Louisville Cardinals (4-0) Vs. Wisconsin Badgers (5-1)
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Louisville Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,640 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red & Black TOUGH. TOGETHER. UNBREAKABLE. Conference Atlantic Coast 1980, 1986 NCAA Champions 8 NCAA Final Fours 39 NCAA Tournament Appearances Home Court KFC Yum! Center (22,090) 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 Vince Tyra Head Coach Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92) Louisville Cardinals (4-0) UofL Record 48-21 (third year) vs. Overall Record 263-118 (12th year) Wisconsin Badgers (5-1) Assistant Coach Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07) Saturday, Dec. 19 Noon ET Kohl Center Madison, Wis. Assistant Coach Mike Pegues (Delaware ‘00) Assistant Coach Dino Gaudio (Ohio U. ’81) POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUPS Dir. of Basketball Operations Kahil Fennell (Redlands ‘04) Louisville (4-0, 0-0 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,750-933 (107th yr.) F 10 Samuell WILLIAMSON 6-7 210 So. 11.5 4.5 Rockwall, Texas (does not include 123-3 record vacated by NCAA) F 14 Dre DAVIS 6-5 220 Fr. 12.5 4.0 Indianapolis, Ind. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 61-40 C 24 Jae’Lyn WITHERS 6-8 215 R-Fr. 11.8 7.3 Charlotte, N.C. (39 Appearances, 8 Final Fours, 2 NCAA Titles - ‘80, ‘86) G 1 Carlik JONES 6-2 185 Gr. 17.3 7.0 Cincinnati, Ohio Important Phone Numbers G 13 David JOHNSON 6-5 210 So. 12.3 5.0 Louisville, Ky. Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Wisconsin (5-1, 0-0 Big Ten) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 2 Aleem FORD 6-8 217 Gr. 8.0 3.7 Lawrenceville, Ga. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 35 Nate REUVERS 6-11 235 Sr. 11.5 4.3 Lakeville, Minn. C 11 Micah POTTER 6-10 248 Gr. 12.8 6.7 Mentor, Ohio 2020-21 Schedule / Results #TEAM107 G 0 DMitrik Trice 6-0 184 Gr. 12.0 3.3 Huber Heights, Ohio Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 34 Brad DAVISON 6-4 202 Sr. 10.8 2.8 Maple Grove, Minn. November Head Coach: Greg Gard (UW-Platteville ‘95) 106-58 in sixth year at Wisconsin and overall. Wed. 25 EVANSVILLE + ..............ACCN W 79-44 Fri. 27 SETON HALL + ............ ESPN2 W 71-70 Sun. 29 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ......... RSN W 86-64 Louisville plays its first road game of CARD FILE December the season when the Cardinals visit the No. Tues. 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY .....ACCN W 75-54 12 Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, Wisc. With its debut in the Top 25 on Dec. 7, Lou- Fri. 4 UNC GREENSBORO ............... Cancelled in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Saturday. isville is one of only five schools to be ranked in Wed. 16 NC STATE * ........................ Postponed Louisville (4-0), ranked the AP Top 25 poll at least once during each of the Sat. 19 at #12/12 Wisconsin @ .....ESPN2 Noon 22nd by USA Today and last 18 seasons, excluding preseason polls (oth- Tues. 22 at Pittsburgh * ..................... RSN 7:00 pm No. 23 by AP, had paused ers: Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, & North Carolina). Sat. 26 KENTUCKY .................ESPN2 Noon team activities on Dec. 3 UofL has won its first four games of the January due to COVID-19 issues season for the 11th time in the last 12 years. The Sat. 2 at Boston College * .............. RSN Noon before its first full practice Cardinals have started 5-0 in eight of the last 11 Wed. 6 VIRGINIA TECH * ........... ACCN 6:30 pm on Dec. 12, forcing a cancellation of its Dec. years entering Wednesday’s game. Sat. 9 GEORGIA TECH * ........... ACCN 4:00 pm 4 game against UNC Greensboro, postponing Only four Louisville teams have ever had two Wed. 13 at Wake Forest * ................ ACCN 6:30 pm different freshmen score 20 or more points in a Sat. 16 at Miami * ..........................ACCN 8:00 pm its Dec. 16 game vs. NC State, and moving its game during a season as Dre Davis (21 points Mon. 18 FLORIDA STATE * ...........ESPN 7:00 pm Wisconsin game 10 days later to Saturday. vs. WKU) and Jae’Lyn Withers (20 points, nine Sat. 23 DUKE * .......................ESPN 4:00 pm In their last outing on Dec. 1, the Cardinals Sat. 30 BOSTON COLLEGE * .........RSN Noon won their fourth straight in prevailing 75-54 rebounds vs. Prairie View) have done in the last February over Western Kentucky as ACC Freshman of two games. It is the first time in UofL history Wed. 3 at Syracuse * ..................... ACCN 7:00 pm the Week Dre Davis scored a career-high 21 in which different freshmen scored 20 or more Sat. 6 at Virginia * .........................ESPN 4:00 pm points to lead the Cardinals. Wisconsin has points in back-to-back games. Davis was named Wed. 10 PITTSBURGH * .............ACCN 9:00 pm won five of its first six games, including a 77- ACC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 7 Sat. 13 at Virginia Tech * .............ESPN/2 Noon 63 victory over Loyola (Chicago) on Dec. 15 in Carlik Jones is the only player in the ACC to Wed. 17 SYRACUSE * ...............ESPN2 7:00 pm its last game. rank among the top 15 in each of scoring (7th Sat. 20 at North Carolina * ..............ESPN 4 or 6 pm in the ACC, 17.3 ppg), rebounding (15th, 7.0 Tues. 23 NOTRE DAME * ............. ACCN 8:00 pm GAME FACTS rpg) and assists (4th, 5.3 apg). Last season Sat. 27 at Duke * .............................ESPN 6:00 pm Site: Kohl Center (17,287), Madison, Wis. at Radford, the graduate transfer was the only March player in the nation to average at least 20.0 Television: ESPN2 - Dan Shulman, Wed. 3 at Clemson * .................ESPN2/U 9:00 pm points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, play-by-play; Jay Bilas, analyst. Sat. 6 VIRGINIA * ................ESPN/2 4:00 pm and was one of just 16 players in Division I men’s Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, Tues. 9- at ACC Tournament ...............TBA TBA basketball to do so since the 1996-97 season. Sat. 13 (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst Louisville has held three of its first four * ACC game (Sirius channel 132, XM 193, Internet 955) opponents below 40 percent shooting from the + Wade Houston Tipoff Classic, Louisville, KY Only Previous Meeting: UofL 70, Wisconsin 53 @ Big 10/ACC Challenge, Madison, WI field (Evansville .298, Seton Hall .333, Prairie (Dec. 28, 1978 in Freedom Hall, Louisville, View .393). In early NCAA statistics, Louisville Ky.) Louisville Holiday Classic is 29th in the nation in field goal percentage Guide Online — The 2020-21 UofL UofL National Ranking: No. 22 USA Today, defense (.365) and 26th in scoring defense Men’s Basketball guide is available in No. 23 Associated Press (58.0). pdf form with the QR code to the left, Next UofL Game: Dec. 22 at Pittsburgh, UofL is No. 13 in the Sagarin Ratings and No. or at this link: https://uofl.me/2JHHddm Pittsburgh, Pa., 7:00 p.m. ET (RSN) 23 by KenPom through Dec. 15. Louisville at Wisconsin -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Wisconsin — Louisville plays its first road game of the Last Meeting vs. Wisconsin season when the Cardinals visit the No. 12/12 Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, Wisc. in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Saturday. The Louisville 70, Wisconsin 53 game was originally scheduled for Dec. 9, but was moved after December 28, 1978 -- FREEDOM HALL Louisville Holiday Classic Louisville had paused team activities on Dec. 3 due to COVID-19 Louisville 70 issues. Wisconsin, which returns all five starters from last Statistical Comparison Player min FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP season, has won five of its first six games, including a 77-63 UW UofL Turner 23 5-8 4-6 4 1 2 0 3 1 14 victory over Loyola (Chicago) on Dec. 15 in its last game. Its Record ......................... 5-1 4-0 Williams 28 4-11 1-3 14 1 1 2 1 3 9 McCray, S. 25 3-8 0-0 6 3 6 0 1 2 6 lone loss was 67-65 at Marquette on Dec. 4. Scoring Average ..........77.7 77.8 Eaves 18 1-1 0-1 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 UofL won the only previous meeting between the two schools Points Allowed ............59.8 58.0 Griffith 25 4-10 0-0 4 4 5 1 2 1 8 42 years ago, a 70-53 victory in the Louisville Holiday Classic on Scoring Margin .........+17.8 +19.8 Branch 15 2-6 0-1 2 2 5 0 1 1 4 FG Percentage ............ .453 .519 Burkman 21 0-4 4-4 5 3 1 0 3 3 4 Dec. 28, 1978, led by Derek Smith’s 17 points and 10 rebounds. Smith 24 7-10 3-6 10 0 1 1 0 1 17 Opp. FG Percentage ... .367 .365 Louisville has won four of its six previous matchups in the Brown 16 2-3 1-2 1 3 4 1 0 2 5 3-Pt. Percentage ........ .397 .338 Albertson 3 0-0 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge and three of its last four in the event, FT Percentage ............ .757 .750 Cleveland 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 including a 58-43 victory over No.