 times in the 2016-17 season. Until the first three polls Red 35 6 41 Ties: 2 White 42 13 55 Lead Changes: 2 of 2014-15, the last time UofL had not been in the poll was March 5, 2012 -- a year in which UofL Red-White game was played with a regulation 20-minute first half, advanced to the Final Four. UofL has been ranked among the nation’s top 16 in the preseason poll plus a 10-minute second half with a running clock. five of the last eight years (16th last year, 13th in 2016-17, unranked in 2015-16, eighth in 2014-15, third in 2013-14, second in 2012-13, ninth in 2011-12). ‘18-19 NATIONAL RANKINGS  Cards Chosen 11th in ACC Preseason Poll — UofL was picked to finish 11th in the Atlantic Associated Press USA Today Coast Conference in 2018-19 in a preseason media 2018-19 ACC Preseason Media Poll (Oct. 21 preseason) (Oct. 21 preseason) poll with Duke as the league favorite for the second 1. Duke 9. Notre Dame 1 Kansas 1 Kansas straight year. North Carolina senior forward Luke Maye 2. Virginia 10. Miami 2 Kentucky 2 Kentucky was honored as the preseason Player of the Year while 3. North Carolina 11. Louisville 3 Gonzaga 3 Duke Duke freshman forward RJ Barrett was chosen the ACC 4. Syracuse 12. Boston College 4 Duke 4 Gonzaga Preseason Rookie of the Year. Louisville finished tied 5. Virginia Tech 13. Georgia Tech 5 Virginia 5 Virginia for ninth last season, tied for second in 2016-17 and 6. Clemson 14. Wake Forest 6 Tennessee 6 Tennessee was fourth in each of its first two years in the ACC. The 7. Florida State 15. Pittsburgh 7 Nevada 7 North Carolina 2019 New York Life ACC Tournament will be played 8. NC State 8 North Carolina 8 Villanova March 12-16 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. 9 Villanova 9 Nevada  Returning Production -- While the Cardinals miss their five departed lettermen from a year 10 Michigan State 10 Michigan State ago, over a third of their total production will return. Louisville returns 39 percent of its scoring from 11 Auburn 11 Kansas State its 2017-18 squad (1074 of 2721 points), 36 percent of its rebounding (478 of 1316), 35 percent of 12 Kansas State 12 Auburn its assists (169 of 489) and 43 percent of the total minutes played (3133 of 7300). UofL returns eight 13 West Virginia 13 West Virginia lettermen and one starter in V.J. King, the Cardinals’ leading returning scorer at 8.6 points per game 14 Oregon 14 Syracuse a year ago. Four starters departed 15 Virginia Tech 15 Florida State in All-ACC honorable mention se- Cardinals on Social Media 16 Syracuse 16 Oregon lection Ray Spalding, the 56th pick Twitter Instagram 17 Florida State 17 Virginia Tech in the 2018 NBA Draft who led Chris Mack @CoachChrisMack 18 Mississippi State 18 Michigan UofL in rebounding (8.7 per game, Akoy Agau @AkoyAgau @akoyagau 19 Michigan 19 Mississippi State 12.3 ppg); guard Quentin Snider, Wyatt Battaile @Wyatt_10 @wyatt_10 20 TCU 20 UCLA who averaged 11.8 points, a team- Christen Cunningham @yocunningham @yocunningham 21 UCLA 21 TCU high 4.0 assists and scored 1,207 Steven Enoch @StevenEnoch @stevenenoch 22 Clemson 22 Purdue points in his career; forward Deng Khwan Fore @khwanfore @khwanfore 23 LSU 23 Clemson 24 Purdue Adel, the Cardinals’ leading scorer Jo Griffin @JoGriffin @jogriffin1 24 Washington 25 Washington last season (15.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg) V.J. King @vjking_ @vjking_ 25 Nebraska Ryan McMahon @RyanMcMahon @ryanmcmahon who scored 998 points in three Louisville is among those receiving votes in both polls. Jordan Nwora @JordanNwora @jordannwora seasons; and center Anas Mah-  20 All-American Selections -- Twenty Darius Perry @dariusperry @_dariusthegreat moud, an All-ACC Defensive Team Louisville players have earned All-America status, Will Rainey @rainmain_14 @ rain_man14 selection who ranked ninth in the the latest being consensus All-America pick Russ Jacob Redding @j_redding13 nation in blocked shots (2.9 bpg) Smith in 2014. Six individuals have been consen- Dwayne Sutton @ DwayneSutton @dwaynesutton and was third in career blocks at sus selections (Charlie Tyra, Wes Unseld, Darrell Malik Williams @leek_willi @leek_willi UofL with 218. Griffith, Pervis Ellison, Clifford Rozier and Smith). Bellarmine at Louisville (exhibition) -- Page 4 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581

 About Bellarmine — Coached by UofL graduate and former UofL’s Exhibition Games, Last 17 Years Cardinal assistant coach Scott Davenport, Bellarmine is ranked as the Date Opponent Result nation’s top team by the Division II Bulletin and is No. 2 preseason 10/31/01 EA Sports All-Stars W 81-63 by Street & Smith’s. The Knights return eight of their top 10 scorers 12/3/01 Premier All-Stars W 109-97 11/6/02 EA Sports All-Stars W 98-90 from last season when Bellarmine posted a 29-3 record, won both the 12/11/02 One World All-Stars W 132-83 Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season and postseason tournament titles, and reached the 11/3/03 EA Sports All-Stars W 90-78 NCAA Division II tournament for the10th straight year. 11/23/03 Asheville Altitude W 73-59 Knights senior Adam Eberhard, who averaged 14.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists per 11/3/04 Kentucky Wesleyan W 81-51 game last year, is a preseason All-America selection by Street & Smith’s. Bellarmine won the 2011 12/7/04 Lindsey Wilson W 78-48 NCAA Division II national championship and made Final Four appearances in 2012, 2015 and 2017. 11/1/05 Bellarmine W 70-63 After playing UofL, Bellarmine will face NCAA Division III foe Wabash College in an exhibition game 11/20/05 Southern Indiana W 82-77 on Nov. 1 in Knights Hall before opening its regular season on Nov. 9 at Saginaw Valley State. 11/1/06 Georgetown College W 94-92 11/19/06 Kentucky Wesleyan W 93-68 Located less than four miles from the UofL campus in Louisville, Ky., Bellarmine University is the 10/29/07 Carleton W 82-49 alma mater of John MacLeod, who has served as the head basketball coach at Oklahoma and Notre 10/31/07 Georgetown College W 93-66 Dame, as well as the NBA Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks. 11/1/08 Georgetown College W 74-67  Cardinal Ties With Bellarmine — Bellarmine Head Coach Scott Davenport spent nine seasons 11/8/08 Northern Kentucky W 84-69 on the UofL men’s basketball staff, including five under former UofL Coach Denny Crum and the 10/28/09 Georgetown College W 80-68 last four as administrative assistant to former coach Rick Pitino. A 1978 UofL graduate, Davenport 11/4/09 Bellarmine W 88-65 coached former UofL guard DeJuan Wheat — the Cardinals’ No. 2 career scorer — at the prep level 10/31/10 Northern Kentucky W 83-66 as head coach at Ballard High School. Bellarmine assistant coach Doug Davenport was Louisville’s 11/11/10 Kentucky Wesleyan W 96-54 10/26/11 Pikeville W 74-55 Director of Video Operations for three years (2012-15). 11/3/11 Bellarmine W 62-54 Felton Spencer, another Bellarmine assistant coach, played four years for the Cardinals (1986- 11/1/12 Pikeville W 93-57 90) and holds the UofL records in field goal percentage for both season (.681) and career (.628). 11/7/12 Bellarmine W 65-46 Spencer scored 1,168 points and grabbed 694 rebounds in his UofL career, averaging 14.9 points, 10/29/13 Kentucky Wesleyan W 115-67 and 8.5 rebounds as a senior. He played 12 years in the NBA with five different teams. 11/6/13 Pikeville W 90-61 Parker Chitty, a junior transfer from Eastern Kentucky, played 17 minutes off the bench against 11/1/14 Barry W 91-71 Louisville as a freshman in UofL’s 87-56 victory over EKU in 2016, totalling two points, one , 11/9/14 Bellarmine W 82-57 one and seven turnovers. UofL assistant sports information director Lori Korte is a Bellarmine 11/1/15 Bellarmine W 71-55 11/9/15 Kentucky Wesleyan W 77-68 graduate. 11/3/16 Kentucky Weslyean W 109-71 Bellarmine radio play-by-play announcer Doug Ormay was a member of the UofL radio broadcast 11/7/16 Bellarmine W 81-60 crew for football and men’s basketball for 15 years before joining the Knights in 2016-17. 10/30/17 Kentucky Wesleyan W 101-64  Series vs. Bellarmine — Louisville has won all 12 regular season meetings against 11/7/17 Bellarmine W 72-57 Bellarmine. That figure is not inclusive of eight exhibition games the teams played in 2005, 2009, (pre-regular season exhibitions only; does not 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 — all UofL victories. Louisville won the first meeting 79-52 include games played during foreign trips) at Bellarmine on Dec. 6, 1960, a year in which John Turner lead the Cardinals to a 21-8 record and Last Meeting vs. Bellarmine UofL’s third NCAA Tournament appearance. Deng Adel scored 21 points and Anas Mahmoud totaled nine points and a game-high 11 Louisville 72, Bellarmine 57 rebounds as Louisville prevailed 72-57 in an exhibition game over Bellarmine in the last meeting Nov. 7, 2017 -- KFC YUM! CENTER (Exhibition) between the teams (11-7-17). The Cardinals held a commanding 43-25 rebounding advantage and Louisville 72 limited the Knights to 42.6 percent from the field against a team that would go on to finish second in Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Spalding f 20 2-3 0-1 3-4 7 0 3 0 1 3 7 NCAA Division II in field goal percentage last season (.530). Adel f 32 7-12 2-5 5-8 7 1 5 0 0 1 21  Mahmoud c 37 4-7 0-0 1-4 11 2 2 1 1 1 9 55 Coaching Changes -- Chris Mack is one of 55 Division I head coaches that are in their King g 29 4-8 2-5 4-6 2 2 5 1 0 3 14 first season at their respective schools. UofL will face three schools this season with coaches in Snider g 37 2-10 1-4 0-0 4 6 2 0 0 1 5 their first year at their current school, including the first two games of the season in Austin Claunch Perry 16 1-5 0-3 1-2 3 0 2 0 1 2 3 Williams 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (Nicholls State), Sean Woods (Southern) and Jeff Capel (Pittsburgh). Sutton 13 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 Nwora 15 2-6 1-2 3-4 8 0 0 0 0 2 8 Team 0 2018-19 Bellarmine University Knights Men’s Basketball Roster Totals 200 24-53 7-21 17-28 43 11 20 3 3 16 72

No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown High School / College Total FG% 1st H: 10-26 38.5% 2nd H: 14-27 51.9% Game: 45.3% 4 Ben Weyer F 6-7 220 Jr. Ft. Thomas, KY Newport Central Catholic 3-Pt. FG% 1st H: 5-13 38.5% 2nd H: 2- 8 25.0% Game: 33.3% FThrow % 1st H: 10-15 66.7% 2nd H: 7-13 53.8% Game: 60.7% 10 Chris Palombizio F 6-7 210 Jr. Chesterton, IN Chesterton / Oakland 11 Alex Cook G/F 6-7 205 Jr. Louisville, KY Male Bellarmine 57 Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP 12 Daniel Ramser G 6-5 195 Sr. Louisville, KY Trinity Corbett f 18 1-2 1-1 1-2 4 1 0 0 3 1 4 14 Tyler Jenkins G 6-2 180 Sr. Indianapolis, IN Hamilton Southeastern / Lehigh Hunter f 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 Cobe Penny G 6-2 195 Fr. Lawrenceburg, KY Anderson County Eberhard f 28 3-7 0-3 0-1 3 6 4 0 0 2 6 20 Garrett Tipton G 6-5 190 Fr. Columbus, OH Bishop Hartley Jenkins g 24 3-8 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 2 5 6 Coles g 32 2-10 0-6 2-2 6 4 5 0 3 2 6 22 Chivarsky Corbett G/F 6-7 215 Sr. Tampa, FL Tampa Catholic / Delaware Weyer 27 3-7 2-5 0-0 5 0 1 0 2 3 8 23 Skyler Hunter F 6-7 210 Sr. Mayfield, KY Calloway County Ramser 11 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 24 Juston Betz G 6-2 185 Rf. New Albany, IN Providence Bach 19 5-9 0-3 2-2 1 0 0 0 2 1 12 25 CJ Fleming G 6-0 180 So. , OH LaSalle Fleming 10 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 Chitty 17 3-5 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 2 7 30 Dylan Penn G 6-3 185 Fr. Evansville, IN Reitz Memorial Team 0 1 1 31 Parker Chitty G 6-2 175 Jr. Columbus, IN Columbus East / Eastern Kentucky Totals 200 23-54 5-24 6-9 25 14 17 0 14 21 57 32 Willie Schurfranz F 6-6 205 Sr. Louisville, KY DeSales Total FG% 1st H: 10-27 37.0% 2nd H: 13-27 48.1% Game: 42.6% 33 Baylor Younker C 6-10 205 Fr. Knoxville, TN Grace Christian Academy 3-Pt. FG% 1st H: 3-23 23.1% 2nd H: 2-11 18.2% Game: 20.8% 40 Ethan Claycomb F 6-7 205 So. Vincennes, IN Lincoln / Indiana State F Throw % 1st H: 0- 1 0.0% 2nd H: 6- 8 75.0% Game: 66.7% 41 Adam Eberhard F 6-8 210 Sr. Evansville, IN Reitz Memorial Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 15,350 Bellarmine 23 34 57 Head Coach: Scott Davenport Asst. Coaches: Doug Davenport, Beau Braden, Felton Spencer Louisville 35 37 72 Bellarmine at Louisville (exhibition) -- Page 5 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581  Impressive Academic Performance -- While the University of Louisville men’s basketball ACC Exhibition Games 2017-18 team has performed well on the court, the Cardinals have excelled in the classroom as well. Oct. 23 Duke 106, Virginia Union 64 Louisville has received an NCAA Public Recognition Award each of the last six years for ranking Oct. 25 Saint Rose at Syracuse among the top 10 percent in men’s basketball in the Academic Progress Rate, which measures Oct. 26 West Florida at Florida State academic eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes. Louisville is one of just nine Oct. 27 Clemson at UNC Wilmington schools in the nation, including only three from Power 5 conferences, which has earned the APR (hurricane relief exhibition) recognition each of the last six years. Louisville is one of only two Division I schools in the nation to Oct. 27 Ferris State at Duke have perfect men’s basketball multi-year APR scores four of the past five years. Oct. 28 Bellarmine at Louisville UofL had a collective 3.083 GPA for the 2017 fall semester with nine of 14 Cardinals earning Oct. 29 Chowan at NC State a 3.0 or better GPA. The men’s basketball team has had a collective 3.0 GPA for 19 of the last 20 Oct. 30 Barry at Miami consecutive semesters. Five Cardinals were named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Team and UofL has Oct. 31 Le Moyne at Syracuse produced an ACC-best 25 selections over its four years in the league. Louisville placed a league-high Nov. 1 Barton College at Clemson six individuals on 2017 ACC All-Academic Team, and a conference-best seven on the team in 2015 Nov. 1 Valdosta State at Florida State and 2016. Prior to entering the ACC, UofL’s men’s basketball team earned four straight league Team Nov. 1 Central State at Notre Dame Academic Excellence Awards, recognizing the highest collective grade-point averages in each of the Nov. 1 Pitt Johnstown at Pittsburgh conference sports (2014 American Athletic Conference, 2011-13 Big East). The Cardinals produced Nov. 2 Mount Olive at North Carolina a collective 2.947 grade point average for 2017-18. Nov. 3 Simmons at Louisville  Cardinals Placed Five on 2018 All-ACC Academic Team -- Five UofL men’s basketball players Nov. 3 Belmont Abbey at Wake Forest were honored on the 2018 All-ACC Academic Men’s Basketball team. Earning the honor for the Car- Nov. 3 Florida Tech at Georgia Tech dinals were Deng Adel, V.J. King, Jordan Nwora, Darius Perry and Ray Spalding. The five selections (Boston College, Virginia and Virginia Tech do for Louisville matched Pitt for the most for a school on the 27-member team. Seven schools had not have exhibition games two selections each. UofL placed six members on the team in 2016-17 and seven in its first two ACC scheduled) seasons, an ACC-best 25 selections in the last four years. To be eligible for consideration, a student- athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00  Simmons Awaits Next — Louisville’s cumulative average during his academic career. It was the third straight year that Adel and Spalding second exhibition contest of 2018-19 season earned the recognition and the second for King. will be against a second team from within the  King, Cunningham Named Team Captains — Graduate transfer guard Christen Cunningham city as the Cardinals face the Simmons College and junior guard/forward V.J. King were selected as team captains for the Cardinals’ 2018-19 sea- of Kentucky Falcons on Nov. 3 at 7:02 p.m. ET son in a vote by their teammates. in the KFC Yum! Center (ACC Network Extra  Guide Online — The UofL Men’s Basketball Guide is available online at GoCards.com, telecast). Coached by former UofL guard and specifically at https://uofl.me/2yv7djN. former Cardinal assistant coach Jerry Eaves,  Three Million Fans — Louisville passed the three million mark in total home attendance in the Falcons posted a 4-17 record in NCCAA the KFC Yum! Center on Jan. 21, 2018. A total of 3,134,757 fans have flocked to the spectacular Division II (National Christian College Athletic arena to watch UofL play in its eight seasons. Louisville’s average home attendance of 16,883 last Association). Eaves was a starting point guard season was the fifth largest in the nation. Louisville has ranked among the top on the Cardinals’ 1980 NCAA Championship six nationally in average home attendance each of the last 38 years. UofL has NCAA Sweet 16 team and totaled 1,250 career points at UofL averaged 20,623 fans per game in its eight years in the KFC Yum! Center. Appearances from 1978-82. Simmons assistant coach Butch  Cards vs. Non-Conference Foes -- Louisville has won 65 of its last (since 1975) Beard was an All-America selection as a senior 68 non-conference games at home in the KFC Yum! Center, spanning the last North Carolina .28 at UofL and scored 1,580 career points in his eight seasons. The Cardinals won 35 straight over non-conference opponents Duke ...... 26 three-year career (1966-69) with the Cardinals. between falling to Kentucky on Dec. 27, 2014 and its previous home non- Kentucky* ...... 26 The Simmons roster includes nine players conference loss on Dec. 31, 2010 to Kentucky. The other three non-conference Kansas ...... 23 from the state of Kentucky, including six from losses UofL has suffered in the KFC Yum! Center were a 52-46 setback at UCLA* ...... 19 Louisville. The 2006–07 season was the first the hands of Drexel on Dec. 14, 2010; 79-77 to Seton Hall on Dec. 3, 2017; Syracuse* ...... 19 time since 1930 that the school sponsored and 79-56 to Mississippi State on March 20, 2018. In its eighth season in Arizona ...... 18 an athletic program. The two campuses are the spectacular KFC Yum! Center, Louisville has an overall 131-21 record in Louisville* .... 17 separated by less than three miles. home games, including a 73-5 record against non-conference opponents. The Indiana ...... 17 Michigan State 17 Cardinals have won 29 of their last 31 home games against non-conference *does not included opponents. vacated appearances  17 Sweet 16s for Cards — Louisville is tied for eighth with 17 Sweet All-Time NCAA Division I Records by 16 appearances since the NCAA began Sweet 16 records in 1975. The Car- NCAA Elite Eight Percentage (entering 2018-19 season) dinals reached four additional Sweet 16s that were later vacated. (UofL years Appearances School Years Wins Lost Ties Pct. in Sweet 16: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, (since 1951) 1. Kentucky 115 2,263 699 1 .764 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2008, 2009; Sweet 16 appearances in 2012, Kentucky ...... 33 2. North Carolina 108 2,232 792 0 .738 2013, 2014, and 2015 were vacated). The Cardinals have won seven of their North Carolina .26 3. Kansas 120 2,248 849 0 .726 4. Duke 113 2,144 881 0 .709 last eight regional semifinal games. Kansas ...... 22 Duke ...... 21 5. UNLV 60 1,245 543 0 .696  Cardinals Have Reached 11 Elite Eights -- Louisville has reached the 6. UCLA 99 1,870 836 0 .691 NCAA Elite Eight on 11 occasions, tied for seventh nationally. The Cardi- UCLA* ...... 20 7. Syracuse 117 1,884 894 0 .678 nals reached three additional Elite Eights that were later vacated. The NCAA Michigan State 13 8. Western Ky. 99 1,775 912 0 .661 recognizes Elite Eight records since 1951, the first year that all teams in the Louisville* .... 11 9. Arizona 113 1,796 931 1 .659 tournament would be required to win at least one game to advance to the Arizona ...... 11 10. Villanova 98 1,749 924 0 .654 Elite Eight. (UofL years in Elite Eight: 1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, UConn ...... 11 11. Louisville 104 1,702 912 0 .651 12. Notre Dame 113 1,866 1,009 1 .649 1986, 1997, 2005, 2008, 2009; Elite Eight appearances in 2012, 2013, and Indiana ...... 11 Villanova ...... 11 13. VCU 48 939 509 0 .648 2015 were vacated). The Cardinals have a 10-4 record in regional champion- *does not included 14. Utah 110 1,802 990 0 .645 ship games. vacated appearances 15. Murray St. 93 1,612 889 0 .645 Bellarmine at Louisville (exhibition) -- Page 6 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581

 Eight NBA Draft Picks in Last Six Years -- Ray Spalding, a junior forward for Louisville last Cardinals Active in Professional Basketball season, was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the 2018 NBA Draft with the NBA 56th pick overall. He was subsequently traded to the Dallas Mavericks, where he will play as a rookie Name Yrs. @ UofL 2018-19 Team in 2018-19. ‘10-13 Minnesota Timberwolves A total of 75 former Louisville players have been selected in the NBA Draft, including eight in ‘12-15 Los Angeles Clippers the last six years. In addition to Spalding, those recent picks include Donovan Mitchell (2017, 1st Damion Lee ‘15-16 Golden State Warriors Donovan Mitchell ‘15-17 Utah Jazz round, 13th overall selection, ), Chinanu Onuaku (2016, 2nd, 37th, Houston Rock- Terry Rozier ‘13-15 Boston Celtics ets), Terry Rozier (2015, 1st, 16th, Boston Celtics), Montrezl Harrell (2015, 2nd, 32nd, Houston Ray Spalding ‘15-18 Dallas Mavericks Rockets), (2nd, 47th, Philadelphia 76ers), Gorgui Dieng (2013, 1st, 21st, Utah Jazz) and NBA G-League (2013, 2nd, 56th, Detroit Pistons). Trey Lewis ‘15-16 Salt Lake City Stars In addition, Former Cardinal Mangok Mathiang made the Charlotte Hornets team in 2017 as an Chinanu Onuaku ‘14-16 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Foreign Teams undrafted free agent following his senior season at UofL. Mitchell won the 2018 Verizon NBA Slam Mangok Mathiang ‘13-17 Venoli Cremona (Italy) Dunk Contest on Feb. 18 and was runner-up for the 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year. ‘11-15 Helsinki Seagulls (Finland) Louisville is the only school in the nation to have players drafted in both the last five NFL drafts Rakeem Buckles ‘09-12 Lille Metropole (France) and the last five NBA drafts. Louisville has produced 25 first-round NBA Draft choices, including 12 Earl Clark ‘06-09 Buducnost VOLI (Montenegro) in the top ten and six among the top three picks (Pervis Ellison first in 1989; Wes Unseld second in Taquan Dean ‘02-06 Béarnais Pau-Orthez (France) (now Taqwa Pinero) 1968; Darrell Griffith second in 1980; Charlie Tyra second in 1957; Rodney McCray third in 1983; Tony Hicks ‘16-17 Rostock (Germany) George Hauptfuhrer third in 1948). Preston Knowles ‘07-11 Bertram Tortona (Italy)  12 Former UofL Assistants Are Head Coaches -- A dozen former Louisville assistant coaches Kyle Kuric ‘08-12 FC Barcelona Lassa (Spain) are active head coaches. The list includes Mike Balado at Arkansas State, Mick Cronin at Cincinnati; Anas Mahmoud ‘14-18 Al Zamalek (Egypt) Scott Davenport at Bellarmine (NCAA Division II); at NC State, at Califor- Larry O’Bannon ‘01-05 Atenis Cordoba (Argentina) Juan Palacios ‘04-08 Chalon (France) nia, Steve Masiello at Manhattan; Walter McCarty at Evansville, Marvin Menzies at UNLV; Richard Samardo Samuels ‘08-10 Limoges CSP Elite (France) Pitino at Minnesota, Kareem Richardson at Missouri-Kansas City, and at Seton Hall. Peyton Siva ‘09-13 Alba Berlin (Germany) Seven have guided their teams to NCAA Tournament appearances over the last four years (since Jerry Smith ‘06-10 Ifestos Limnou (Greece) 2014; Cronin, Davenport, Keatts, Masiello, Menzies, Pitino and Willard). Russ Smith ‘10-14 Fujian Sturgeons (China) Louisville RPI and  Challenging Schedule — Louisville will face one of the nation’s most Quentin Snider “14-18 Lisboa Benfica (Portugal) Strength of Schedule Edgar Sosa ‘06-10 BCM Gravelines (France) difficult schedules this season, with 11 possible opponents ranked among Last 11 Years the preseason AP Top 25, including seven of the top 10 teams. Over half of Year RPI SOS  Past UofL Coaches Have Had Successful the Cardinals’ games -- 17 of 31 -- will be played against teams in the AP 2017-18 42 10 Top 25 or among those receiving votes in the preseason poll. Twenty-two 2016-17 11 3 Starts -- Each of the last five Louisville coaches of the Cardinals’ 31 regular season games will be played against teams that 2015-16 16 38 had successful seasons in their first season participated in post-season competition the previous season, including at 2014-15 19 16 with the Cardinals. The best first-year start by a least 16 from the 2018 NCAA Tournament field. UofL will play 23 regular 2013-14 16 49 UofL coach was Denny Crum, who inheriting a 2012-13 2 4 season games against teams that won at least 18 games last season. Five senior-laden team and guided the Cardinals to a 2011-12 10 2 ACC teams are among the preseason AP Top 25. The Cardinals have played a 26-5 record and the NCAA Final Four in his first 2010-11 17 11 season in 1971-72. schedule ranked among the top 16 toughest by the ratings percentage index in 2009-10 45 11 Last 5 Louisville Coaches First Seasons nine of the past 11 seasons, including the nation’s 10th-toughest schedule by 2008-09 7 12 Coach First Yr. Result, Postseason the RPI in 2017-18. 2007-08 10 4 Bernard “Peck” Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament Hickman 1944-45 16-3 1967-68 21-7, NCAA  Louisville has 38 NCAA Tournament appearances, its last in 2017. All-Time NCAA Denny Crum 1971-72 26-5, NCAA FInal Four The Cards have reached the Sweet 16 on 17 occasions and have advanced Final Four Rick Pitino 2001-02 19-13, NIT to the Elite Eight 11 times. Louisville is seventh in NCAA Tournament ap- Appearances David Padgett 2017-18 22-14, NIT pearances (38), ninth in tournament victories (61) and sixth in tournament North Carolina ....20 games (101). UofL has a 61-40 overall NCAA Tournament record, reaching UCLA ...... 17  Louisville Top College Basketball the Final Four eight times. (Louisville had 42 NCAA Tournament and 21 Kentucky ...... 17 Market -- Louisville is consistently the highest- Sweet 16 appearances before four of each in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Duke ...... 16 rated television market for college basketball on -- plus three Elite Eights -- were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infrac- Kansas ...... 14 ESPN. Louisville has been the top market each of tions.) Ohio State ...... 11 the last 16 years and every year since ESPN began  Louisville is tied for eighth with 17 Sweet 16 appearances since the Michigan State .....9 tracking the data. Louisville’s average 4.2 rating NCAA began Sweet 16 records in 1975 (years: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, Louisville...... * 8 for the 2017-18 season led all markets and was 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2008, Indiana ...... 8 well ahead of second-place Kansas City, which 2009; Sweet 16 appearances in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 were vacated). averaged a 2.6 rating. The remaining top 10 was  Louisville is tied for seventh with 11 Elite Eight Raleigh-Durham (2.3), Greensboro-High Point UofL in the NCAA Tournament * appearances since the NCAA began Elite Eight records NCAA Tournament Appearances ...... 38 (2.1), Cincinnati (1.7), Charlotte (1.6), Indianapolis in 1951 (years: 1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, All-Time NCAA Tourn. Record ...... 61-40 (1.6), Knoxville (1.5), Nashville (1.4) and Norfolk- 1986, 1997, 2005, 2008, 2009; Elite Eight appearances Sweet 16 Appearances ...... 17 Porsmouth-Newport News (1.4). The Cardinals’ in 2012, 2013, and 2015 were vacated). Elite Eight Appearances ...... 11 NCAA Sweet 16 game against Kentucky in 2014  UofL Coach Chris Mack has an 11-8 record in Final Four Appearances ...... 8 drew a 51.5 rating and 73 share, making it the eight NCAA Tournament appearances (the last five NCAA Championships ...... 2 second highest-rated event in Louisville television straight years), including reaching the Sweet 16 on Mack’s NCAA Tourn. Record ...... 11-8 history. Louisville’s 2013 NCAA Championship four occasions and the Elite Eight in 2017. All of those Mack’s NCAA Tourn. Appearances ...... 8 game vs. Michigan (later vacated) is the top-rated occurred as the head coach at Xavier, where he guided * does not include a 15-3 record, four NCAA Tournament, television event all-time in the Louisville market. four Sweet 16, and three Elite Eight appearances in 2012-15 the Musketeers to the school’s first-ever No. 1 NCAA -- plus the 2012 and 2013 Final Fours and 2013 NCAA Title Louisville was the No. 11 ESPN/ABC market for Tournament seed in 2018. -- that were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. college football in 2016 (3.5 average rating). Bellarmine at Louisville (exhibition) -- Page 7 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581

HEAD COACH CHRIS MACK 16 on four occasions, in 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017. As a player, assistant and head coach, Chris Mack, whose Mack has been a part of 19 NCAA Tournament teams have participated in appearances. the NCAA Tournament in Born Dec. 30, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio, Mack eight of his nine seasons as was the 2010-11 Coach a head coach, was named as of the Year in his second year as a head coach. the head coach of the Uni- In addition, he was the recipient of the 2011 versity of Louisville men’s Man of the Year award, which was basketball team on March established in 2008 to honor those who not only 28, 2018. achieve success on the basketball court but who In nine seasons as the head coach at Xavier, display moral integrity off the court as well. Mack guided the Musketeers to a 215-97 record He was the 2009-10 and eight NCAA Tournament appearances (the Rookie Coach of the Year when, in his initial last five straight years), including reaching year, he guided Xavier to a 26-9 record, shared the Sweet 16 on four occasions and the Elite the Atlantic 10 Championship and advanced to Eight in 2017. His teams won or shared three the NCAA Sweet 16. conference regular season championships while Mack served as a court coach for the 2016 compiling a 105-49 league record over nine USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team train- seasons in the Big East and Atlantic 10. ing camp in the summer of 2016 at the United Among active coaches, Mack’s .689 winning States Olympic Training Center in Colorado percentage as a head coach ranks him 19th in Springs, Colorado. the nation and his 215 victories are tied for the Before rising to a head coaching position, Best Career Coaching Starts in Nine Seasons by Wins 11th most amassed by a coach in their first nine Mack was a part of successful staffs throughout Rk Coach, School Seasons W L seasons. his career. He spent five seasons as an assistant 1. Roy Williams, Kansas 1989-97 247 58 2. Everett Case, NC State 1947-55 241 56 His most recent 2017-18 squad achieved a on ’s Xavier staff (2004-09) after 3. , Pittsburgh 2004-12 238 77 29-6 record, won Xavier’s first Big East Confer- serving on the staff of the late Skip Prosser 4. , Gonzaga 2000-08 236 60 ence regular season championship and earned at Xavier as director of basketball operations 5. Dave Rose, BYU 2006-14 232 78 the school’s first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA (1999-01) and as an assistant coach at Wake 6. , Butler/Xavier/Ohio St.’ 01-09 229 77 Tournament. Mack was honored as the 2018 Big Forest (2001-04). 7. Denny Crum, Louisville 1972-80 219 55 East Coach of the Year, NABC District 5 Coach In 10 seasons as an assistant or operations 8. Jerry Tarkanian, of the Year, and he became the all-time coach- director, he helped his teams produce a 229-96 Long Beach St. / UNLV 1969-77 218 33 ing wins leader with the Musketeers. Xavier record (.705), win four regular season titles and 9. Sean Miller, Xavier / Arizona 2005-13 216 90 Tim Cluess, LIU Post / Iona 2007-15 216 77 finished third in the final Associated Press poll one conference tournament championship, and 11. Chris Mack, Xavier 2009-18 215 97 – its highest ever ranking -- and last year’s team secure eight NCAA Tournament appearances, , Sou. Ill. / Illinois 1999-2007 215 82 was one short of the school record for victories. advancing to three Sweet 16s and one Elite Mack’s contract with the Cardinals will be Eight. Those teams won at least 20 games in City Conference (MCC) regular season champi- for seven years, extending through the 2024-25 nine of the 10 seasons. onship (12-2 record) and reached the second season. He will be just the fourth head coach Mack began his coaching career in 1993 round of the NCAA Tournament. to guide the Cardinals in the last 48 years, fol- as the junior varsity girls basketball coach at Mack was the 1987-88 Cincinnati Post lowing Denny Crum (1971-2001), Rick Pitino McAuley High School in Cincinnati. He was the Metro Player of the Year at St. Xavier High (2001-17) and David Padgett (2017-18). Mack varsity girls basketball coach at Mount Notre School in Cincinnati before going on to start is the 21st head coach in Louisville’s 104-year Dame High School in Reading, Ohio, for four for two seasons at Evansville under , history and the seventh in the past 73 years. years (1995-99), directing the team to four winning an MCC Regular Season Champion- Mack, 48, received the 2016 Henry Iba straight sectional titles and earning Cincinnati ship and a trip to the second round of the 1989 Award as the U.S. Basketball Writers Associa- Post Coach of the Year honors in 1996. NCAA Tournament as a freshman at Evansville. tion (USBWA) National Coach of the Year while A 1992 Xavier graduate with a degree in He transferred to Xavier after his sophomore also earning the CBS Sports and Basketball communication arts, Mack was a two-time team season. Times magazine National Coach of the Year captain as a player at Xavier under then head Mack and his wife, Christi, have two daugh- awards that season. He led Xavier to a 28-6 coach . He won the 1993 Midwestern ters, Lainee (12) and Hailee (11), and a son, record in 2015-16 and Brayden (3). A native of Louisville, the former achieved a No. 2 seed in Chris Mack Head Coaching Record Christi Hester was the runner-up for Kentucky the NCAA Tournament Season School Overall Conference Postseason Miss Basketball as a senior at Holy Cross High and a No. 5 ranking in 2017-18 Xavier 29-6 15-3 Big East* NCAA 2nd Round School. She played basketball at Dayton, where the final AP poll, which at 2016-17 Xavier 24-14 9-9 Big East NCAA Elite Eight she scored 1,268 career points and was later the time was the school’s 2015-16 Xavier 28-6 14-4 Big East NCAA 2nd Round inducted into the university’s Athletic Hall of highest seed and ranking 2014-15 Xavier 23-14 9-9 Big East NCAA Sweet 16 Fame in 2014. She served as the Director of in school history. 2013-14 Xavier 21-13 10-8 Big East NCAA 1st Round Basketball Operations for the Xavier women’s His 2016-17 Xavier 2012-13 Xavier 17-14 9-7 Atlantic 10 basketball team (2001-03) and more recently as team made an NCAA 2011-12 Xavier 23-13 10-6 Atlantic 10 NCAA Sweet 16 the head girls basketball coach at Cincinnati’s Tournament run to the 2010-11 Xavier 24-8 15-1 Atlantic 10* NCAA 2nd Round Colerain High School Cardinals. Elite Eight after entering 2009-10 Xavier 26-9 14-2 Atlantic 10** NCAA Sweet 16 Mack and his wife created the Mack Family the event as a No. 11 Totals 215-97 105-49 3 titles 8 NCAA (11-8) Foundation in 2016, a family-centered founda- seed. His teams have .689 .681 tion whose mission is to serve, inspire and aid reached the NCAA Sweet *regular season champion ** regular season co-champion less fortunate children. 2017-18 Louisville Men's Basketball Louisville Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 21, 2018) All games

Overall record: 22-14 Conf: 9-9 Home: 16-6 Away: 4-7 Neutral: 2-1

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 22 ADEL, Deng 34-33 1126 33.1 178-397 . 4 4 8 50-143 . 3 5 0 103-131 . 7 8 6 22 154 176 5.2 49 0 94 77 11 21 509 15.0 13 SPALDING, Ray 36-34 995 27.6 183-337 . 5 4 3 5-19 . 2 6 3 73-114 . 6 4 0 113 199 312 8.7 107 2 46 61 62 54 444 12.3 04 SNIDER, Quentin 36-36 1155 32.1 135-340 . 3 9 7 69-166 . 4 1 6 84-97 . 8 6 6 15 82 97 2.7 38 0 144 55 0 18 423 11.8 00 KING, V.J. 36-36 914 25.4 106-266 . 3 9 8 24-75 . 3 2 0 72-98 . 7 3 5 23 97 120 3.3 63 1 32 51 4 21 308 8.6 14 MAHMOUD, Anas 36-22 841 23.4 109-198 . 5 5 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 27-58 . 4 6 6 62 119 181 5.0 67 3 36 46 104 29 245 6.8 30 McMAHON, Ryan 29-0 452 15.6 54-128 . 4 2 2 42-103 . 4 0 8 27-32 . 8 4 4 5 27 32 1.1 48 0 44 30 2 25 177 6.1 33 NWORA, Jordan 28-0 336 12.0 52-112 . 4 6 4 25-57 . 4 3 9 30-39 . 7 6 9 15 47 62 2.2 35 0 11 23 3 17 159 5.7 24 SUTTON, Dwayne 36-4 548 15.2 53-119 . 4 4 5 17-48 . 3 5 4 30-44 . 6 8 2 40 104 144 4.0 70 1 21 17 13 30 153 4.3 02 PERRY, Darius 36-3 514 14.3 40-114 . 3 5 1 23-70 . 3 2 9 38-44 . 8 6 4 6 37 43 1.2 65 0 54 39 3 21 141 3.9 05 WILLIAMS, Malik 32-12 338 10.6 46-110 . 4 1 8 20-62 . 3 2 3 11-16 . 6 8 8 23 54 77 2.4 30 0 5 11 13 12 123 3.8 01 THOMAS, Lance 12-0 50 4.2 9-14 . 6 4 3 2-7 . 2 8 6 6-8 . 7 5 0 3 12 15 1.3 11 1 0 3 2 2 26 2.2 12 REDDING, Jacob 6-0 13 2.2 4-4 1.000 3-3 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.2 03 GRIFFIN, Jo 6-0 18 3.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0.0 Team 31 26 57 10 Total...... 36 7300 969-2140 . 4 5 3 280-754 . 3 7 1 503-683 . 7 3 6 358 958 1316 36.6 585 8 489 424 217 251 2721 75.6 Opponents...... 36 7300 913-2208 . 4 1 3 249-757 . 3 2 9 456-646 . 7 0 6 438 893 1331 37.0 609 - 404 482 115 217 2533 70.4

TEAM STATISTICS LOU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2721 2533 11/12/17 GEORGE MASON W 72-61 18304 Points per game 75.6 70.4 11/17/17 OMAHA W 87-78 18112 Scoring margin +5.2 - 11/21/17 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 84-42 18046 FIELD GOALS-ATT 969-2140 913-2208 11/24/17 ST. FRANCIS W 84-72 17524 Field goal pct . 4 5 3 . 4 1 3 11/28/17 at Purdue L 57-66 14804 3 POINT FG-ATT 280-754 249-757 12/3/17 SETON HALL L 77-79 19244 3-point FG pct . 3 7 1 . 3 2 9 12/6/17 SIENA W 86-60 17215 3-pt FG made per game 7.8 6.9 12/9/17 INDIANA W 71-62 20030 FREE THROWS-ATT 503-683 456-646 12/11/17 BRYANT W 102-59 16236 pct . 7 3 6 . 7 0 6 12/16/17 vs MEMPHIS W 81-72 6525 F-Throws made per game 14.0 12.7 12/20/17 ALBANY W 70-68 16388 REBOUNDS 1316 1331 12/23/17 GRAND CANYON W 74-56 16841 Rebounds per game 36.6 37.0 12/29/17 at Kentucky L 61-90 24228 Rebounding margin -0.4 - * 1/2/18 PITTSBURGH W 77-51 16461 ASSISTS 489 404 * 1/6/18 at Clemson L o t 69-74 7594 Assists per game 13.6 11.2 * 1/10/18 at Florida State W 73-69 10604 TURNOVERS 424 482 * 1/13/18 VIRGINIA TECH W 94-86 16798 Turnovers per game 11.8 13.4 * 1/16/18 at Notre Dame Wo2 82-78 9076 Turnover margin +1.6 - * 1/21/18 BOSTON COLLEGE W 77-69 16827 Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.8 * 1/24/18 at Miami L o t 75-78 7190 STEALS 251 217 * 1/27/18 WAKE FOREST W 96-77 17215 Steals per game 7.0 6.0 * 1/31/18 at Virginia L 64-74 14310 BLOCKS 217 115 * 2/3/18 FLORIDA STATE L 76-80 18305 Blocks per game 6.0 3.2 * 2/5/18 SYRACUSE L 73-78 16983 ATTENDANCE 371427 172131 * 2/8/18 GEORGIA TECH W 77-54 16533 Home games-Avg/Game 22-16883 11-11831 * 2/11/18 at Pitt W 94-60 4772 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-13996 * 2/17/18 NORTH CAROLINA L 76-93 21210 * 2/21/18 at Duke L 56-82 9314 Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Totals * 2/24/18 at Virginia Tech W 75-68 9275 Louisville 1189 1378 88 66 2721 * 3/1/18 VIRGINIA L 66-67 19413 Opponents 1107 1272 97 57 2533 * 3/3/18 at NC State L 69-76 18975 3/7/18 vs Florida State W 82-74 17732 3/8/18 vs Virginia L 58-75 17732 3/13/18 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W 66-58 9974 3/18/18 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 84-68 13050 3/20/18 MISSISSIPPI STATE L 56-79 10718

* - Conference game 2018-19 Louisville Photo Roster

Akoy Christen Darius Jo Khwan 0 Agau 1 Cunningham 2 Perry 3 Griffin 4 Fore F 6-8 240 Gr. G 6-2 190 Gr. G 6-2 195 So. G 6-1 200 So. G 6-0 185 Gr. South Sudan Georgetown, Ky. Marietta, Ga. Crestwood, Ky. Huntsville, Ala. (SMU) (Samford Universty) (Wheeler HS) (South Oldham HS) (University of Richmond)

Malik Wyatt Jacob V.J. Will 5 Williams 10 Battaile 12 Redding 13 King 14 Rainey F/C 6-11 245 So. G/F 6-4 195 Fr. G 6-0 180 So. G/F 6-6 215 Jr. G 6-3 180 Sr. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Pikeville, Ky. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Cleveland, Ohio Louisville, Ky. (Snider HS) (Pikeville HS) (Carroll HS) (Paul VI Catholic HS) (Spalding University)

Steven Dwayne Ryan Jordan 23 Enoch 24 Sutton 30 McMahon 33 Nwora C 6-10 260 Jr. F 6-5 215 R-Jr. G 6-0 180 R-Jr. F 6-7 225 So. Norwalk, Conn. Louisville, Ky. Sarasota, Fla. Buffalo, N.Y. (Univ. of Connecticut) (UNC Asheville) (Cardinal Mooney HS) (Vermont Academy) On The Bench

Pronunciation Guide:  Akoy Agau (uh-KOY uh- GOW; like cow with a “G”)  Battaile (BATTLE)  Enoch (EE-knock)  Khwan Fore (KWAHN FOUR)  Nwora (WOR-uh, silent N) Walk-on Will Rainey will sit out the 2018-19 season after transferring from Spalding. Chris Mack Luke Murray Mike Pegues Dino Gaudio Kahil Fennell Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir. Basketball Operations