Vs. Virginia Tech Hokies (12-8, 4-3) Overall Record 738-257 (31St Yr.) Wednesday, Jan
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Louisville Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,000 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red and 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 President Dr. James Ramsey Vice President for Athletics Tom Jurich Louisville Cardinals (16-3, 5-1) Head Coach Rick Pitino (UMass '74) U of L Record 384-129 (15th yr.) vs. Virginia Tech Hokies (12-8, 4-3) Overall Record 738-257 (31st yr.) Wednesday, Jan. 27 8:05 p.m. ET Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Va. Asst. Coaches Mike Balado, Kenny Johnson, Ralph Willard PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS Dir. of Basketball Operations David Padgett Louisville (16-3, 5-1) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,771-887 (102nd yr.) F 0 Damion LEE 6-6 210 Gr. 16.6 3.8 Baltimore, Md. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 75-42 F 10 Jaylen JOHNSON 6-9 225 So. 5.5 3.7 Ypsilanti, Mich. (41 Appearances, 10 Final Fours, Three NCAA Championships - 1980, 1986, 2013) C 32 Chinanu ONUAKU 6-10 240 So. 10.6 9.2 Lanham, Md. Important Phone Numbers G 2 Quentin SNIDER 6-2 175 So. 10.1 2.3 Louisville, Ky. Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 G 3 Trey LEWIS 6-2 185 Gr. 12.2 3.6 Garfield Heights, Ohio Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Virginia Tech (12-8, 4-3) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 0 Shane HENRY 6-8 210 Sr. 2.5 2.6 Decatur, Ga. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 32 Zach LeDay 6-7 235 Jr. 16.0 8.4 Dallas, Texas email: [email protected] G 4 Seth ALLEN 6-1 190 Jr. 13.5 3.2 Woodbridge, Va. 2015-16 Schedule/Results G 10 Justin BIBBS 6-5 200 So. 12.2 2.5 Dayton, Ohio Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 23 Jalen HUDSON 6-5 195 So. 7.5 2.0 Richmond, Va. November Head Coach: Buzz Williams (Okla. City ‘94) 23-30 in 2nd yr. at VT; 176-116 in 10th yr. overall Sun. 1 BELLARMINE ~ ............ WAVE W 71-55 Mon. 9 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN ~ WAVE W 77-68 Louisville play its second straight on CARD FILE Fri. 13 SAMFORD ................. ESPN3 W 86-45 the road as the Cardinals visit Tues. 17 HARTFORD + ............. ESPN3 W 87-52 Blacksburg, Va. to face Virginia Tech on Louisville’s academic performance in Sat. 21 NORTH FLORIDA + ....... ESPN3 W 89-61 Wednesday. Louisville won for the the 2015 fall semester was impressive, Tues. 24 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN + RSN W 85-41 fourth time in its last five games in with 13 of 15 men’s basketball student- Sat. 28 Saint Louis # ........... ASN/WAVE W 77-57 athletes achieving a 3.0 or better grade December prevailing 75-71 at Georgia Tech on point average. The Cardinals posted a Wed. 2 at #3/3 Michigan State * ... ESPN L 67-71 Jan. 23 as Damion Lee led the Sat. 5 GRAND CANYON ......... ESPN3 W 111-63 Cardinals with 17 points and Anas collective 3.36 GPA for the 2015 fall se- Sat. 12 EASTERN MICHIGAN ....... RSN W 86-53 Mahmoud added a career-best 15 points mester, just short of the team record of Wed. 16 KENNESAW STATE ...... ESPNU W 94-57 off the bench. Virginia Tech (12-8, 4-3) 3.47 achieved in 2013. Sat. 19 WESTERN KENTUCKY .. ESPNU W 78-56 fell 75-70 to top-ranked North Carolina Chinanu Onuaku has six straight Tues. 22 UMKC ! ....................... RSN W 75-47 at home on Sunday in their last game as double-doubles, the first Cardinal to Wed. 23 UTAH VALLEY ! .......... ESPNU W 98-68 achieve that feat in 22 years. He had 12 Sat. 26 at #12/11 Kentucky ............. CBS L 73-75 Zach LeDay led the Hokies with 17 January points and three blocked shots. Six of points, 11 rebounds and four assists at Sun. 3 WAKE FOREST .......... ESPNU W 65-57 the Hokies seven ACC games have Georgia Tech in his last game. Onuaku Thur. 7 at NC State ...................... ESPN2 W 77-72 been decided by five or fewer points. has averaged 11.1 rebounds over the last Sun. 10 at Clemson ......................... RSN L 62-66 10 games, grabbing double-digit boards in Thur. 14 #20/17 PITTSBURGH ..... ESPN W 59-41 GAME FACTS eight of those games. In league games Wed. 20 FLORIDA STATE ......... ESPNU W 84-65 Site: Cassell Coliseum only, he leads the ACC in rebounding Sat. 23 at Georgia Tech ............... ESPN2 W 75-71 Wed. 27 at Virginia Tech ...... ACCN/WAVE 8:05 p.m. Blacksburg, Va. (9,847) (12.3) and blocked shots (2.3) and is Sat. 30 #11/12 VIRGINIA ............ CBS 1 pm. Television: ACC Network (WAVE-TV in fourth in field goal percentage (.586). February Louisville) Tom Werme, play-by-play; Louisville’s 139 victories over the last Mon. 1 NORTH CAROLINA ........ ESPN 7 p.m. Dan Bonner, analyst. five years are the second-most wins in Sat. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE ACCN/WHAS Noon Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul the nation in that stretch. Mon. 8 at Duke ............................. ESPN 7 p.m. Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, UofL leads the nation in field goal Sat. 13 at Notre Dame....... ESPN/ESPN2 4 or 9 p.m. Wed. 17 SYRACUSE ................. ESPN 7 p.m. analyst (Sirius channel 108, XM 94) percentage defense (.364) and scoring Sat. 20 DUKE............... ESPN/ESPN2 Noon Series History: UofL leads 29-8 margin (+21.6), is second in scoring Wed. 24 at Pittsburgh .......... ACCN/WAVE 8 p.m. (15-3 in Louisville, 13-3 in Blacksburg, defense (58.8) and sixth in rebound margin Sat. 27 at Miami ............... ACCN/WHAS 2 p.m. 1-2 neutral) (+11.2). March Last Meeting: UL 78, Virginia Tech 63 Louisville is 17th in the nation in field Tues. 1 GEORGIA TECH .... ACCN/WAVE 8 p.m. (Feb. 13, 2015 at KFC Yum! Center) goal percentage (.490). UofL has shot Sat. 5 at Virginia ............. ESPN/ESPN2 TBA UofL National Ranking: 14th USA above 50 percent in 10 of its 19 games. Tues. 8- at ACC Championship ................ TBA Sat. 12 Verizon Center, Washington, DC Today, 16th Associated Press The Cards shot 50 percent or above on Officials: Brian Dorsey, * ACC/Big 10 Challenge, Louisville, KY ~ exhibition game eight occasions all last season. + Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational, Louisville, KY Jerry Heater, Michael Roberts UofL has a 46-14 record in conference # Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational, Brooklyn, NY Next UofL Game: Jan. 30 vs. Virginia, games over the past four seasons. ! Billy Minardi Classic, Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center, 1 p.m. ET (CBS / Louisville has a 62-35 record over the WLKY-TV in Louisville) last 10 years on its opponents’ home court. Louisville at Virginia Tech -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Virginia Tech — Louisville play its Last Year vs. Virginia Tech second straight on the road as the Cardinals visit Blacksburg, Va. to face Virginia Tech on Louisville 78, Virginia Tech 63 Wednesday. Virginia Tech (12-8, 4-3) fell 75-70 to Jan. 13, 2015 -- KFC YUM! CENTER top-ranked North Carolina at home on Sunday in Louisville 78 their last game as Zach LeDay led the Hokies with Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Statistical Comparison Harrell f 26 4-7 1-2 2-2 8 3 1 3 0 2 11 17 points and three blocked shots. Six of the VT UofL Blackshear f 24 6-10 3-7 0-0 6 0 0 1 0 1 15 Hokies’ seven ACC games have been decided by Record ........................ 12-8 16-3 Mathiang c 23 5-7 0-0 1-2 8 0 0 2 1 1 11 Rozier g 19 6-12 4-6 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 2 16 five or fewer points. Five of their losses have come Scoring Average ......... 76.7 80.4 Jones g 30 3-7 0-0 1-1 2 11 2 0 1 1 7 to current top 25 teams, including all three ACC Points Allowed ............ 72.1 58.8 Gill 11 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 losses (Duke, Notre Dame and North Carolina. Scoring Margin ............ +4.6 +21.6 Snider 17 0-8 0-4 0-0 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 Avare 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Zach LeDay, a sophomore forward, leads FG Percentage ........... .449 .490 Stockman 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 Virginia Tech in scoring (16.0 ppg, 17th in the Opp. FG Percentage ... .424 .364 Johnson 11 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 0 0 2 6 Mahmoud 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 ACC) and rebounding (8.4 rpg, ninth in the ACC). 3-Pt. Percentage ......... .346 .351 FT Percentage ............ .676 .681 Aaron 7 2-4 2-4 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Sophomore guard Justin Bibbs is second in the Levitch 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ACC in three point percentage (.517, 45-of-87; Rebound Margin ........