Louisville Cardinals Vs. Evansville Purple Aces
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Louisville Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,000 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red & Black 1980, 1986, 2013 NCAA Champions 10 NCAA Final Fours 41 NCAA Tournament Appearances Conference Atlantic Coast Sports Information University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 www.GoCards.com Home Court KFC Yum! Center (22,000) Phone: (502) 852-6581 Fax: (502) 852-7401 email: [email protected] Twitter: @KKcards Acting President Dr. Neville Pinto Vice President for Athletics Tom Jurich Louisville Cardinals Head Coach Rick Pitino (UMass ‘74) U of L Record 391-134 (16th yr.) vs. Evansville Purple Aces Overall Record 745-262 (32nd yr.) Associate Head Coach Kenny Johnson Friday, Nov. 11 7:02 p.m. ET KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Assistant Coaches Mike Balado, David Padgett Dir. of Basketball Operations Michael Bowden PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS All-Time Record 1,778-892 (103rd yr.) Louisville Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 75-42 F 10 Jaylen JOHNSON 6-9 230 Jr. 5.0 3.5 Ypsilanti, Mich. (41 Appearances, 10 Final Fours, F 22 Deng ADEL 6-7 200 So. 4.0 2.1 Melbourne, Australia Three NCAA Championships - 1980, 1986, 2013) C 14 Anas MAHMOUD 7-0 215 Jr. 3.2 3.0 Cairo, Egypt Important Phone Numbers G 4 Quentin SNIDER 6-2 175 Jr. 9.4 2.3 Louisville, Ky. Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 G 45 Donovan MITCHELL 6-3 195 So. 7.4 3.4 Greenwich, Conn. Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 *UE’s Ryan Taylor stats from Ohio University in 2014-15; remaining stats for both schools from last season. Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 Evansville Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 23 Willie WILEY 6-7 215 Sr. 2.4 2.0 Springfield, Ill. email: [email protected] F 44 David HOWARD 6-8 225 Sr. 2.0 1.4 Nashville, Tenn. G 0 Ryan TAYLOR 6-6 195 So. *8.1 *2.5 Gary, Ind. 2016-17 Schedule / Results G 3 Jaylon BROWN 6-0 185 Sr. 10.8 2.5 Fishers, Ind. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 25 Duane GIBSON 6-3 195 Jr. 2.0 1.8 Cleveland, Ohio November Head Coach: Marty Simmons (Evansville ‘87) 151-143 in 10th yr. at Evansville; 249-216 in 16th yr. overall. Thur. 3 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN ~ ACCNE W 109-71 Mon. 7 BELLARMINE ~ ............ACCNE W 81-60 Louisville will open its 2016-17 season CARD FILE Fri. 11 EVANSVILLE ...............ACCNE 7:02 p.m. as the Cardinals face the Evansville Purple Mon. 14 WILLIAM & MARY ...........RSN 7:00 p.m. Aces on Friday. UofL won its two exhibition Louisville has won 21 of its last 23 season Thur. 17 LONG BEACH STATE + ....ACCNE 4:02 p.m. games, including an 81-60 victory over opening games, including winning its last 12 Wed. 23 Old Dominion # ...............AXS-TV 9:30 p.m. Bellarmine on Nov. 7 in its last outing as straight openers (69-33 all-time in openers). Thur. 24 LSU or Wichita State # ..........TBA TBA the Cardinals jumped out to a 49-17 lead at UofL Coach Rick Pitino has a 27-3 record in Fri. 25 Battle 4 Atlantis Final Rnd # ..TBA TBA opening games collectively at his four full col- Wed. 30 PURDUE * ................... ESPN 7:00 p.m. halftime. It was the Cardinals’ 33rd straight December in-season exhibition victory. Friday’s game legiate coaching stops. Sat. 3 at Grand Canyon ............... WAVE 9:00 p.m. is the first of three straight at home to open Louisville will gain its 100th victory in the Wed. 7 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ........RSN 7:00 p.m. the season for the Cardinals in a seven-day KFC Yum! Center when the Cardinals earn Sat. 10 TEXAS SOUTHERN ...........RSN 2:00 p.m. stretch. Evansville posted a 25-9 record last their next win there. UofL enters 2016-17 with Sat. 17 EASTERN KENTUCKY ! ......RSN Noon season -- its best in 27 years -- and reached a 99-14 record in its first six seasons in the Wed. 21 KENTUCKY .................. ESPN 7:00 p.m. the championship game of the Missouri Valley spectacular facility. Wed. 28 VIRGINIA ...................ESPN2 TBA Conference before falling to Northern Iowa. Louisville’s 146 victories over the last five Sat. 31 Indiana ^ .............................. CBS 12:30 p.m. UofL posted a 23-8 record during the 2015-16 years are the fifth-most wins in the nation in January that stretch. The Cards are one of just three Wed. 4 at Notre Dame .........ACCN/WAVE 9:00 p.m. season and finished fourth in the ACC while teams to win at least 30 games in three of the Sat. 7 at Georgia Tech .......ACCN/WHAS 2:00 p.m. beating two teams that reached the Final Four. Wed. 11 PITTSBURGH .................RSN 7:00 p.m. last five seasons (30-10 in 2011-12, 35-5 in Sat. 14 DUKE .............ESPN or ESPN2 Noon GAME FACTS ‘12-13, 31-6 in ‘13-14). Louisville is one of just four schools which Thur. 19 CLEMSON ....... ESPN or ESPN2 9:00 p.m. Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, have won 20 or more games in each of the last Sat. 21 at Florida State ...ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (99-14 in 7th year) Tues. 24 at Pittsburgh ....................ESPNU 7:00 p.m. 14 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga). Television: ACC Network Extra (available Sun. 29 NC STATE ........... ACCN/WAVE 1:00 p.m. Co-captain Quentin Snider is the Cardinals’ to authenticated subscribers of ESPN on the February leading returning scorer for the second straight Watch ESPN app) Kent Taylor, play-by-play; Sat. 4 at Boston College ....ACCN/WHAS 3:00 p.m. year, averaging 9.4 points and 3.5 assists (4th Jody Demling, analyst. Mon. 6 at Virginia ...........................ESPN 7:00 p.m. in the ACC. His 2.73 assist-turnovers ratio was Sat. 11 MIAMI............ ESPN or ESPN2 TBA Radio: WKRD (790 AM) - Paul Rogers, 43rd in the nation. Mon. 13 at Syracuse ........................ ESPN 7:00 p.m. play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst Sat. 18 VIRGINIA TECH .....ACCN/WAVE 1:00 p.m. UofL Coach Rick Pitino enters the season (XM 387, Internet 965) needing five victories to reach 750 in his Wed. 22 at North Carolina ................ESPN 9:00 p.m. Series History: UofL trails 12-13 (8-3 in Sun. 26 SYRACUSE ....................CBS 2:00 p.m. collegiate career and nine wins for his 400th March Louisville, 4-9 in Evansville, 0-1 neutral) victory at Louisville. He is one of five active Wed. 1 at Wake Forest .....................RSN 9:00 p.m. Last Meeting: Evansville 92, UofL 82 coaches with at least 740 victories. Sat. 4 NOTRE DAME .................CBS 2:00 p.m. (Dec. 2, 1957 at Evansville, Ind.) UofL’s academic performance has been im- Tues. 7- at ACC Championship ...........TBA TBA UofL National Ranking: 14th USA Today, pressive, as the team posted a collective 3.38 Sat. 11 (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY) 13th Associated Press grade point average for the most recent 2016 ~ exhibition game Officials: Bert Smith, Jerry Heater, + Battle 4 Atlantis, Louisville, KY spring semester, with 14 of 15 student athletes # Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas Louie Andrakakos achieving a 3.0 or better GPA. A league-high * ACC/Big 10 Challenge, Louisville, KY Next UofL Game: Nov. 14 vs. William & Mary, ! Billy Minardi Classic, Louisville, KY seven Cardinals were named to the 2016 All- ^ at Bankers Life Arena, Indianapolis, Ind. KFC Yum! Center, 7:02 p.m. ET (RSN) ACC Academic Team. Evansville at Louisville -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Evansville — Louisville opens its 2016-17 Last Meeting vs. Evansville season against the Evansville Purple Aces on Friday. Evansville posted a 25-9 record last season -- its best in Evansville 92, Louisville 82 27 years -- and reached the championship game of the Dec. 2, 1957 -- Evansville, Ind. Missouri Valley Conference before falling to Northern Louisville 82 Evansville 92 Iowa. Player FG FT PF TP Player FG FT PF TP Goldstein 9 6 2 24 Smallwood 5 7 4 17 The Purple Aces have six seniors on their roster, led by guard Jaylon Brown, who averaged 10.8 Mantel 3 0 1 6 Halbrook 2 4 4 8 points and was named to the MVC Most Improved Team last season as UE’s starting point guard. Dupont 2 4 4 8 Lurker 8 4 4 20 Andrews 8 3 4 19 Cox 5 6 4 16 An Evansville graduate whose 25.9 points per game as a senior in 1987-88 was sixth in the nation, Tieman 2 4 4 8 Ahlering 8 9 4 25 UE Coach Marty Simmons is in his 10th season at his alma mater and his next victory will be the Kitchen 1 2 2 4 Ervin 2 2 5 6 250th of his head coaching career. Geiling 1 0 1 2 Reising 0 0 1 0 Kelley 1 4 2 6 Sheridan 0 0 1 0 Finishing No. 92 in last years RPI, Evansville was 12-6 in road or neutral site games last season. Varosack 1 3 1 5 Totals 30 32 27 92 The Purple Aces have won at least 20 games in three of the last four years and are 30-9 over their Froning 0 0 2 0 Totals 28 26 23 82 last 39 games. Evansville won the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, beating Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Arizona in the championship game.