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 39 NCAA Tournament Appearances Conference American Athletic 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 Probable Starting Lineup Head Coach Rick Pitino (UMass '74) Louisville (27-5, 15-3 AAC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown U of L Record 337-116 (13th yr.) F 11 Luke HANCOCK 6-6 200 Sr. 11.9 2.6 Roanoke, Va. Overall Record 691-244 (29th yr.) F 24 Montrezl HARRELL 6-8 235 So. 14.0 8.2 Tarboro, N.C. Associate Head Coach Kevin Keatts C 44 Stephan VAN TREESE 6-9 245 Sr. 2.8 5.5 Indianapolis, Ind. Assistant Coaches Wyking Jones, Mike Balado G 2 Russ SMITH 6-0 165 Sr. 17.5 3.4 Brooklyn, N.Y. Dir. of Basketball Operations Andre McGee G 3 Chris JONES 5-10 175 Jr. 10.5 2.2 Memphis, Tenn. All-Time Record 1,724-874 (100th yr.) All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 70-40 Cards Advance to Semifinals -- Louisville has reached the semifinals of its (39 Appearances, 10 Final Fours, conference tournament for the fifth time in the last six years and the fourth straight. Three NCAA Championships - 1980, 1986, 2013) Louisville has won 13 of its last 15 conference tournament games and has reached Important Phone Numbers the championship game four of the last five years, winning the 2009, 2012 and 2013 Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Big East titles. UofL has a composite 79-41 conference tournament record (1-0 Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 American Athletic Conference, 13-5 Big East Conference, 13-8 Conference USA, 32- SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 9 Metro Conference, 18-18 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, 2-1 Ohio email: [email protected] Valley Conference). The Cardinals have won 18 conference tournament titles (3 Big East, 2 C-USA, 11 Metro, 2 KIAC). 2013-14 Schedule/Results Pitino Successful in Conference Tournaments -- U of L Coach Rick Pitino Date Opponent TV Time (EST) has a 46-13 record in conference tournaments (1-0 American, 14-7 Big East, 8-2 October Conference USA, 17-1 Southeastern, 4-1 North Atlantic, 2-2 ECAC North). Pitino Tues. 29 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN ~ WHAS W 115-67 has won 11 conference tournament titles (3 Big East, 2 C-USA, 5 SEC, 1 North November Atlantic Conference), including the 2009, 2012 & 2013 Big East Conference titles. Wed. 6 PIKEVILLE ~ .............. WHAS W 90-61 Impressive Opening Game -- Louisville rolled to a 92-31 victory over Rutgers Sat. 9 COL. OF CHARLESTON .. WHAS W 70-48 in the first round of the AAC Tournament, the largest margin of victory for the Tues. 12 HOFSTRA = ............... WHAS W 97-69 Cardinals since a 104-40 victory over Morehead State on Dec. 27, 2004. Fri. 15 CORNELL .................. WHAS W 99-54 Tues. 19 HARTFORD = ............. WHAS W 87-48 Louisville’s 58 points in the first half against Rutgers -- a season high -- are the Sat. 23 Fairfield * ........................ ESPN3 W 71-57 most points the Cardinals have scored in the first half of a postseason game since Sun. 24 #24/19 North Carolina * ... ESPN L 84-93 totaling 56 against TCU on March 6, 2002, in the first round of the Conference USA Fri. 29 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WHAS W 69-38 Tournament. The Cardinals used a 13-0 run in the first half (span of 5:18) to push December its lead to 26-10 and UofL outscored the Scarlet Knights 32-4 over the final 8:18 in Wed. 4 MISSOURI KANSAS CITY WHAS W 90-62 the first period. It was the most points UofL has scored in a postseason game since Sat. 7 LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE . WHAS W 113-74 a 103-64 victory over Arizona on March 27, 2009 in the NCAA regional semifinals. Sat. 14 WESTERN KENTUCKY ^ . ESPN2 W 79-63 It was the most points scored in a conference tournament game since a 110-86 Tues. 17 MISSOURI STATE ........ ESPN2 W 90-60 Sat. 21 at FIU ...................... FOXSports1 W 85-56 victory over TCU in the Conference USA tourney first round on March 6, 2002. Sat. 28 at #18/18 Kentucky ............. CBS L 66-73 Louisville collected a season-high 19 steals and forced Rutgers into 26 Tues. 31 at UCF ............................. ESPN2 W 90-65 turnovers, the 11th time this season an opponent has committed more than 20 January turnovers. The Cardinals scored a season-best 44 points off turnovers. It was the Sat. 4 at Rutgers ..................... CBS SN W 83-76 ninth time this season that a Cardinal opponent had more turnovers than field goals. Thur. 9 #24/22 MEMPHIS ......... ESPN L 67-73 Jones Stars in Hometown -- Playing in his hometown of Memphis, junior Sun. 12 SMU....................... CBS SN W 71-63 guard Chris Jones scored a game-high 18 points, handed out four assists, hit 4-of-7 Thur. 16 HOUSTON ................ CBS SN W 91-52 Sat. 18 at Connecticut................... ESPN W 76-64 three-pointers and matched a season-best of six steals against Rutgers in the AAC Wed. 22 at USF ............................ ESPNU W 86-47 quarterfinals. In the last three games, Jones has averaged 16.3 points, 4.3 steals Thur. 30 #13/15 CINCINNATI ....... ESPN L 66-69 and two assists while hitting 10-of-18 three-pointers (.556). He scored a season- February high 21 points with six steals at SMU three games ago. Sat. 1 UCF ....................... ESPNU W 87-70 Cards Continuing Productive Defense — Louisville teams under Rick Pitino Wed. 5 at Houston ..................... ESPNU W 77-62 have been known for their defensive intensity and the 2013-14 unit has followed in Fri. 14 at Temple .......................... ESPN W 82-58 that tradition. UofL has limited its opponents to 60 or fewer points in 15 of its 32 Sun. 16 RUTGERS ................. ESPN2 W 102-54 Tues. 18 USF ....................... CBS SN W 80-54 outings (last year: 24 of 40), including six of the last nine. The Cardinals have Sat. 22 at #7/9 Cincinnati................ CBS W 58-57 allowed an average of 60.8 points, ranking 15th in the nation in scoring defense Thur. 27 TEMPLE ................... ESPN2 W 88-66 (last year: 58.8 pts., 21st). UofL is second nationally in steals, averaging 10.3 a March game (last year: 10.8 steals, 2nd in the nation). Louisville has committed fewer Sat. 1 at #21/22 Memphis ............ CBS L 66-72 turnovers than its opponent in 29 of 32 games and leads the nation in turnover Wed. 5 at #18/18 SMU ............. CBS SN W 84-71 margin (+7.2). Sat. 8 #19/19 CONNECTICUT ...... CBS W 81-48 Louisville has ranked among the nation’s top 40 in field goal percentage defense Thur. 13 Rutgers + ....................... ESPNU W 92-31 Fri. 14 Houston + ....................... ESPN2 7 p.m. ET in 10 of the past 12 years, including this season’s .393 percentage, which ranks = Hall of Fame Tipoff (Louisville, Ky.) ~ exhibition game 15th nationally. Louisville has held 10 of its last 16 opponents under 40 percent * Hall of Fame Tipoff (Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.) shooting from the field, including a season-best 24.0 percent against Rutgers in the ^ Billy Minardi Classic (Louisville, Ky.) AAC quarterfinals. UConn made just 29.4 percent of its shots in the Cardinals’ last + American Athletic Conference Championship (Memphis, Tenn.) regular season game. UofL is eighth in three-point field goal percentage defense. Louisville at American Athletic Conference Semifinals -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 Cards in Memphis — Louisville has participated in seven conference tourna- Game Facts ments played in Memphis, producing a combined 10-5 record in those games while Date: Friday, March 14 winning two conference championships (1988 Metro Conference, 2005 Conference Time: 7 p.m. ET USA). Both of the titles came against the host institution Memphis in the championship Site: FedEx Forum (18,400) game, including a 75-74 win over Memphis on March 12, 2005 at the FedEx Forum. Memphis, Tenn. Louisville went on to reach the NCAA Final Four in St. Louis that season. Television: ESPN2 Recently -- Over the last six games, Louisville has limited its opponents to a Dave O’Brien, play-by-play; Doris collective 37.1 percentage from the field (115-of-310). The Cards have held three of Burke, analyst; Andy Katz, reporter those six opponents under 30 percent. Rutgers’ 24-percent shooting (12-of-50) is the Radio: WKRD (790 AM) lowest by a Louisville opponent in postseason play since UofL began archiving box Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Doug scores in 1972-73 ... Montrezl Harrell has averaged 19.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and shot Ormay, analyst (also Sirius 92, XM 192) 62.0 percent from the field over the last six games. The AAC Most Improved Player, he Last Meeting: UofL 77, Houston 62 has scored at least 13 points in 13 of the last 14 games ... Luke Hancock has scored in (March 5, 2014 at Dallas, Texas) double figures in 17 of the last 19 games ... Smith, who handed out a career-high 13 Series History: UofL leads 15-5 assists vs. UConn, has averaged 6.2 assists and three steals over the last five games (8-0 in Louisville, 7-2 in Houston, ... Louisville has shot above 50 percent from the field in five of its last 11 games.