Louisville Cardinals (27-9, 12-6 ACC) Vs. Samford Bulldogs (13-19
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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 (27-9, 12-6 ACC) Head Coach Rick Pitino (UMass '74) U of L Record 368-126 (15th yr.) vs. Samford Bulldogs (13-19, 6-12 SC) Overall Record 722-254 (31st yr.) Friday, Nov. 13 7:02 p.m. ET KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Asst. Coaches Mike Balado, Kenny Johnson, Ralph Willard PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS Dir. of Basketball Operations David Padgett Louisville (27-9, 12-6 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,755-884 (102nd yr.) F 0 Damion LEE 6-6 210 Gr. *21.4 *6.1 Baltimore, Md. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 75-42 F 14 Anas MAHMOUD 7-0 210 So. 1.2 1.4 Cairo, Egypt (41 Appearances, 10 Final Fours, Three NCAA Championships - 1980, 1986, 2013) C 32 Chinanu ONUAKU 6-10 240 So. 3.9 4.6 Lanham, Md. Important Phone Numbers G 2 Quentin SNIDER 6-2 180 So. 4.1 1.6 Louisville, Ky. G 3 Trey LEWIS 6-2 185 Gr. *16.3 *4.4 Garfield Heights, Ohio Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 * Lee & Lewis stats from Drexel & Cleveland State, respectively; Below, Johnson stats from Maryland Eastern Shore; Adams stats from 2013-14 Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Samford (13-19, 6-12 SoCon) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 1 Jamal SHABAZZ 6-6 200 Sr. 4.4 3.4 Pflugerville, Texas SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 23 Iman JOHNSON 6-5 215 Fr. *3.7 *3.2 Milwaukee, Wis. email: [email protected] C 13 Eric ADAMS 6-7 185 So. *1.0 *0.5 Hoover, Ala. 2015-16 Schedule/Results G 00 Christen CUNNINGHAM 6-2 185 So 10.3 2.4 Georgetown, Ky. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 15 Darius JONES-GIBSON 6-1 175 Sr. 12.2 3.1 Lexington, Ky. November Head Coach: Scott Padgett (Kentucky ‘99) 13-19 in second year at Samford and overall. Sun. 1 BELLARMINE ~ ............ WAVE W 71-55 Mon. 9 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN ~ WAVE W 77-68 Louisville will open its 2014-15 and CARD FILE Fri. 13 SAMFORD ................. ESPN3 7 p.m. 102nd men’s basketball season on Tues. 17 HARTFORD + ............. ESPN3 7 p.m. Friday as the Cardinals face Samford in Louisville has won 20 of its last 22 Sat. 21 NORTH FLORIDA + ....... ESPN3 TBA the KFC Yum! Center. UofL has won its season opening games, including winning Tues. 24 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN + RSN 7 p.m. two exhibition games, including a 77-68 its last 11 straight openers. Sat. 28 Saint Louis # ........... ASN/WAVE 8 p.m. victory over Kentucky Wesleyan last Louisville’s 123 victories over the last December Monday as the Cards blocked 12 shots four years are the second-most wins in Wed. 2 at Michigan State * ........... ESPN 7:15 p.m. Sat. 5 GRAND CANYON ......... ESPN3 Noon and scored 23 points off turnovers. the nation in that stretch. Louisville and Sat. 12 EASTERN MICHIGAN ....... RSN 2 p.m. Coached by Scott Padgett -- a Louisville Wichita State are the only schools in the Wed. 16 KENNESAW STATE ...... ESPNU 7 p.m. native who played under UofL Coach nation to win 30 games in three of the last Sat. 19 WESTERN KENTUCKY .. ESPNU Noon Rick Pitino at Kentucky -- Samford (13- four seasons, including a school-record Tues. 22 UMKC ! ....................... RSN 9 p.m. 19, 6-12 in SoCon last season) was 35 victories amassed by Louisville’s 2012- Wed. 23 UTAH VALLEY ! .......... ESPNU 7 p.m. picked to finish seventh in the Southern 13 NCAA Championship team. Sat. 26 at Kentucky ......................... CBS Noon Conference. In addition to welcoming January Last season, Louisville reached the five freshmen and a pair of graduate Sun. 3 WAKE FOREST .......... ESPNU 8 p.m. NCAA Elite Eight for the 14th time in Thur. 7 at NC State ............ ESPN/ESPN2 7 p.m. transfers, UofL returns eight lettermen school history, sixth-most in the nation, Sun. 10 at Clemson ......................... RSN Noon from its 2014-15 squad which reached and its third in the last four year. Louis- Thur. 14 PITTSBURGH ..... ESPN/ESPN2 9 p.m. the NCAA Elite Eight with a 27-9 record. ville and Michigan State are the only two Wed. 20 FLORIDA STATE ......... ESPNU 9 p.m. schools that have reached each of the last Sat. 23 at Georgia Tech ..... ESPN/ESPN2 4 p.m. GAME FACTS four Sweet 16’s. Wed. 27 at Virginia Tech ...... ACCN/WAVE 8 p.m. Sat. 30 VIRGINIA ..................... CBS 1 pm. Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville has just two players -- Mangok February Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (81-13 in 6th yr.) Mathiang and David Levitch -- who have Mon. 1 NORTH CAROLINA ........ ESPN 7 p.m. Television: ESPN3 - Kent Taylor, played with the Cardinals more than a year. Sat. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE ACCN/WHAS Noon play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst. The Cardinals return just 17 percent of its Mon. 8 at Duke ............................. ESPN 7 p.m. Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul scoring from last season, the lowest for a Sat. 13 at Notre Dame....... ESPN/ESPN2 4 or 9 p.m. Rogers, play-by-play; Doug Ormay, UofL team in 43 years. Wed. 17 SYRACUSE ........ ESPN/ESPN2 7 p.m. analyst (Sirius channel 119) Sat. 20 DUKE............... ESPN/ESPN2 Noon UofL will play 11 games this season Wed. 24 at Pittsburgh .......... ACCN/WAVE 8 p.m. Series History: Louisville leads 1-0 against teams ranked among the nation’s Sat. 27 at Miami ............... ACCN/WHAS 2 p.m. Last Meeting: UofL 80, Samford 54 top 25 or are receiving votes in the pre- March (Nov. 15, 2012 at KFC Yum! Center; season USA Today coaches poll, includ- Tues. 1 GEORGIA TECH .... ACCN/WAVE 8 p.m. Battle 4 Atlantis opening game) ing six games among teams in the top six. Sat. 5 at Virginia ............. ESPN/ESPN2 TBA UofL National Ranking: unranked Louisville is one of just four schools Tues. 8- at ACC Championship ................ TBA (receiving votes in both polls) which have won 20 or more games in each Sat. 12 Verizon Center, Washington, DC Officials: Mike Eades, of the last 13 seasons (also Kansas, * ACC/Big 10 Challenge, Louisville, KY ~ exhibition game + Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational, Louisville, KY Jerry Heater, Anthony Franklin Duke, and Gonzaga). # Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational, Brooklyn, NY Next UofL Game: Nov. 17 vs. Hartford, In the most recent polls, the ACC has ! Billy Minardi Classic, Louisville, KY 7:02 p.m. ET, Brooklyn Hoops Holiday the No. 1 ranked team in the nation in nine Invitational, KFC Yum! Center (ESPN3) different sports. Samford at Louisville -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Samford — Louisville will open its Last Meeting vs. Samford 2015-16 season and 102nd in school history as the Cardinals face the Samford University Bulldogs on Louisville 80, Samford 54 Friday. Nov. 15, 2012 -- KFC Yum! Center Guard Darius Jones-Gibson (12.2 ppg last Louisville 80 season), a 6-1 senior from Lexington, Ky., was a Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Statistical Comparison (‘14-15) Blackshear f 24 4-11 1-8 4-6 5 0 2 0 2 1 13 preseason All-Southern Conference choice. Samford UofL Behanan f 28 5-11 0-0 2-6 18 1 0 1 0 1 12 Samford (13-19, 6-12 in SoCon last season) was Dieng c 23 3-7 0-0 4-6 13 5 0 4 3 1 10 Record ...................... 13-19 27-9 Siva g 29 1-7 1-5 4-4 1 7 2 0 3 1 7 picked to finish seventh in the league in a poll by Scoring Average ......... 69.3 69.0 Hancock g 19 1-12 1-10 1-2 6 1 2 0 0 1 4 both the coaches and media. Points Allowed ............ 71.9 59.8 Smith 23 7-14 4-7 0-0 0 0 3 0 3 3 18 The Bulldogs are coached by Louisville native Ware 23 2-3 0-1 1-2 2 2 2 0 0 2 5 Scoring Margin ............. -2.6 +9.2 Baumann 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Padgett, who played the first two of his FG Percentage ........... .444 .429 Bond 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 collegiate seasons at Kentucky under UofL Coach Opp. FG Percentage ... .470 .392 Harrell 15 4-6 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8 Price 6 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 Rick Pitino (1995-97). Padgett was a first round 3-Pt. Percentage ......... .347 .307 Van Treese 7 1-1 0-0 0-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 draft pick (28th overall) of the Utah Jazz in 1999 FT Percentage ............ .684 .668 Team 1 and spent eight years in the NBA. Rebound Margin .......... -2.6 +2.6 Totals 200 28-72 7-31 17-30 53 17 11 7 11 14 80 Turnover Margin ........