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hen the Cardinals’ first season in the ACC in Tournament before reaching the NCAA Elite Eight for W went looking for its first new 2014-15, Louisville reached the Elite the second straight year. UofL earned its first ever Asso- men’s basketball coach in 30 years 15 Eight in the NCAA Tournament for the ciated Press No. 1 ranking in the final poll. years ago, it didn’t just get the best person fifth time in a span of eight years and UofL overcame early injuries to its front line in available. The Cardinals got arguably the finishing fourth among a league with 2007-08 to win 27 games against a schedule rated as best person, period. five teams in the nation’s top 25, includ- the fourth-toughest in the nation. An aggressive, multiple Rick Pitino, one of the most brilliant ing NCAA Champion Duke. He won his defensive attack helped UofL earn a second-place fin- minds in coaching, began a new era in 700th game along the way. ish in the Big East for the second consecutive year and University of Louisville men’s basketball In the 2013-14 season, Louisville advance to the Cards’ second NCAA Elite Eight appear- when he was named of the won both the American Athletic Confer- ance in four years. Cardinals on March 21, 2001. And as he successfully ence tournament championship and shared the regu- In 2006-07, Pitino’s youthful squad also battled accomplished at his previous three collegiate coaching lar season title while advancing to the NCAA Sweet through injuries to win eight of its last ten games and stops, it is clear over a decade later that there couldn’t 16 with a 31-6 record and a top five national ranking. rise among the nation’s top 20 teams over the last four have been a finer choice to continue to lead Louisville Senior guard developed into a consensus weeks. The Cards won 24 games, including a pair on to its place among the nation’s elite teams. All-America selection as the Cards won 30 games for the road over top 15 ranked teams, earned a second- The first coach in NCAA history to win a national the third straight season. pace finish in the and were No. 16 championship at two different schools, Pitino’s up- Pitino guided the Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA in the final ranking. tempo style, pressure defense, strong work ethic and Championship after claiming the nation’s top overall The Cardinals were No. 3 in the nation in the final family atmosphere quickly restored the Cardinals to seed in the NCAA Tournament and winning the BIG 2004-05 ESPN/USA Today poll while posting a stellar national prominence where it is firmly seated. EAST Conference regular season co-championship and 33-5 record, matching the most victories in UofL history. In 31 seasons as a collegiate head coach at five dif- tournament titles. The Cardinals won a school-record UofL won its first-ever Conference USA regular season ferent schools, Pitino has compiled a 745-262 record, 35 games while claiming their first NCAA title in 27 title and also claimed the league tournament champion- a .740 winning percentage that ranks him 13th among years. UofL reached its second straight and10th Final ship. Louisville reached its first NCAA Sweet 16 since active coaches. He has a 391-134 record in 15 seasons Four, marking Pitino’s seventh, a total reached by only 1997 as the No. 4 seed in the Albuquerque Regional at UofL, the third winningest coach in Cardinal history. six coaches all-time. before advancing to its first NCAA Final Four since UofL is among the nations’ top six programs in winning A year earlier, Pitino’s Cardinals manufactured 1986. Pitino, who made his fifth Final Four appearance, percentage under his guidance. His current contract ties a thrilling March run that delighted UofL fans. After became the first coach ever to guide teams from three him with UofL through the 2025-26 season. winning his 600th collegiate coaching victory in the different schools to the Final Four. The first coach in NCAA history to take three differ- Cards’ opening game of the 2011-12 season, UofL The successes of the 2005 Final Four squad were ent teams to the NCAA Final Four, Pitino was inducted embarked on a terrific season in which it won 30 built upon the efforts of his early teams at UofL. A year into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame games, claimed the Big East Tournament champion- before that Final Four advancement, the Cardinals won in 2013, lofty recognition for a lifetime of impressive ship and advanced to the NCAA Final Four. 16 straight during one stretch and rose to as basketball achievement. That followed another season of success. high as fourth in the national polls before a The Cardinals enter the season with 146 victories Despite opening the season with no regular trio of injuries disrupted the Cardinals’ over the last five years -- fifth-most in the nation in that returning starters in 2010-11, the Cardinals flight. UofL beat top-ranked Florida on Dec. stretch -- and UofL is one of just three schools in the tied for third in the nation’s toughest con- 13, 2003, the first of two wins that season nation with 30 wins in three of the last five seasons. ference and reached the title game of UofL achieved over No. 1 ranked foes. In Pitino’s 15 years at UofL, Cardinal fans can count the Big East Championship. Louisville In his second year at UofL in 2002-03, 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, seven Sweet 16s, beat seven Top 25 teams and rose to the Cardinals reached the No. 2 position in three Final Fours, a national title and five Elite Eight the national rankings themselves af- the Associated Press poll and spent time appearances over the last nine years. ter not receiving a single vote in as the nation’s top team in the Ratings A 2006 inductee to the City Hall of Fame, the preseason AP poll. Percentage Index and Sagarin Ratings. Pitino has the second-highest winning percentage in In 2009-10, Louisville After a 1-1 start, the Cardinals reeled off NCAA Tournament games among active coaches, win- reached 20 victories for the an incredible 17 straight victories, one ning 75 percent of his games in the post-season event eighth straight year against short of the school record and won with a 53-18 record in 20 tournament appearances. a top-five rated schedule. its first C-USA Tournament title. Pitino is one of only two coaches (along with North Along the way, U of L tied for Pitino did not ease into his Carolina’s Roy Williams) in NCAA history to have led fifth in arguably the nation’s tenure at UofL. In his first year two different schools to at least three Final Fours each. toughest league, beat then with the Cardinals in 2001-02, He is one of only four coaches (also , Mike top-ranked Syracuse in the he guided an undersized, often Krzyzewski and ) ever to guide a school to regular season finale, and outmanned squad to a 19-13 the Final Four in four separate decades. Pitino is one of played in the NCAA Tour- record, upsetting the nation’s a select group of 11 coaches who have taken teams nament. fourth-ranked team along the from four different schools to the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals earned way to earning a post-season He is one of five coaches all-time who have reached both the Big East Confer- tournament appearance in the the Final Four on at least seven occasions. ence regular season and NIT, nearly reversing the Cardi- His most recent Cardinals posted a 23-8 record tournament championships in nals fortunes the season prior to during the 2015-16 season, finished fourth in the 2008-09, won 31 games -- fifth his arrival (12-19 in 2000-01). Atlantic Coast Conference and beat two Final Four most in school history -- and gained Even under great adversi- participants in North Carolina and Syracuse. In the the top overall seed in the NCAA ty, Pitino’s teams have perse-

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 vered. Louisville battled Pitino is the first the Terriers to their first NCAA Rick Pitino’s Collegiate Coaching Record through destructive inju- coach to take 3 Tournament appearance ries and inexperience different schools to in 24 years. He was twice Year School Overall Home Away/Neutral Conf. Post-season 1975-76 Hawai’i 2- 4 2-2 0-2 — in 2005-06 to post a the Final Four and named New England Coach 1978-79 Boston Univ. 17- 9 12-4 5-5 — 21-13 record in its first first to win a title at of the Year (1979, 1983). 1979-80 Boston Univ. 21- 9 13-2 8-7 — NIT year in the Big East Con- 2 different schools. Pitino left Boston U. to 1980-81 Boston Univ. 13-14 8-6 5-8 — ference, concluding the become an assistant coach 1981-82 Boston Univ. 19- 9 13-4 6-5 6-2 1982-83 Boston Univ. 21-10 11-3 10-7 8-2 NCAA year in the NIT national semifinals. for the 1985-86 Providence 17-14 12-6 5-8 7-9 NIT Pitino coached the Puerto Rico national team in from 1983-85, where he 1986-87 Providence 25- 9 12-2 13-7 10-6 NCAA Final Four the summer of 2015, finishing fifth in the FIBA Ameri- worked with head coach 1989-90 Kentucky 14-14 13-2 1-12 10-8 cas tournament with an injury-depleted team and kept . It was a team 1990-91 Kentucky 22- 6 13-0 9-6 14-4 1991-92 Kentucky 29- 7 15-2 14-5 12-4 NCAA Final 8 hopes alive for Olympic qualification. he would return to lead as 1992-93 Kentucky 30- 4 16-0 14-4 13-3 NCAA Final Four Pitino’s impact goes beyond the teaching, moti- its head coach in two years. 1993-94 Kentucky 27- 7 13-1 14-6 12-4 NCAA vation and X’s and O’s of his on-the-court skills. His He was head coach 1994-95 Kentucky 28- 5 12-1 16-4 14-2 NCAA Final 8 1995-96 Kentucky 34- 2 13-0 21-2 16-0 NCAA Champion incredible charisma, tireless work ethic, captivating at for 1996-97 Kentucky 35- 5 12-1 23-4 13-3 NCAA Final Four speaking skills and widespread appeal not only mes- two seasons (1985-87), 2001-02 Louisville 19-13 16-3 3-10 8-8 NIT merize the Cardinal faithful, but have the college bas- producing a 42-23 record 2002-03 Louisville 25- 7 16-2 9-5 11-5 NCAA ketball world abuzz as well. His presence in Louisville there. He guided the Friars 2003-04 Louisville 20-10 13-2 7-8 9-7 NCAA 2004-05 Louisville 33- 5 15-2 18-3 14-2 NCAA Final Four has generated incredible attention beyond the borders to an NCAA Tournament 2005-06 Louisville 21-13 19-3 1-8 6-10 NIT of the state he and his family have come to love. appearance in 1986 and 2006-07 Louisville 24-10 16-4 8-6 12-4 NCAA Pitino is known for getting his players to believe in an improbable trip to the 2007-08 Louisville 27- 9 15-2 12-7 14-4 NCAA Elite Eight themselves, instilling the desire to succeed and driving NCAA Final Four in 1987, 2008-09 Louisville 31- 6 16-2 15-4 16-2 NCAA Elite Eight 2009-10 Louisville 20-13 15-4 5-9 11-7 NCAA his players to overachieve. His former players speak of winning the regional title in 2010-11 Louisville 25-10 19-2 6-8 12-6 NCAA their coach’s caring nature beyond their basketball skills. Louisville’s Freedom Hall. 2011-12 Louisville 30-10 16-4 14-6 10-8 NCAA Final Four Twenty-nine of his former assistants or players have Before his stint at 2012-13 Louisville 35-5 15-1 20-4 14-4 NCAA Champion become collegiate head coaches. Kentucky, Pitino served as 2013-14 Louisville 31-6 16-2 15-4 15-3 NCAA Sweet 16 2014-15 Louisville 27-9 15-4 12-5 12-6 NCAA Elite Eight For three and a half years, Pitino served as president head coach of the New 2015-16 Louisville 23-8 18-1 5-7 12-6 and head coach of the NBA’s . With the York Knicks for two seasons. Totals 30 seasons 745-262 431-74 314-188 311-129 Celtics, he took over a team that had posted a franchise In his initial year there in worst 15-67 record before his arrival. He quickly made 1987-88, the Knicks improved by 14 victories and time at UMass and his 168 assists as a senior is the an impact, improving the Celtics’ victory total by 21 made the NBA Playoffs for the first time in four seasons. sixth-best single season total ever there. Pitino was a games in his first season. He resigned his position with The Knicks won 52 games in 1988-89 and swept the freshman during NBA legend ’s senior year. the storied franchise on Jan. 8, 2001 after compiling a in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Born Sept. 18, 1952, Pitino is a native of New York 102-146 record there. Aside from his hoops prowess, Pitino has achieved City where he was a standout guard for Dominic High He guided Kentucky to three NCAA Final Four success off the court as well in such realms as broadcast- School in Oyster Bay, . There, he captained appearances in his last five years at Kentucky, winning ing, publishing, motivational speaking and horse racing. He his team and established several school scoring marks. the 1996 NCAA Championship and reaching the nation- is an accomplished author, producing such books as the Pitino and his wife Joanne have five children — al title game in 1997. In eight seasons with the Wildcats, best sellers “Success Is A Choice” and “Lead to Succeed,” Michael, Christopher, Richard, Ryan and Jacqueline he amassed a 219-50 record (.814) while winning two as well as his latest offering “The One-Day Contract.” — and eight grandchildren — Anna, Audrey, Alex league crowns and an impressive 17-1 record in the He earned his degree in 1974 at Massachusetts, (Michael and wife Bethany’s children), Andrew, James Tournament. where he was a standout guard for the Minutemen’s (Christopher and wife Brucie’s children), Ava, Jack and While at Kentucky, Pitino coached three Wildcats basketball team. His 329 career assists rank eighth all- Zoe (Richard and wife Jill’s children). who earned All-America honors and eight players who were drafted by the NBA, including six in the first round (three lottery picks). Pitino, 64, got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at Hawai’i in 1974 and served as a full-time assistant there in 1975-76 when he was the head coach for the last six games of the season (2-4) when the head coach was relieved of his duties. He served two seasons as an assistant at Syracuse under Jim Boeheim from 1976-78. Pitino was 25 years old when he accepted his first head coaching job at in 1978. He pro- duced a 91-51 record  29 former Pitino in five years there, assistant coaches or departing as the most players have successful coach in BU The Pitino family — (from left) Jack, Richard, Ava, Jill (Richard’s wife), Andrew, Christopher, James, Brucie become collegiate history. In his final sea- (Christopher’s wife), Ryan (Jacqueline’s husband), Jacqueline (on her wedding day), Joanne, Rick, Bethany head coaches. son there, he guided (Michael’s wife), Zoe, Michael, Alex, Anna, Audrey, Maura (Ryan’s fiance) and Ryan.

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Personal Coaching Record Basketball Playing Career

Born: Sept. 18, 1952 in New York, N.Y., a few blocks Record Pct. 1966-70 St. Dominic High School from Madison Square Garden. Overall (31 yrs.) 745-262 .740 1970-74 University of Massachusetts Age: 64 At Louisville (14 yrs.) 391-134 .745 Alma Mater: Massachusetts (1974) NCAA Tournament (20) 53-18 .746 Played four varsity seasons at St. Dominic High Married: April 3, 1976 to the former Joanne Minardi Conference Games 311-129 .707 School in Oyster Bay, N.Y., averaging 28 points Children: 5 — Michael (37; born Dec. 21, 1978), Conference Tournaments 47-16 .746 and 10 assists as a senior. He got his first taste of Christopher (36; born June 20, 1980), Richard Last Five Years 146-38 .793 coaching while still in high school by playing in and (34; born Sept. 16, 1982), Ryan (26; born June 21, Last 10 Years 273-86 .760 counseling at the Five-Star Camp. 1990) and Jacqueline (24; born May 15, 1992). NBA Coaching (6 yrs.) 192-220 .466 Played four seasons at the University of Massachusetts under coach . Pitino captained the Minutemen’s basketball team as Basketball Coaching Experience a senior as its starting guard. He was a 1974-75 Graduate Assistant Coach, University of Hawai’i freshman during NBA legend Julius Erving’s senior 1975-76 Assistant Coach, University of Hawai’i year at UMass. Pitino’s 329 career assists ranks 1976 Interim Head Coach, University of Hawai’i (2-4 record, last 6 games of one season) eighth all-time at UMass. His 168 assists as a senior is the sixth-best single season total ever 1976-78 Assistant Coach, at Massachusetts. 1978-83 Head Coach, Boston University (91-51 record, five seasons) 1983-85 Assistant Coach, New York Knicks 1985-87 Head Coach, Providence College (42-32 record, two seasons) Coaching Honors 1987-89 Head Coach, New York Knicks (90-74, two seasons) 1979 New England Coach of the Year 1989-97 Head Coach, (219-50 record, eight seasons) 1997-2001 President/Head Coach, Boston Celtics (102-146, 3 1/2 seasons) 1983 New England Coach of the Year 2001-current Head Coach, University of Louisville (391-134, 15 seasons) 1987 Coach of the Year 1987 NABC Coach of the Year Coaching Career Notes 1987 The Coach of the Year

 Pitino is the first coach in NCAA history to win an  Pitino’s teams have won 12 tournament cham- 1990 Coach of the Year NCAA Championship at two different schools. He guided pionships and he has a collective 47-16 conference 1990 Southeastern Conf. Coach of the Year Louisville to the 2013 title and won the 1996 title at tournament record (.746). In eight seasons at Kentucky, 1991 The Sporting News Coach of the Year Kentucky, also finishing as runner-up in 1997. his teams posted an incredible 17-1 Southeastern Con- 1991 Southeastern Conf. Coach of the Year  Pitino is the first coach in NCAA history to guide ference tournament mark. He guided UofL to BIG EAST three different schools to the NCAA Final Four. tournament titles in 2009, 2012 and 2013. 1996 Southeastern Conf. Coach of the Year  Pitino is one of only two coaches (along with North  Pitino has compiled a 745-262 record, a .740 2005 Conference USA Coach of the Year Carolina’s Roy Williams) in NCAA history to have led two winning percentage that ranks him ninth among active 2013 ESPY for Best Coach/Manager different schools to at least three Final Fours each. coaches and 27th in all-time victories. 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame  Pitino is one of only four coaches (also Jim Boeheim,  Pitino was inducted into the Naismith Memorial and Dean Smith) ever to guide a school Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. to the Final Four in four separate decades.  Pitino has coached teams from four different Winningest Active Division I  Pitino has coached seven NCAA Final Four teams schools to the NCAA Tournament (Boston U., Providence, Men’s Coaches by Percentage (Providence 1987; Kentucky 1993, 1996 and 1997; Kentucky and Louisville), one of 11 coaches all-time to Louisville 2005, 2012, 2013). accomplish that feat. (Minimum five years as a Division I head coach; includes record at four-year colleges only)  Pitino has a 53-18 record in NCAA Tournament play  Pitino is one of nine active collegiate head coaches Coach, College Yrs. Won Lost Pct. (.746), ranking him second among active coaches and with head coaching experience in the NBA (others in- 1. , Gonzaga 17 466 111 .808 16th in all-time NCAA Tournament winning percentage. clude Kentucky’s , Alabama’s , 2. Roy Williams, N. Carolina 28 783 209 .789  Pitino has guided 20 teams to NCAA tournament Oklahoma’s , UTEP’s , Florida State’s 3. John Calipari, Kentucky 24 620 185 .770 appearances, including 12 of his 15 Louisville teams and , Utah’s Larry Krystkowiak, Nevada’s Eric 4. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 41 1043 321 .765 his last six straight Kentucky teams. He has won 38 of Musselman and CSUN’s ). 5. , Kansas 23 592 188 .753 his last 50 NCAA Tournament games spanning his last  When Pitino attained his first collegiate head 6. , Ohio State 16 422 139 .752 14 appearances. coaching position in 1978 at the age of 25, he was the 7. Dave Rose, BYU 12 283 99 .741  Twenty-four of Pitino’s 31 collegiate teams won 20 nation’s youngest Division I head coach. 8. Sean Miller, Arizona 12 308 108 .741 or more games (fifth among active coaches), with eight  Pitino officially guided his first team as a head coach 9. Rick Pitino, Louisville 31 745 262 .740 winning 30 or more (fifth all-time). UofL’s 2012-13 unit in just his second year out of college. As an assistant coach 10. , Iona 10 238 88 .730 set a school record with 35 wins. in his second year at Hawai’i in the 1975-76 season, 11. , 13 328 123 .727  At five collective collegiate coaching stops, Pitino has Pitino coached UH for the final six games of the season 12. Shaka Smart, 7 183 69 .726 13. , Auburn 21 488 185 .725 coached 29 players who were drafted or have played in after the head coach there was relieved of his duties. 14. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 40 884 342 .721 the NBA, five of whom are active players. His 1996 NCAA  Pitino has international coaching experience, guiding 15. , Michigan State 21 524 205 .719 Championship Kentucky team featured seven future NBA the Puerto Rico national team in three 2015 summer Above records through the 2015-16 season performers. competitions.

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Record vs. All Opponents UofL Coach Rick Pitino in the NCAA Tournament

Opponent W L Minnesota 2 1 Adelphi 0 1 Mississippi 11 1 NCAA Tournament Winning Pct. - Active Final Four Appearances, All-Time Air Force 1 0 Mississippi St. 8 4 Alabama 10 2 Missouri 1 0 (minimum 10 games) 12 John Wooden, UCLA 1962-75 UAB 7 0 Missouri-Kansas City 3 0 .769 (90-27) Mike Krzyzewski, Duke, 1984-2016 12 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke, 1986-2015 Akron 1 0 Missouri State 2 0 11 Dean Smith, North Carolina, 1967-97 Alaska Anchorage 1 0 Montana 1 0 .746 (53-18) Rick Pitino, Boston U, Alcorn St. 0 1 Morehead St. 8 1 8 Roy Williams, Kansas/North Carolina, American 1 0 Morgan St. 2 0 Providence, Kentucky, Louisville 1983-2015 Appalachian St. 1 0 Mount St. Marys 1 0 1990-2016 Arizona 2 2 Murray State 2 0 745 (70-24) Roy Williams, Kansas and 7 Rick Pitino, Providence/Kentucky/ Arizona St. 2 0 UNLV 2 3 Arkansas 7 4 New Hampshire 7 0 North Carolina, 1990-2016 Louisville, 1987-2013 Ark.-Little Rock 1 0 New Hampshire College 2 0 7 Tom Izzo, Michigan State, 1999-2015 Arkansas State 2 0 New Mexico 1 1 .736 (39-14) John Calipari, Massachusetts, Assumption 2 0 New Mexico State 1 0 6 , Louisville, 1972-86 Auburn 10 1 New York Tech 1 0 Memphis and Kentucky, 1992-2016 Austin Peay 5 0 Niagara 2 2 6 , Kentucky, 1942-66 Baltimore 2 0 North Carolina 2 7 .714 (45-18) Tom Izzo, Michigan St., 1998-2016 Bellarmine 1 0 North Carolina A&T 2 0 Boise State 1 0 NC State 2 1 .702 (40-17) Bill Self, Illinois & Kansas, 1999-2016 Boston College 5 3  Pitino’s Unique Accomplishment — In Boston University 2 0 UNC Wilmington 1 0 guiding Louisville to the 2013 NCAA title, UofL Brandeis 1 0 Northeastern 8 3 BYU 0 1 North Florida 1 0 Most NCAA Tournament Wins - Active Coach Rick Pitino became the first coach to lead two BYU Hawaii 1 0 Northern Iowa 2 0 Brooklyn 1 0 Notre Dame 14 9 90 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke, 1984-2016 different schools to a national title. When he lead Brown 2 0 Ohio 6 0 Butler 2 1 Ohio State 5 0 70 Roy Williams, Kansas, N. Caro., 1990-2016 the Cards to the NCAA Final Four in 2005, Pitino C.W. Post 3 0 Oklahoma 1 0 became the first coach in NCAA history to guide California 0 1 Old Domonion 2 3 53 Rick Pitino, Boston U., Providence, UC Davis 1 0 Oregon 1 1 three different schools to the Final Four. Pitino has UC Irvine 1 0 Penn St. 1 0 Kentucky and Louisville, 1983-2015 Cal State Northridge 1 0 Pennsylvania 1 0 coached seven Final Four teams (Providence 1987; 53 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse, 1976-2016 Canisius 1 2 Pittsburgh 12 9 Kentucky 1993, 1996 and 1997; Louisville 2005, Chamindade 1 0 Portland 3 0 45 Tom Izzo, Michigan State, 1998-2016 Charlotte 4 3 Prairie View 1 0 2012, 2013), including winning the 1996 NCAA State 1 0 Princeton 1 1 39 John Calipari, Massachusetts, Memphis, Cincinnati 14 11 Providence 8 2 Championship at Kentucky and a runner-up finish Clemson 2 2 Purdue 1 3 Kentucky, 1992-2016 Cleveland St. 2 0 Radford 1 0 there in 1997. Pitino is one of only six coaches Colgate 3 0 Rhode Island 5 0 40 Bill Self, Tulsa, Illinois, Kansas, 1999-2016 Col. of Charleston 6 0 Richmond 2 1 all-time who have reached the Final Four at least Connecticut 15 11 Rider 3 0 30 , Tulsa, , Kentucky, seven times. Twelve coaches have taken teams Colorado State 1 0 Robert Morris 1 0 Coppin State 1 0 Rutgers 11 1 Minnesota, 1994-2014 from two different schools to the NCAA Final Four. Cornell 1 0 Sacramento State 1 0 Davidson 1 0 St. Bonaventure 0 1 Dayton 0 2 St. Francis 5 0  Pitino Second in Active NCAA Winning Percentage — Pitino has a 53-18 record in NCAA Tourna- Delaware St. 3 0 St. John’s 11 4 DePaul 14 2 St. Joseph’s 2 1 ment play (.746), ranking him second to Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski among active coaches in NCAA Tournament Detroit 1 0 Saint Louis 4 4 Drexel 1 2 St. Peters 1 1 winning percentage. Pitino has guided 20 teams to the NCAA Tournament, including 12 of his last 14 at Duke 2 4 Samford 2 0 Eastern Kentucky 7 0 San Francisco 2 0 Louisville. He has guided a team into the NCAA Tournament in 18 of his last 21 seasons coaching in the East Carolina 5 1 San Jose State 1 1 Eastern Michigan 1 0 collegiate ranks (last six straight UK teams from 1992-97; 2003-05, 2007-15 at UofL). Pitino’s teams have Savannah State 2 0 East Tennessee St. 1 0 Seton Hall 13 2 Fairfield 5 0 won 38 of his last 50 games, spanning his last 14 NCAA Tournament appearances (1996, 1997, 2003, ‘04, Fairleigh Dickinson 5 0 Siena 5 0 Florida 20 2 South Alabama 4 0 ‘05, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15). Florida International 4 0 South Carolina 9 6 Florida Southern 1 0 USF 15 2  Pitino Coach of Record for Six Games at Hawai’i — UofL Coach Rick Pitino officially guided his Florida State 3 0 SMU 2 0 Furman 2 0 Southern Miss 4 0 first team as a head coach in just his second year out of college. As an assistant coach in his second season Garner-Webb 1 0 SW Louisiana 0 1 George Mason 2 1 Stanford 2 0 at Hawai’i during the 1975-76 season, Pitino coached the Rainbows for the final six games of the season Georgetown 4 10 Stetson 1 0 George Washington 1 0 Stonehill 1 0 after the head coach there was relieved of his duties. Hawai’i won two of those contests, producing the first Georgia 15 2 SW Texas State 1 0 Georgia Tech 7 1 Syracuse 13 11 victory of his illustrious collegiate career with an 82-58 win over Portland on Feb. 28, 1976. The addition to Grand Canyon 1 0 Temple 2 1 Hartford 3 0 Tennessee 19 3 his career record was discovered prior to the 2011-12 season and with UofL’s first victory of the year against Hofstra 2 0 Tenn.-Chattanooga 2 0 Tennessee Martin, Pitino earned his 600th collegiate career coaching victory. Holy Cross 6 2 Tenn.-Martin 3 0 5 1 Tennessee St. 3 0  Updates On www.rickpitino.net — UofL Coach Rick Pitino provides personal updates on the Howard 2 0 Tennessee Tech 3 0 Illinois-Chicago 1 0 Texas 1 0 Cardinals on his web site at www.rickpitino.net. Pitino periodically provides personal updates on the team. Illinois State 1 0 Texas-Pan American 0 1 Indiana 7 4 Texas A&M 0 1 Indiana State 1 0 TCU 6 1 Pitino’s Milestone Collegiate Victories Pitino’s Milestone Collegiate Games IUPUI 2 0 Texas Tech 1 0 Iona 3 1 Toledo 1 0 No. Date Score No. Date Score Iowa 1 2 Townson St. 2 0 Iowa State 1 0 Tulane 4 0 1 2/28/76 Hawai’i 82, Portland 58 100 1/12/82 Boston U 96, Holy Cross 82 Jackson State 2 0 Tulsa 0 1 Jacksonville State 1 0 U.S. International 1 1 100 12/21/86 Providence 93, Howard 84 200 2/7/87 Pittsburgh 87, Providence 81 Kansas 1 1 UCF 2 0 Kennesaw State 1 0 UCLA 0 2 200 3/22/92 Kentucky 106, Iowa State 98 300 3/14/92 Kentucky 80, LSU 74 Kentucky 5 12 UNC Asheville 1 0 Lafayette 1 0 UNC Wilmington 2 0 Lamar 2 0 300 1/20/96 Kentucky 124, TCU 80 400 3/10/95 Kentucky 93, Auburn 81 Upsala 1 0 LaSalle 0 1 Utah 3 0 400 12/7/03 Louisville 56, Holy Cross 40 500 1/26/02 Louisville 97, DePaul 67 Long Beach State 2 1 Utah Valley 1 0 Louisiana-Lafayette 3 0 Vanderbilt 15 3 500 11/24/07 Louisville 64, Old Dominion 53 600 1/9/05 Memphis 85, Louisville 68 Louisiana Tech 0 1 Louisville 6 2 Vermont 6 1 600 11/11/11 Louisville 83, UT Martin 48 700 1/19/08 Seton Hall 92, Louisville 82 LSU 9 4 Villanova 9 8 Maine 5 4 1 3 700 11/26/14 Louisville 45, Cleveland St. 33 800 12/27/10 Louisville 104, Morgan St. 74 Manhattan 3 0 VMI 1 0 Marist 1 0 Virginia Tech 3 0 (Pitino enters 2016-17 with 745 collegiate wins) 900 3/31/13 Louisville 85, Duke 63 Marquette 12 10 Wagner 1 3 Marshall 5 0 Wake Forest 4 0 At Louisville 1000 2/20/16 Louisville 71, Duke 64 Maryland 1 1 Washington 1 0 Massachusetts 10 2 West Virginia 7 3 1 11/18/01 Louisville 92, South Alabama 38 At Louisville Memphis 6 6 Western Carolina 1 1 Merrimack 3 0 Western Kentucky 10 1 100 12/4/05 Louisville 67. Arkansas State 55 100 12/11/04 Louisville 74, Florida 70 Miami (Fla.) 6 0 Wichita State 1 0 Miami (Ohio) 3 0 Wisc.-Green Bay 1 0 200 3/27/09 Louisville 103. Arizona 64 200 3/17/07 Texas A&M 72, Louisville 69 Michigan 1 1 Wisc.- 1 0 Michigan State 1 3 Wright State 2 0 300 3/4/13 Louisville 67, Cincinnati 51 300 2/20/10 Louisville 68, DePaul 59 Middle Tennessee 1 0 Xavier 1 2 (Pitino enters 2016-17 with 391 wins at UofL) 400 1/19/13 Syracuse 70, Louisville 68

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Pitino Chronology

 March 22, 1985 - Pitino becomes head Is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business coach at Providence College, which is coming off an and Life” - is released. The 288-page book rises to 11-20 season. the best seller list.  March 20, 1986 - Providence falls 64-63 to  March 31, 1997 - In Pitino’s final game as Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals of the NIT to finish the Wildcats’ coach, Kentucky falls to Arizona 84-79 17-14 in Pitino’s first season. in overtime in Pitino’s second straight championship  March 21, 1987 - Providence defeats Big East game appearance in Indianapolis. Pitino’s final UK rival and No. 1 seed Georgetown 88-73 to win the team posts a 35-5 record. UofL Vice-President and Director of Athlet- NCAA Southeast Region in Louisville’s Freedom Hall  May 7, 1997 - Pitino is named president and ics (left) lured Pitino to Louisville as Pitino’s second Friar team reaches the NCAA Final head coach of the Boston Celtics. The Celtics were 15- in 2001 and the coach now has a contract Four for the first time since 1974. 67 the previous season, the worst record in the NBA. through the 2025-26 season.  March 28, 1987 - Pitino and Providence lose  Jan. 8, 2001 - Pitino resigns from the Celtics 77-63 to his former boss Jim Boeheim and Syracuse and finshes with a 102-146 record in 3 1/2 seasons.  Sept. 18, 1952 - Pitino is born in Manhattan, in the national semifinals in to finish  March 21, 2001 - Pitino is introduced as the N.Y., the third son of Rosario “Sal” Pitino and Charlotte 25-9. The Friars scoring leader that season was guard new coach at Louisville, just the fourth coach for the Newman, a few blocks from Madison Square Garden. , the current head coach at Florida who Cards in the last 57 years.  1959 - At the age of seven, Pitino made the later joins Pitino as an assistant at Kentucky.  Nov. 18, 2001 - In Pitino’s first game as the Sacred Heart Elementary team a day after he first  July 13, 1987 - Pitino becomes head coach of Cardinals’ head coach, UofL pounds South Alabama picked up a basketball. the New York Knicks, who had stumbled to a 71-175 92-38, forcing 36 turnovers, the second-highest  1970 - Pitino averaged 28 points and 10 assists three-year mark before his arrival, worst in the NBA. ever at UofL. as a senior at St. Dominic’s High School in Oyster Bay, His first Knicks squad improved by 14 games with a  Dec. 20, 2002 - In an amazing comeback, Long Island. He signed with the University of Mas- 38-44 record and a berth in the playoffs. His 1988- Pitino’s Cards hit three consecutive three-point goals sachusetts, where he played his freshman year with 89 team was 52-30, winning the Atlantic Division. in the final 32 seconds, overcoming a six-point deficit, Julius “Dr. J” Erving.  June 2, 1989 - Pitino is named head coach at to defeat Tennessee 73-72. The Cardinals would  1974 - Pitino graduates from UMass. A 6-foot Kentucky, inheriting a program that had just been placed win seven of 10 games during the season in games guard, he played four seasons and averaged 28 points on two years probation for committing NCAA violations decided by five or fewer points. per game as a senior. His 168 assists as a senior is and had posted a 13-19 record prior to his arrival.  March 12, 2002 - UofL, which won 12 games the sixth highest single-season total ever at UMass.  March 5, 1990 - With just eight scholarship the previous season, reaches the NIT under Pitino’s  1974 - Pitino attained his first coaching position players on the season, Kentucky finishes a respectable guidance beating Princeton 66-65 in the first round. as a graduate assistant at the University of Hawai’i. He 14-14 season with a loss at Notre Dame and a fourth-  Feb. 10, 2003 - Riding an amazing 17-game moved up to full-time status a year later. place finish in the Southeastern Conference. Pitino is winning streak, the Cardinals rise to No. 2 in both  Feb. 28, 1976 - As an assistant coach in his named National Coach of the Year by Basketball Times. the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls, the second season at Hawai’i, Pitino coached the Rain-  1991 - Pitino is named National Coach of the highest ranking attained by UofL in 17 years. It was the bows for the final six games of the season after the Year by The Sporting News after guiding the ninth- first time in three years the Cardinals had appeared head coach was relieved of his duties. He won his ranked Wildcats to a 22-6 record. in the nation’s top 25. first game on this date, an 82-58 win over Portland.  March 28, 1992 - In what is regarded by  March 15, 2003 - Pitino guides UofL to its  April 3, 1976 - Pitino married Joanne Minardi many as one of the greatest games first-ever Conference USA Tournament Championship in Manhattan. Later that day, Syracuse coach Jim ever played, Christian Laettner’s last-second bucket with an 83-78 victory over UAB in the title game. Boeheim hires Pitino as an assistant coach on his in overtime edges Duke 104-103 past Kentucky in  March 21, 2003 - In the Cardinals’ 30th first staff with the Orangemen. the NCAA East Region final in Philadelphia. Pitino’s NCAA Tournament appearance, Pitino’s Cardinals  1976-78 - Syracuse produces a combined 48- Wildcats finish sixth in the nation with a 29-7 record. defeat Austin Peay 83-64 in the first round, mark- 10 record in two seasons with Pitino as an assistant  April 3, 1993 - After reaching the Wildcats’ ing UofL’s first victory in NCAA Tourney competition (26-4 in 1976-77, 22-6 in 1977-78), reaching the first Final Four since 1984 in Pitino’s fourth season, in six years. NCAA Tournament both years. Kentucky loses in overtime to Michigan 81-78 in the  Dec. 27, 2003 - After beating No. 1 Florida  March 31, 1978 - Pitino is named head coach at national semifinals in New Orleans. The Wildcats 73-65 on Dec. 13, Pitino’s Cardinals make it two Boston University, taking over a program that had won a complete a 30-4 season. victories over the nation’s top-ranked team on the collective 17 games over the previous two seasons. He  Feb. 15, 1994 - Pitino guides Kentucky to the season - a first for UofL - with a 65-56 victory at top- would win that many in his first year with a 17-9 mark. biggest road comeback in NCAA history, erasing a ranked Kentucky. The Cardinals would continue to  March 10, 1980 - Pitino makes his first 31-point deficit in the final 15:34 minutes to edge win, building a 16-game winning streak. post-season appearance as a head coach as Boston LSU 99-95.  March 3, 2005 - On an emotional Senior University drops a 96-74 decision to Boston College  March 2, 1996 - Kentucky finishes the regular Night in Freedom Hall, the Cardinals defeat No. 18 in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament, season with a 101-63 rout over Vanderbilt as Pitino Charlotte 94-82 to clinch UofL’s first Conference USA capping a 21-9 season. guides the Wildcats to a perfect 16-0 SEC record, UK’s Championship in its 10 years in the league.  March 15, 1983 - Boston University makes its first unblemished run through the league since 1955-56.  March 26, 2005 - In erasing a 20-point deficit, first NCAA Tournament in 24 years, falling 70-58 to  April 1, 1996 - Pitino and the Wildcats defeat the Cardinals defeat West Virginia 93-85 in overtime LaSalle in the first round. It was Pitino’s final game with Syracuse 76-67 in East Rutherford, N.J., to win their in the NCAA Albuquerque Region championship to the Terriers after producing a 91-51 record in five seasons. first NCAA championship since 1978. Kentucky had send UofL to its eighth Final Four and the first in the  1983 - Pitino becomes an assistant coach with avenged an early season loss to Massachusetts in the last 18 years. It put Pitino in a unique position of being the New York Knicks under head coach Hubie Brown. national semifinals two days before. the first coach in NCAA history to lead three different The Knicks post a 47-35 record in his first season there.  March 17, 1997 - Pitino’s new book - “Success schools to the Final Four.

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Pitino Chronology

Former Pitino Assistants as Collegiate Head Coaches points in both Final Four games. Louisville won its last 16 consecutive games of the season. Coach School/Team Where Head Coach (Years)  Sept. 8, 2013 - Pitino is inducted into the Kentucky State (2000-03) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Texas-Pan American (1997-99) Bob Brown Southern Maine (1987-90), Boston University (1990-94) Bill Burke Loyola (Baltimore, Md.) (1981-82) Master Rebuilder Providence (1987-88) While Pitino’s record is among the nation’s lead- Murray State (2003-06), Cincinnati (2006-current) ers, it may be even more impressive considering that Bellarmine (2005-current) every program he has taken over had a losing record Billy Donovan Marshall (1994-96), Florida (1996-2015) New York Knicks (1990), (1992-94) the year before he arrived. Four of his teams at Lou- UNC Wilmington (2014-current) isville are among the top seven in all-time victories Boston University (1983-85), George Washington (1985-90) at UofL (a record 35-5 in 2012-13, 33-5 in ‘04-05, Manhattan (2011-current) 31-6 in ‘08-09, 30-10 in ‘11-12). Kentucky (women; 1995-2003) New Mexico State (2007-16), UNLV (2016-current) Jim O’Brien Dayton (1990-94) Record Prior Florida International (2012-13), Minnesota (2013 - current) School to Arrival Best Season Missouri-Kansas City (2013 - current) Boston Univ. 10-15 21-10, NCAA Participant Martin Schoepfer Connecticut College (1982-93) Providence 11-20 25-9, Final Four Miami, OH (1993-96), N.C. State (1996-2006), Arizona St. (2006-15) Orlando “Tubby” Smith Tulsa (1991-95), Georgia (‘95-97), Kentucky (‘97-2007), Kentucky 13-19 34-2, NCAA Champion Minnesota (‘07-13), Texas Tech (‘13-16), Memphis (‘16-current) Louisville 12-19 35-5, NCAA Champion Reggie Theus New Mexico State (2005-07), Cal State Northridge (2013-current) Iona (2007-2010), Seton Hall (2010-current) Success as a Horse Owner Western Ky. (‘90-94), Pittsburgh (‘94-99), Holy Cross (1999-2009) Rick Pitino has dabbled as a horse owner since 1988, with results that would be envious to most in Former Pitino Players as Collegiate Head Coaches the business. He was a joint owner in AP Valentine, Coach School/Team Where Head Coach (Years) a colt that ran in each of the 2001 Triple Crown races. Delray Brooks Texas-Pan American (1997-99) It placed second in both the Preakness and Belmont Billy Donovan Marshall (1994-96), Florida (1996-2015) Allen Edwards Wyoming (2015-current) Stakes and ran sixth in the Kentucky Derby. Travis Ford Campbellsville (1997-2000), Eastern Ky. (2000-05), Massachusetts (2005-08), Four horses — Halory Hunter, The Groom is Red, Oklahoma State (2008-15), Saint Louis (2015-current) AP Valentine and Goldencents — of which Pitino Samford (2014-current) South Alabama (2002-07), Arkansas (2007-2011) was an co-owner have won Grade I races. To put Utah Valley (2015-current) that success in perspective, just 0.6 percent of North Mississippi Valley State (2008-12), Morehead State (2012-current) American thoroughbreds ever win a stakes race. Other notable former players in coaching: Dan Harwood, head basketball coach, Magruder High School (Rockville, Md.). Pitino Pitino and his current stable, named Ol’ Memo- coached former head coach at the New York Knicks. Philadelphia 76ers head coach rial Stable after a golf club in Tampa, currently own played under Pitino at Boston University. head coach was a student manager for Pitino at Kentucky and was several horses. his video coordinator with the Celtics. Eastern Kentucky head coach Dan McHale was a program assistant and video director at Louisville.

 Feb. 17, 2007 - Freshman guard Jerry Smith’s  Jan. 15, 2011 - Trailing Marquette by 18 points Books three-pointer at the buzzer lifted UofL to a 61-59 vic- with 5:44 to play, the Cardinals recovered to win 71- Another off-the-court venture tory at No. 12 Marquette. Coupled with a win at No. 70 on a Kyle Kuric layin with four seconds remaining. Pitino has had success in is pub- 7 Pitt earlier in the week, it marked the first time in 10  March 24, 2012 - Pitino guides his sixth team lishing. His “Success Is A Choice” years that the Cardinals beat two Top 25 ranked teams to the Final Four as the Cardinals erase an 11-point was a national best seller. He has on the road. UofL would go on to tie for second in the deficit with about eight minutes left to beat Florida also produced “Born to Coach: A BIG EAST as the most improved team in the league. 72-68 in the West Region Championship. Season with the New York Knicks,”  March 27, 2008 - The Cardinals beat fifth-  March 4, 2013 - With a 67-51 victory over “Full Court Pressure,” “Lead to Suc- ranked and No. 2 seed Tennessee 79-60 in the East Cincinnati, Pitino earned his 300th victory at Louisville ceed” and “ Rules: The Art Region semifinals as Louisville reached the NCAA Elite in his 12th season with the Cardinals. of Success 2.0.” Eight for the third time in the last 11 years. It was  March 16, 2013 - A week after closing out a He worked with writer Eric Craw- the 27th victory for the Cards, just the ninth time in BIG EAST Conference regular season co-champion- ford to produce his recent book school history the Cards won as many. ship, Pitino guides the Cardinals to a 78-61 victory “The One-Day Contract,” which hit  March 7, 2009 - Louisville wins its first BIG over Syracuse to win its second straight tournament the bookstores in October of 2013. EAST Conference title with a 62-59 victory at West title. UofL recovered from a 16-point second half defi- Virginia. The Cardinals would go on to also claim cit to win the final event before the league broke up. The Daniel Pitino Foundation the league tournament championship a week later.  April 8, 2013 - Pitino becomes the first coach The Daniel Pitino Foundation was organized Nine BIG EAST teams were ranked in the top 25 in NCAA history to win a championship at two differ- by Joanne and Rick Pitino on May 9, 1994, to that season and three were NCAA No. 1 seeds. ent schools as he guides the Cardinals to an 82-76 memorialize and honor their infant son Daniel,  March 27, 2009 - The Cardinals pounded victory over Michigan in Atlanta, Ga. to win the 2013 who died in 1987 at the age of six months. The Arizona 103-64 in the Midwest Region semifinals as NCAA title. Louisville’s 35-5 mark sets a school record foundation’s mission is to benefit underprivileged Louisville reached the NCAA Elite Eight for the second for victories as the Cardinals claim their first NCAA children and other charitable causes as may be consecutive year. Championship in 27 years. UofL had trailed by 12 selected by its Board of Directors.

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Pitino Enters Hall of Fame

ofL men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino was Uenshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basket- ball Hall of Fame on Sept. 8, 2013 at the Springfield (Mass.) Symphony Hall. The 2013 induction class was announced on April 8 in Atlanta, the same day the Cardinals went on to beat Michigan 82-76 at the Georgia Dome to capture the NCAA Championship. It was UofL’s third NCAA title and the victory made Pitino the first coach in NCAA history to win a national champion- ship at two different schools. His 1995-96 Univer- sity of Kentucky team also won a national title. Pitino chose former NBA coach and current television analyst Hubie Brown, who Pitino served under as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks from 1983-85; and ESPN analyst , who Pitino has known since his early days of coaching, as his presenters for the induction because of the passion for basketball they showed as speakers at Five-Star camps he attended at an early age.

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Players Reach Potential

Pitino Has Coached 15 First Round  Reece Gaines  NBA Picks in College Gaines was chosen as the 15th pick overall in the Selected in the first round by the Boston Celtics after 2003 NBA Draft and played his rookie year with the his sophomore season (sixth overall pick), he earned  Terry Rozier Orlando Magic and later with the . NBA All-Rookie honors. He finished his career with Rozier developed into the Cards’ leading scorer as a the New Jersey Nets in 2005. sophomore before selected by the Boston Celtics with  the 16rh pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. While not a high school All-America selection, Mash-  Derek Anderson burn became Kentucky’s fourth all-time leading scorer Chosen as the 13th pick overall in the 1997 NBA Draft  and a consensus All-America in three years. He was by the . He finished his career After completing his junior year, Dieng was chosen drafted as the fourth overall pick by the Dallas Mav- with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2008. by the with the 21st pick in the 2013 NBA ericks and became an NBA All-Star. Draft and was subsequently traded to Minnesota  Timberwolves.  The 29th pick in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Atlanta An NBA lottery pick for the Boston Celtics, Walker Hawks, he helped San Antonio reach the NBA Finals in  was the sixth overall pick following his sophomore 2005 and is now a member of the Charlotte Bobcats. Williams was the 11th selection overall in the 2009 collegiate season. NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets and was the first  Scott Padgett college senior taken in the draft.  The Utah Jazz made Padgett its 1999 first-round pick After earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the (28th selection overall). He finished his career with  1996 NCAA Final Four, Delk was chosen as the 16th the in 2007. Another NBA lottery pick, Clark was the 14th choice overall NBA draft selection of the . overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the  Jamal Magliore following his junior year at UofL.  Walter McCarty The 19th pick of the Charlotte Hornets in the first A wispy 168 pounds as a collegiate freshman, McCarty round of the 2000 NBA Draft, and is currently with  Francisco Garcia bolstered his body to 226 pounds at graduation. He the . Garcia was chosen as the 23rd pick overall in the 2005 was the 19th selection overall by the New York Knicks NBA Draft by the , where he played and played 10 years in the league, finishing with the eight seasons. He’s now with the . in 2006.

What They Say About Pitino

“Rick Pitino is among the greatest coaches in the “People say I improved during my college game’s history. As a teacher, tactician, clinician, com- years. Actually, my improvement was accelerated petitor and winner, few can match his success, rich and noticed because of Coach Pitino’s style of experience in the game, and his amazing record. Pitino play. I was able to showcase my skills in the press- was successful with limited resources, and with no ing, fast break up-tempo game, and that is why three-point line or shot clock. He rebuilt a blueblood everyone stood up and took notice, especially the brought to its knees and turned it into a championship NBA scouts.” powerhouse. He was an innovator with the three-point Jamal Mashburn, shot and full court pressure. And, he rebuilt a second formerly with the NBA New Orleans Hornets powerhouse in the Commonwealth into a champion. Few can match his record, or his incredible knowledge “Rick Pitino is absolutely the greatest coach I’ve and ability level. I respect and admire Rick Pitino as ever had in my life, and I’ve played for probably six much as any coach I’ve ever been around.” guys who will be in the Hall of Fame. His greatest , ESPN College strength is making people believe -- in themselves Basketball Analyst and each other.” “I was honored to receive a call from Rick to be Mark Jackson, former NBA All-star his presenter because I had felt that he belonged in “Rick Pitino epitomizes a Hall of Fame coach in and Golden State Warriors coach the Hall of Fame for the last decade. He’s done a multiple areas: sustained excellence over an extend- magnificent job as a college coach and did a solid ed period of time; the development of his players “The great strength he has, in my opinion is his job as an NBA coach. He’s a great teacher, motiva- and other coaches; and being a passionate ambas- ability to give. He has a relentless passion to help tor, and communicates exceptionally well. He is so sador for the game. He’s been a champion “for” the people get better. He takes everyone to a place they vital to the university as his name becomes identi- game and “in” the game, and seems to be enjoying didn’t think they could reach.” fied with Louisville. To me, he’s just a genuine, solid himself as much as ever. He has been, and continues Billy Donovan, Head Coach of the gold, Hall of Famer.” to be one of the elite coaches in all of basketball.” Thunder Dick Vitale, ABC/ESPN Clark Kellogg College Basketball Analyst CBS College Basketball Analyst

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Pitino’s Collegiate Results

University of Hawai’i 1980-81 at Boston University Jan. 31 Colgate (H) 84 51 Jan. 24 Connecticut (A) 61 53 One season | 2-4 | (.333) (Won 13, Lost 14) Feb. 3 Niagara (A) 75 76 Jan. 28 Georgetown (H) 82 79 Date Site BU OPP Feb. 5 Canisius (A) 64 74 Jan. 31 St Johns (ot) (H) 93 81 1975-76 at University of Hawai’i Nov. 29 Baltimore (H) 92 83 Feb. 9 Maine (A) 57 52 Feb. 3 Boston College (A) 66 67 (Won 2, Lost 4) Dec. 6 Merrimack (H) 73 49 Feb. 12 Illinois-Chicago (H) 92 76 Feb. 7 Pittsburgh (H) 81 87 Date Site UH OPP Dec. 13 Connecticut (H) 65 72 Feb. 14 New Hampshire (H) 82 73 Feb. 14 St. Johns (A) 79 78 Feb. 9 Long Beach State (A) 65 67 Dec. 29 Xavier (N) 91 84 Feb. 16 St. Bonaventure (A) 61 67 Feb. 17 Seton Hall (H) 91 87 Feb. 16 San Jose State (A) (OT) 76 77 Dec. 30 New Mexico (N) 87 107 Feb. 19 Vermont (A) 99 85 Feb. 19 Syracuse (A) 81 90 Feb. 21 UNLV (H) 99 114 Jan. 3 St. Francis (A) 73 64 Feb. 21 Penn State (A) 96 88 Feb. 25 Seton Hall (A) 85 72 Feb. 27 Texas-Pan American (H) 81 93 Jan. 6 Northeastern (A) 78 80 Feb. 23 Maine (H) 82 70 Feb. 28 Georgetown (A) 79 90 Feb. 28 Portland (H) 82 58 Jan. 10 Drexel (A) 63 71 Feb. 25 St. Josephs (H) 77 78 Mar. 2 Villanova (H) 97 80 Mar. 1 Portland (H) (OT) 65 62 Jan. 12 Cincinnati (A) 82 102 Feb. 28 Merrimack (H) 83 57 Big East Tournament Jan. 14 Old Dominion (H) 71 78 Mar. 3 Northeastern (H) 76 70 Mar. 5 St. Johns (N) 80 51 Boston University Jan. 19 Fairfield (A) 62 59 Mar. 5 Holy Cross (H) 98 97 Mar. 6 Georgetown (N) 66 84 Five seasons | 91-51 | (.641) Jan. 23 Wagner (H) 70 74 North Atlantic Tournament NCAA Tournament Jan. 26 Towson St. (H) 89 71 (Boston, Mass.) (Birmingham, Ala.) 1978-79 at Boston University Jan. 28 New Hampshire Coll.(H) 98 82 Mar. 8 Vermont (N) 80 75 Mar. 12 Ala. -Birmingham (N) 90 68 (Won 17, Lost 9) Jan. 30 Boston College (H) 52 57 Mar. 10 Niagara (N) 95 82 Mar. 14 Austin Peay (N) 90 87 Date Site BU OPP Jan. 31 Massachusetts (H) 91 62 Mar. 12 Holy Cross (N) 63 62 NCAA Tournament Nov. 28 St. Peters (H) 75 71 Feb. 3 Maine (A) 58 73 NCAA Tournament (Louisville, Ky.) Dec. 2 Maine (H) 62 72 Feb. 7 Iona (A) 74 72 (Greensboro, N.C.) Mar. 19 Alabama (N) 103 82 Dec. 5 Massachusetts (A) 72 63 Feb. 10 Notre Dame (A) 63 89 Mar. 15 LaSalle (N) 58 70 Mar. 21 Georgetown (N) 88 73 Dec. 7 Holy Cross (A) 65 72 Feb. 14 New Hampshire (H) 77 64 NCAA Final Four Dec. 9 Connecticut (A) 84 92 Feb. 16 C.W. Post (H) 81 67 (New Orleans, La.) Dec. 11 Adelphi (H) 65 67 Feb. 18 Massachusetts (A) 61 56 Providence College Mar. 28 Syracuse (N) 63 77 Dec. 23 Fairfield (A) (OT) 84 76 Feb. 21 South Carolina (H) 86 93 Two seasons | 42-23 | (.646) Jan. 3 Fairleigh Dickinson(H) 79 73 Feb. 24 Northeastern (H) 76 83 Jan. 6 Stonehill (H) 85 60 Feb. 26 Vermont (A) 59 60 1985-86 at Providence University of Kentucky Jan. 9 Northeastern (A) 61 60 Feb. 28 Delaware State (H) 87 75 (Won 17, Lost 14) Eight seasons | 219-50 | (.814) Jan. 11 Connecticut (H) (OT) 62 63 ECAC North Tournament Date Site PC OPP Jan. 15 Vermont (H) 92 65 (Burlington, Vermont) Nov. 23 Assumption (H) 97 47 1989-90 at Kentucky Jan. 17 Northeastern (H) 80 73 Mar. 3 Vermont (3OT) 84 85 Nov. 26 Richmond (H) 64 70 (Won 14, Lost 14) Jan. 20 New Hampshire (A) 76 72 Dec. 2 Northeastern (H) 83 68 Date Site UK OPP Jan. 22 Brandeis (H) 98 71 1981-82 at Boston University Dec. 4 Brown (H) 107 80 Nov. 28 Ohio (H) 76 73 Jan. 29 Vermont (A) 76 68 (Won 19, Lost 9) Dec. 7 Rhode Island (H) 78 71 Dec. 2 Indiana (N) 69 71 Jan. 31 Old Dominion (A) 72 90 Date Site BU OPP Dec. 11 Maine (H) 94 62 Dec. 4 Mississippi St. (H) 102 97 Feb. 3 Maine (A) 72 74 Nov. 28 St. Francis (NY) (H) 87 76 Dec. 18 Holy Cross (H) 109 78 Dec. 6 Tennessee Tech (H) 111 75 Feb. 6 Siena (H) 72 66 Nov. 30 Delaware State (H) 88 67 Dec. 21 Howard (H) 93 84 Dec. 9 Kansas (A) 95 150 Feb. 8 Rhode Island (H) 75 69 Dec. 3 Massachusetts (H) 91 65 Dec. 23 Ark. Little Rock (H) 104 80 Dec. 19 Furman (H) 104 73 Feb. 12 Richmond (H) 85 69 Dec. 5 Connecticut (A) 54 73 Dec. 28 Xavier (A) 63 75 UK Invitation Tournament Feb. 14 Wagner (H) 72 73 Dec. 8 Drexel (H) 76 60 Jan. 2 St. Johns (H) (OT) 90 95 (Lexington, Ky.) Feb. 17 New Hampshire (H) 124 76 Dec. 12 UCLA (A) 43 77 Jan. 4 Georgetown (A) 79 110 Dec. 22 Portland (H) 88 71 Feb. 19 George Washington (H) 87 76 Dec. 22 Merrimack (H) 72 68 Jan. 7 Notre Dame (H) 72 78 Dec. 23 Southwestern La. (H) 113 116 Feb. 21 Boston College (A) 84 99 Dec. 27 South Florida (A) 61 67 Jan. 11 Villanova (H) (2OT) 77 78 Dec. 27 North Carolina ((N) 110 121 Feb. 24 Assumption (H) 117 79 Jan. 4 Florida Southern (H) 89 68 Jan. 14 Pittsburgh (A) 70 71 Dec. 30 Louisville (H) 79 86 Jan. 6 Colgate (A) 83 63 Jan. 16 Boston College (A) (OT) 76 75 Jan. 3 Georgia (A) 91 106 1979-80 at Boston University Jan. 12 Holy Cross (A) 96 82 Jan. 23 Syracuse (A) 73 95 Jan. 6 Vanderbilt (A) 85 92 (Won 21, Lost 9) Jan. 16 Iona (H) 68 77 Jan. 25 Villanova (A) 68 80 Jan. 10 Florida (H) 89 81 Date Site BU OPP Jan. 20 Niagara (H) 67 69 Jan. 27 Georgetown (H) 54 69 Jan. 13 LSU (A) 81 94 Dec. 2 C.W. Post (H) 109 74 Jan. 23 Vermont (H) 85 67 Feb. 1 Boston College (H) 92 83 Jan. 17 Alabama (H) 82 65 Dec. 4 Vermont (H) 87 78 Jan. 26 Northeastern (A) 82 64 Feb. 3 St. Johns (A) 61 85 Jan. 20 Tennessee (H) 95 83 Dec. 8 Fairfield (H) 92 72 Jan. 30 Wagner (A) 89 70 Feb. 12 Seton Hall (A) 67 66 Jan. 24 Auburn (A) 70 74 Dec. 11 Upsala (H) 83 65 Feb. 1 Old Dominion (A) 61 71 Feb. 15 Syracuse (H) 75 76 Jan. 27 Ole Miss (H) 98 79 Dec. 22 Coll. of Charleston (H) 87 65 Feb. 3 Fairleigh Dickinson (H) 99 82 Feb. 19 Pittsburgh (H) 76 67 Jan. 31 Mississippi St. (A) 86 87 Dec. 28 LSU (A) 72 92 Feb. 6 Cincinnati (OT) (H) 52 50 Feb. 22 Connecticut (A) 74 67 Feb. 3 Georgia (H) 88 77 Jan. 2 Baltimore (H) 89 68 Feb. 9 U.S. International (H) 83 88 Feb. 24 Seton Hall (H) 97 82 Feb. 7 Vanderbilt (H) 100 73 Jan. 5 U.S. International (A) 111 80 Feb. 11 George Mason (H) 69 64 Feb. 26 Connecticut (H) 69 66 Feb. 12 Florida (A) 78 74 Jan. 9 Colgate (H) 72 65 Feb. 13 New Hampshire (A) 77 75 Big East Tournament Feb. 15 LSU (H) 100 95 Jan. 12 St. Francis (H) 89 69 Feb. 15 Maine(H) 65 63 Mar. 5 Villanova (N) 63 75 Feb. 17 Alabama (A) 58 83 Jan. 15 Massachusetts (H) 78 51 Feb. 17 Canisius (H) 46 48 NIT Feb. 21 Tennessee (A) 100 102 Jan. 19 New Hampshire (H) 82 59 Feb. 23 C. W. Post (H) 85 57 Mar. 12 Boston University 72 69 Feb. 24 Auburn (H) 98 95 Jan. 22 Siena (A) 98 89 Feb. 25 Fairfield (H) 75 56 Mar. 16 George Mason 90 71 Feb. 28 Ole Miss (A) 74 88 Jan. 24 Rhode Island (A) 74 63 North Atlantic Tournament Mar. 20 Louisiana Tech 63 64 Mar. 5 Notre Dame (A) 67 80 Jan. 26 Marist (H) 117 94 (Boston, Mass.) Jan. 31 St. Peter’s (A) 55 58 Mar. 2 Holy Cross (N) 50 49 1986-87 at Providence 1990-91 at Kentucky Feb. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson (A) 76 63 Mar. 4 Northeastern (N) 48 49 (Won 25, Lost 9) (Won 22, Lost 6) Feb. 4 Wagner (A) 59 70 Date Site PC OPP Date Site UK OPP Feb. 6 UNC Wilmington (H) 59 57 1982-83 at Boston University Nov. 28 American (N) 104 82 Nov. 24 Pennsylvania (H) 85 62 Feb. 8 Northeastern (H) 85 78 (Won 21, Lost 10) Nov. 29 Tulsa (N) 74 82 Nov. 28 Cincinnati (A) 75 71 Feb. 11 Maryland (A) 76 99 Date Site BU OPP Dec. 2 Holy Cross (A) 90 65 Dec. 1 Notre Dame (N) 98 90 Feb. 13 Connecticut (A) 65 72 Nov. 29 Purdue (H) 69 79 Dec. 6 Rhode Island (H) 100 90 Dec. 8 Kansas (H) 88 71 Feb. 16 New Hampshire (A) 102 76 Dec. 4 Princeton (N) 69 70 Dec. 9 Brown (A) 96 65 Dec. 10 North Carolina (A) 81 84 Feb. 18 South Carolina (A) 76 83 Dec. 5 Alcorn State (N) 72 74 Dec. 11 Siena (H) 75 64 Dec. 15 Tenn.-Chattanooga (H) 86 70 Feb. 20 Maine (H) 91 102 Dec. 7 Siena (H) 78 65 Dec. 20 Rider (H) 106 64 Dec. 18 Indiana (A) 84 87 Feb. 23 New York Tech (H) 87 77 Dec. 11 Connecticut (H) 50 51 Dec. 22 Howard (H) 93 84 Dec. 21 Western Kentucky (N) 84 70 ECAC North Tournament Dec. 23 St. Francis (N.Y.) (A) 80 64 Dec. 27 Maine (H) 113 87 Dec. 27 Eastern Kentucky (H) 74 60 (Portland, Maine) Jan. 5 Brooklyn (H) 87 66 Dec. 29 Hofstra (H) 97 61 Dec. 29 Louisville (A) 93 85 Feb. 26 Niagara (N) 85 66 Jan. 9 New Hampshire Coll. (H) 96 89 Jan. 3 Pittsburgh (A) 67 76 Jan. 2 Georgia (A) 81 80 Feb. 28 Rhode Island (N) 83 79 Jan. 12 UNC Wilmington (A) 78 66 Jan. 5 Syracuse (H) 85 89 Jan. 5 LSU (H) 93 80 Mar. 1 Holy Cross (N) 75 81 Jan. 15 Towson State (A) 82 77 Jan. 10 Villanova (A) 96 78 Jan. 9 Mississippi St. (H) 89 70 NIT Jan. 17 George Mason (A) 75 76 Jan. 14 Connecticut (H) 103 89 Jan. 12 Tennessee (A) 78 74 (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) Jan. 25 Northeastern (A) 104 86 Jan. 17 Boston College (H) 81 71 Jan. 16 Ole Miss (A) 95 85 Mar. 10 Boston College 74 95 Jan. 29 Cleveland State (H) 89 74 Jan. 20 Miami (A) 92 88 Jan. 19 Vanderbilt (H) 58 50

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Jan. 23 Florida (H) 81 65 Feb. 10 Arkansas (A) 94 101 Jan. 14 Georgia (H) 83 71 Feb. 11 Arkansas (H) 88 73 Jan. 26 Alabama (A) 83 88 Feb. 13 Notre Dame (A) 81 62 Jan. 18 Mississippi (N) 82 65 Feb. 14 Georgia (H) 86 73 Jan. 29 Auburn (A) 89 81 Feb. 17 South Carolina (H) 87 66 Jan. 21 Vanderbilt (H) 81 68 Feb. 17 Tennessee (A) 90 50 Feb. 3 Georgia (H) 96 84 Feb. 20 Georgia (H) 86 70 Jan. 25 Tennessee (H) 69 50 Feb. 20 Alabama (H) 84 65 Feb. 5 LSU (A) 88 107 Feb. 24 Tennessee (A) 77 78 Jan. 29 Arkansas (A) 92 94 Feb. 24 Florida (A) 94 63 Feb. 9 Mississippi St. (A) 82 83 Feb. 27 Auburn (H) 80 78 Feb. 1 South Carolina (H) 90 72 Feb. 27 Auburn (A) 88 73 Feb. 13 Tennessee (H) 85 74 Mar. 3 Mississippi (A) 98 66 Feb. 5 Syracuse (H) 77 71 Mar. 2 Vanderbilt (H) 101 63 Feb. 16 Ole Miss (H) 89 77 Mar. 9 Florida (A) 85 77 Feb. 8 Tennessee (A) 68 48 SEC Tournament Feb. 20 Vanderbilt (A) 87 98 SEC Tournament Feb. 12 Notre Dame (A) 97 58 (New Orleans, La.) Feb. 23 Florida (A) 90 74 (Lexington, Ky.) Feb. 14 Mississippi State (H) 71 76 Mar. 8 Florida (N) 100 76 Feb. 26 Alabama (H) 79 73 Mar. 12 Tennessee (H) 101 40 Feb. 18 Florida (H) 87 77 Mar. 9 Arkansas (N) 95 75 Mar. 2 Auburn (H) 114 93 Mar. 13 Arkansas (H) 92 81 Feb. 21 Alabama (A) 72 52 Mar. 10 Mississippi State (N) 73 84 Mar. 14 LSU (H) 82 65 Feb. 25 Vanderbilt (A) 71 60 NCAA Midwest Region 1st/2nd Rounds 1991-92 at Kentucky NCAA Southeast Region 1st/2nd Rounds Mar. 1 Georgia (A) 97 74 (Dallas, Texas) (Won 29, Lost 7) (Nashville, Tenn.) Mar. 4 LSU (H) 127 80 Mar. 14 San Jose St. (N) 110 72 Date Site UK OPP Mar. 19 Rider (N) 96 52 SEC Tournament Mar. 16 Virginia Tech (N) 84 60 Preseason NIT Mar. 21 Utah (N) 83 62 (Atlanta, Ga.) NCAA Midwest Regional (Lexington, Ky. NCAA Southeast Regional Mar. 10 Auburn (N) 93 81 (Minneapolis, Minn.) Nov. 20 West Virginia (H) 106 80 (Charlotte, N.C.) Mar. 11 Florida (N) 86 72 Mar. 21 Utah (N) 101 70 Nov. 22 Pittsburgh (H) 67 85 Mar. 25 Wake Forest (N) 103 69 Mar. 12 Arkansas (N) 95 93 Mar. 23 Wake Forest (N) 83 63 Dec. 4 Massachusetts (H) 90 69 Mar. 27 Florida State (N) 106 81 NCAA Southeast Region 1st/2nd Rounds NCAA Final Four Dec. 7 Indiana (N) 76 74 NCAA Final Four (Memphis, Tenn.) (East Rutherford, N.J.) Dec. 10 SW Texas St. (H) 82 36 (New Orleans, La.) Mar. 16 Mount St. Mary’s (N) 113 67 Mar. 30 Massachusetts (N) 81 74 Dec. 12 Morehead St. (H) 101 84 Apr. 3 Michigan (N) 78 81 Mar. 18 Tulane (N) 82 60 Apr. 1 Syracuse (N) 76 67 Dec. 14 Arizona St. (H) 94 68 NCAA Southeast Regional Dec. 21 Georgia Tech (A) 80 81 1993-94 at Kentucky (Birmingham, Ala.) 1996-97 at Kentucky Dec. 23 Ohio (N) 73 63 (Won 27, Lost 7) Mar. 23 Arizona State (N) 97 73 (Won 35, Lost 5) Dec. 28 Louisville (H) 103 89 Date Site UK OPP Mar. 25 North Carolina (N) 61 74 Date Site UK OPP Jan. 2 Notre Dame (H) 91 70 Nov. 27 Louisville (H) 78 70 Nov. 15 Clemson (N) 71 79 Jan. 4 South Carolina (A) 80 63 Dec. 1 Tennessee Tech (H) 115 77 1995-96 at Kentucky Great Alaska Shootout Jan. 7 Georgia (H) 78 66 Dec. 4 Indiana (N) 84 96 (Won 34, Lost 2) (Anchorage, Alaska) Jan. 11 Florida (H) 81 60 Dec. 8 Eastern KY (H) 107 78 Date Site UK OPP Nov. 28 Syracuse (N) 87 53 Jan. 15 Vanderbilt (A) 84 71 Dec. 17 Morehead State (H) 97 61 Nov. 24 Maryland (N) 96 84 Nov. 29 Alaska Anchorage (N) 104 72 Jan. 18 Eastern Ky. (H) 85 55 Maui Invitational Nov. 28 Massachusetts (N) 82 92 Nov. 30 Coll. of Charleston (N) 92 65 Jan. 21 Tennessee (A) 85 107 (Maui, Hawaii) Dec. 2 Indiana (N) 89 82 Dec. 3 Purdue (N) 101 87 Jan. 25 Arkansas (H) 88 105 Dec. 21 Texas (N) 86 61 Dec. 6 Wis. Green-Bay (H) 74 62 Dec. 7 Indiana (N) 99 65 Jan. 29 Ole Miss (H) 96 78 Dec. 22 Ohio State (N) 100 88 Dec. 9 Georgia Tech (H) 83 60 Dec. 9 Wright State (H) 90 62 Feb. 2 LSU (A) 53 74 Dec. 23 Arizona (N) 93 92 Dec. 16 Morehead State (H) 96 32 Dec. 14 Notre Dame (H) 80 56 Feb. 8 Auburn (A) 85 67 Dec. 28 San Francisco (H) 110 83 Dec. 19 Marshall (H) 118 99 Dec. 21 Georgia Tech (N) 88 59 Feb. 12 Alabama (H) 107 83 Dec. 30 Robert Morris (H) 92 67 Dec. 23 Louisville (H) 89 66 Dec. 23 UNC Asheville (H) 105 51 Feb. 15 Western KY (H) 93 83 Jan. 4 Vanderbilt (H) 107 82 ECAC Holiday Festival Dec. 28 Ohio State (N) 81 65 Feb. 19 Mississippi St. (A) 89 84 Jan. 6 Notre Dame (H) 84 59 (New York, N.Y.) Dec. 31 Louisville (A) 74 54 Feb. 23 Georgia (A) 84 73 Jan. 8 Georgia (A) 90 94 Dec. 27 Rider (N) 90 65 Jan. 4 Tennessee (H) 74 40 Feb. 26 South Carolina (H) 74 56 Jan. 12 Mississippi (N) 98 64 Dec. 29 Iona (N) 106 79 Jan. 7 Mississippi State (H) 90 61 Mar. 1 Vanderbilt (H) 80 56 Jan. 15 Tennessee (H) 93 74 Jan. 3 South Carolina (A) 89 60 Jan. 9 Canisius (H) 68 45 Mar. 4 Florida (A) 62 79 Jan. 18 Florida (A) 57 59 Jan. 6 Ole Miss (H) 90 60 Jan. 11 Ole Miss (A) 69 73 Mar. 7 Tennessee (H) 99 88 Jan. 22 Mississippi State (A) 86 70 Jan. 9 Mississippi State (A) 74 56 Jan. 14 Georgia (A) 86 65 SEC Tournament Jan. 26 South Carolina (H) 79 67 Jan. 13 Tennessee (H) 61 44 Jan. 18 Auburn (H) 77 53 (Birmingham, Ala.) Jan. 30 Auburn (A) 91 74 Jan. 16 LSU (A) 129 97 Jan. 22 Vanderbilt (N) 58 46 Mar. 13 Vanderbilt (N) 76 57 Feb. 2 Alabama (H) 82 67 Jan. 20 Texas Christian (H) 124 80 Jan. 26 Arkansas (A) 83 73 Mar. 14 LSU (N) 80 74 Feb. 6 Massachusetts (N) 67 64 Jan. 24 Georgia (A) 82 77 Jan. 29 Florida (A) 92 65 Mar. 15 Alabama (N) 80 54 Feb. 9 Arkansas (H) 82 90 Jan. 27 South Carolina (H) 89 57 Feb. 1 Georgia (H) 82 57 NCAA East Region 1st/2nd Rounds Feb. 12 Syracuse (A) 85 93 Feb. 3 Florida (H) 77 63 Feb. 4 South Carolina (A) 79 84 (Worcester, Mass.) Feb. 15 LSU (A) 99 95 Feb. 7 Vanderbilt (A) 120 81 Feb. 6 Western Carolina (H) 82 55 Mar. 20 Old Dominion (N) 88 69 Feb. 19 Vanderbilt (A) 77 69 Feb. 9 Villanova (H) 93 56 Mar. 22 Iowa State (N) 106 98 Feb. 23 Tennessee (A) 77 73 Pitino in Close Games Feb. 12 LSU (H) 84 48 NCAA East Regional Feb. 27 Georgia (H) 80 59 Feb. 15 Florida (H) 85 56 (Philadelphia, Pa.) Mar. 2 Florida (H) 80 77 Feb. 19 Alabama (A) 75 61 Mar. 26 Massachusetts (N) 87 77 Mar. 5 South Carolina (A) 74 75 Feb. 22 Vanderbilt (A) 82 79 Mar. 28 Duke (N) 103 104 SEC Tournament Feb. 25 Tennessee (A) 74 64 (Memphis, Tenn.) Mar. 2 South Carolina (H) 66 72 1992-93 at Kentucky Mar. 11 Mississippi State (N) 95 76 SEC Tournament (Won 30, Lost 4) Mar. 12 Arkansas (N) 90 78 (Memphis, Tenn.) Date Site UK OPP Mar. 13 Florida (N) 73 60 Mar. 7 Auburn (N) 92 50 Dec. 2 Wright State (H) 81 65 NCAA Southeast Region 1st/2nd Rounds Mar. 8 Ole Miss (N) 88 70 Dec. 5 Georgia Tech (H) 96 87 (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Mar. 9 Georgia (N) 95 68 Dec. 8 Eastern Kentucky (H) 82 73 Mar. 18 Tennessee State (N) 83 70 NCAA West Region 1st/2nd Rounds Dec. 12 Louisville (A) 88 68 Mar. 20 Marquette (N) 63 75 (Salt Lake City, Utah) Dec. 19 Morehead (H) 108 65 Mar. 13 Montana (N) 92 54 Dec. 22 Miami (Ohio) (H) 65 49 1994-95 at Kentucky Mar. 15 Iowa (N) 75 69 ECAC Holiday Festival (Won 28, Lost 5) NCAA West Regional Dec. 28 Rutgers (N) 89 67 Date Site UK OPP (San Jose, Calif.) Dec. 30 St. Johns (N) 86 77 Nov. 26 Tenn.-Martin (H) 124 50 Mar. 20 St. Joseph’s (N) 83 68 Jan. 3 Indiana (N) 81 78 Nov. 30 Ohio (H) 79 74 One-point margins 17-31 Mar. 22 Utah (N) 72 59 Jan. 5 Georgia (A) 74 59 Dec. 3 UCLA (N) 81 82 Two-point margins 16-21 NCAA Final Four Jan. 9 Tennessee (H) 84 70 Dec. 7 Indiana (N) 73 70 Three-point margins 33-17 (Indianapolis, Ind.) Jan. 13 Vanderbilt (A) 86 101 Dec. 10 Boston Univ.(H) 90 49 Four-point margins 23-15 Mar. 29 Minnesota (N) 78 69 Jan. 19 Alabama (A) 73 59 Dec. 17 Texas Tech (N) 83 68 Mar. 31 Arizona (N) 79 84 Jan. 23 South Carolina (A) 108 82 Dec. 27 Marshall (H) 116 75 Five-point margins 20-16 Jan. 26 LSU (H) 105 67 Jan. 1 Louisville (A) 86 88 All overtime games 17-22 Note: Pitino’s team results for the Jan. 30 Florida (H) 71 48 Jan. 4 Auburn (H) 98 64 Overtime games with over 2001-2016 seasons at UofL are listed Feb. 3 Mississippi St. (H) 87 63 Jan. 7 South Carolina (A) 80 55 a five-point margin 9-6 on pages 187-189. Feb. 6 Vanderbilt (H) 82 67 Jan. 10 Florida (A) 83 67

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Associate Head Coach Kenny Johnson

enny Johnson, Kenny Johnson Up Close Kassistant men’s basketball coach for the Years at UofL: Third. Joined staff in April 2014 Playing Experience: High School - two-year letter- Cardinals for the past two after two seasons as asst. coach at Indiana University. man in basketball at Oxon Hill (Md.) High School . seasons, was elevated to associate head coach on Previous Coaching Experience: Assistant Education: Bachelor of Science in cell, molecular the UofL men’s basketball Coach, University of Louisville (2014-16); Assistant biology and genetics in 1999 at the University of staff in May 2016 under Coach, Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. Maryland, where he was a Benjamin Banneker head coach Rick Pitino. (2012-14); Assistant Coach, Towson University Scholarship recipient. Graduate of Oxon Hill (Md.) Johnson has (2011-12); Associate Head Coach, Paul IV Catholic High School in 1994. High School in Fairfax, Va. (2007-11); Assistant helped the Cardinals continue to rise. In Coach, Dr. Henry Wise High School in Upper Personal Data: Born March 31, 1976 in his first year on the staff in 2014-15, the Cardinals Marlboro, Md. (2006-07); Associate Head Coach, Md..; Married to his wife Doreen on Sept. 15, 2001. posted a 27-9 record, were among the top four Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md. Two children: Amare (13) and Mekai (10). teams in their first year in the ACC and reached the (2002-06). NCAA Elite Eight. UofL’s 2015 recruiting class ranked among the nation’s top ten. The Cardinals posted Troy Williams, Noah Vonleh and V.J. King. to joining the Cardinals. While at Indiana, Johnson a 23-8 record last season, again finished in the top His commitment to his work is also on a personal helped the Hoosiers assemble two top 20 recruiting four of the ACC and rose to 16th in the final Associat- level. When Johnson first arrived at UofL, Pitino chal- classes, including a top five class in 2013. On the ed Press poll after being unranked in the preseason. lenged him with his personal fitness, as Pitino stressed court, Indiana produced a combined 46-22 record Johnson is recognized as a top recruiter on the having a highly-conditioned team and not asking play- in his two seasons there, winning the Big Ten Cham- national level. After surveying more than 60 col- ers to do what the coaching staff was not willing to do pionship, earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tourna- legiate coaches, ESPN Insider named Johnson as themselves. Johnson’s dedication was visible with a ment and reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2013. the nation’s 10th best recruiting assistant coach in a remarkable physical transformation when he lost 100 Johnson was an assistant coach at Towson for March 2016 listing. He has been the lead recruiter pounds in his months at UofL. one season in 2011-12, helping assemble a top with 21 signed prospects in five years as a collegiate Johnson was an assistant coach and recruiting five mid-major recruiting class. He began his coach- coach, including four All-American selections such as coordinator at Indiana University for two years prior ing career in 2002 as the associate head coach at Eleanor Roosevelt High School before moving to Dr. Henry Wise High School in 2006 for one year (2006-07). He was associate head coach at Paul IV High School for four years (2007-11) before ad- vancing to the collegiate ranks. Johnson served six years as assistant director and head of travel and logistics for the TeamTake- over AAU program and was the head coach of its 16 and under age group during that stint. The program produced a total of 53 Division I scholarship players during his stint there. His travel team tournament championships include the prestigious King James Classic (2009, 2010) and the Orlando National Su- per Showcase (2009). In addition to his years as a camp coach at Eastern Invitational and Reebok Headliner Camp, Johnson was a guest clinician at the New England Basketball Coaching Clinic at Reebok Headquarters. He has also served as a camp and tournament di- rector, beginning with the first Annual National High School Hoop Festival in 2007 and the first Annual DMV Basketball Coaching Clinic in 2008. Johnson attended Oxon Hill (Md.) High School, where his playing career was cut short due to an in- jury in his second year of varsity basketball. As a se- nior at Oxon Hill in 1994, he was named Science and Technology Student of the Year. He earned his bach- elor’s degree in cell, molecular biology and genetics in 1999 at the University of Maryland, where he was a Benjamin Banneker Scholarship recipient. He worked as a protein chemist/molecular biologist at Human Genome Sciences in Rockville, Md. after graduation. A native of Oxon Hill, Md., Johnson and his wife, Doreen, have two sons, Amare and Mekai.

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Assistant Coach Mike Balado

ike Balado joined Mike Balado Up Close Mthe University of Louisville men’s basket- Years at Louisville: Fourth. Joined staff in April, 2013 Playing Experience: College - two-year starter ball staff as an assistant after serving one year as an assistant coach at FIU. and team captain at St. Thomas University (1994- coach in April 2013 after 98). High School - played four years at Christopher serving in a similar capac- Previous Coaching Experience: Assistant coach, Columbus High School in Miami, Fla. (1989-93). ity for one season at Flor- Florida International University (2012-13); As- ida International. sistant coach, (2009-12); Education: Master’s of education in exercise and Graduate Manager, University of Miami (Fla.) sport science from Augusta State University in 2000; In his three seasons (2008-09); Assistant Coach, Florida Atlantic Uni- B.S. degree in psychology from St. Thomas University with the Cardinals, Bala- versity (2005-08); Assistant Coach, Miami Dade in 1998; graduated from Columbus High School in do (pronounced bah-LAW-doe) has helped the College (2003-05); Assistant Coach, Nova South- Miami, Fla. in 1993. Cardinals to an impressive combined 81-23 record, eastern University (2002-03); Assistant Coach, an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 2014 and the Miami (Fla.) Southridge High School (2000-02), Personal Data: Born Nov. 12, 1975 in Miami, Fla.; NCAA Elite Eight in 2015. UofL has signed top ten Graduate Assistant Coach, Augusta State University Married to his wife Alicia (Nigro) and they have recruiting classes twice in the past two seasons. (1998-2000). twin children, Aiden and Addy, born in June 2009. Balado helped FIU to quickly achieve success in 2012-13 when the 18-14 Panthers produced their seasons, including a program-best 27-5 mark en Balado played collegiate basketball at St. Thomas first winning season in 13 years, the fourth-highest route to the conference championship in 2004-05. University in Miami, where he was a two-year starter win total in school history and the most Sun Belt He recruited four of Miami Dade’s 2004-05 all- and captain while helping his team win the regular Conference victories (11) since joining the league conference selections, including the league player season conference title in 1997. Recipient of a stu- in 1998-99. He was an assistant under Richard of the year. dent-athlete leadership award as a senior, he earned Pitino, the son of UofL head coach Rick Pitino, who Prior to his time at MDC, Balado spent a year at a bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Thomas is now the head coach at Minnesota. Nova Southeastern University, where he served as in 1998 and a master’s of education in exercise and Prior to his year at FIU, Balado worked three sea- an assistant under head coach Gary Tuell, a former sport science from Augusta State in 2000. sons at High Point University (2009-12), where he UofL assistant coach and sports information director. A native of Miami, Fla., Balado speaks fluent assisted in all areas of the Panther basketball program He began his collegiate coaching career at Augusta Spanish. He is married to the former Alicia Nigro with a heavy concentration on recruiting. He spent (Ga.) State University where he served as a gradu- and the couple has twins, Aiden and Addy, born in the 2008-09 season on the University of Miami (Fla.) ate assistant from 1998-2000. June 2009. basketball staff where he helped the Hurricanes compile a 19-13 record and a berth in the National Invita- tion Tournament (NIT) while working on player development, scouting and game preparation. In the summer of 2015, Bala- do served as an assistant coach with the Puerto Rico National Team under head coach Rick Pitino as the team competed in the Pan American Games and FIBA Americas Cham- pionship. Before his coaching stint at Miami, Balado spent three years on the Florida Atlantic University basket- ball staff. In Balado’s first season at FAU in 2005-06, the team posted its second-consecutive winning sea- son, the first time since the early 1990s that the Owls had consecu- tive winning seasons. The team set a program scoring record, averaging 74.9 points per game, and produced the best Atlantic Sun Conference record in school history (14-6 mark in 2005-06). Balado spent two seasons as an assistant at Miami Dade Col- lege before taking the post at FAU. While at Miami Dade, he helped lead the Sharks to back-to-back winning

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Assistant Coach

avid Padgett, who David Padgett Up Close Dserved as the direc- tor of basketball opera- Years at UofL: Third. Joined staff in April of 2014 starter at Louisville (2005-08), earning All-Big tions for the past two after serving as assistant basketball coach at IUPUI East Conference honors as a senior. Professional seasons and is a for- for three seasons. - played two years for UB LaPalma in the Canary mer three-year starter at Islands (2008-10). for the Cardinals, Previous Experience: Director of Basketball Opera- is in his first year as tions, Louisville (2014-16). Assistant Coach, IUPUI Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science (2011-14) in Indianapolis, Ind. Assistant Strength from the University of Louisville in 2008. an assistant basketball Coach at the University of Louisville (2010-11). coach for the University Personal Data: Born Feb. 13, 1985 in Carson City, of Louisville. Playing Experience: High School - McDonald’s Nev. Married to the former Megan Carmicle on In his two seasons on the UofL staff, the Cardi- and Parade Magazine All-American at Reno (Nev.) June 19, 2010. Two sons: Nolan, born in August nals have posted a combined 50-17 record in their High School (1999-2003). College - three-year 2013; and Gavin, born in May 2016. first two years in the Atlantic Coast Conference and reached the 2015 NCAA Elite Eight. first-team All-Big East Conference selection as a Nev., Padgett played his freshman collegiate season Before joining the UofL staff, Padgett spent three senior and also earned USBWA All-District IV hon- at Kansas before transferring to Louisville. He was the years as an assistant coach at IUPUI from 2011-14. ors. He averaged a team-leading 11.2 points and 2003 Nevada Player of the Year and the top rated He served a year as assistant strength coach with grabbed 4.8 rebounds his senior year in 2007-08 center in that year’s recruiting class. He was a member the Cardinals as UofL posted a 25-10 mark, beat when the Cardinals reached the NCAA Elite Eight. of the 2004 USA Basketball Junior World Champion- seven ranked teams and reached the title game of Padgett ranks second in career per- ship Qualifying Team that claimed a gold medal. the Big East Championship. centage at U of L, hitting 61.3 percent of his shots Padgett’s basketball bloodlines run deep as his Padgett played professional basketball for UB (332-542). His .667 field goal percentage as a father played at the University of Nevada and his LaPalma in the Canary Islands for two years follow- senior was the second best ever at UofL. He set a uncle played at New Mexico. His grandfather Jim ing his graduation from UofL. He had reached the Big East Conference field goal percentage record for played for Oregon State and his sister played for the final preseason cut of the Miami Heat before his league games as a senior, hitting 68.3 percent of University of San Diego. playing career in Spain. his shots in the 18 games (86-of-126). He was a Padgett and his wife, Megan, have two sons: A three-year starter and captain at center for the second team All-Big East pick as a junior. Nolan, born in August 2013; and Gavin, born in Cardinals (2005-08), Padgett was a unanimous A McDonald’s All-American in high school in Reno, May 2016.

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Director of Basketball Operations Michael Bowden

member of the Michael Bowden Up Close AUofL men’s basket- ball staff for the past two Years at UofL: Third. Joined staff in June of 2014 Playing Experience: High School - varsity bas- years, Michael Bowden after serving as the video coordinator for the women’s ketball, captain as as senior, at Venice High School is in his first season as basketball team at Maryland for three seasons. in Nokomis, Fla. (2000-04). College - women’s the Cardinals’ director of basketball scout team at Florida (2004-08). basketball operations. Previous Experience: Video coordinator, University Bowden served a of Maryland (2011-14). Video coordinator, Univer- Education: Bachelor’s degree in physical education sity of South Florida (2009-11). Video coordinator, from the in 2008. year as director of video (2008-09). Assistant Player operations at UofL and Development Intern, IMG Academy in Bradenton, Personal Data: Born Aug. 23, 1984 in Madison, a season as the Cards’ assistant video coordinator Fla. (2010-11). Assistant coach, Buchholz High Wisc. Married to the former Stephanie Chomicki before his current role. He spent over two months School in Gainesville, Fla. (2006-08). on June 20, 2015. in the summer of 2015 assisting UofL Coach Rick Pitino with his duties as the coach of the Puerto Rico University of Florida men’s basket- National Team. ball team for the 2007-08 season. Prior to joining UofL, Bowden worked three Bowden also worked with the Flori- years as video coordinator for the women’s basket- da women’s basketball team for four ball team at Maryland, where he prepared scout- seasons (2004-08) as a member of ing videos, highlight packages for distribution and the scout team, and assisted coach- served as co-director for camps among his duties. es in film breakdown and scouting The Terrapins reached the NCAA Elite Eight, Sweet reports. He worked three summers 16, and Final Four in his three seasons there, pro- with the Clifford Ray & Robert Par- ducing a combined 85-20 record. rish Big Man Camp (2006-08), and Bowden previously served as video coordi- with the Big Man Camp nator on the women’s basketball staffs at South in 2007. Florida for two seasons (2009-11), as well as Bowden earned a bachelor’s for one year at Tulsa (2008-09) where he also degree in physical education with served as head manager. Before joining the Tulsa a concentration in coaching from staff, he was the Assistant Player Development Florida in 2008. While a student at Intern at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where Florida, he was an assistant varsity he worked primarily with NBA, collegiate and in- coach at Buchholz High School in ternational basketball players with offensive skill Gainesville, Fla. for two seasons. development. He is married to the former Bowden was a volunteer manager with the Stephanie Chomicki.

The Greatest — Louisville native Muham- mad Ali passed away on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74 and was laid to rest in his hometown. A fervent UofL supporter, the champ attended many of the Cardinals’ games over the years and started a schol- arship fund with the Cardinals’ baseball program. The legendary figure was a three- time World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic gold medalist boxer, as well as a social activist and philanthropist. He will be greatly missed.

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Ray Ganong lectured nationally and internationally and has been Anthony Wright Strength and published in the National Strength and Conditioning Director of Conditioning Coach Association Journal. Academic Services Since 1985, Ganong has run in 27 Kentucky Ray Ganong is in his Derby Mini Marathons, will run in the 2017 event Anthony Wright, a 32nd season on the UofL and also competes as a power lifter. member of the UofL staff for athletic staff as a Strength Ganong earned his master’s degree in health 11 years, is in his ninth sea- and Conditioning Coach for education from Miami in 1985. A native of Balti- son overseeing the academic the Cardinals. more, Ganong and his wife Maria Fernandez have support for the Cardinals’ Ganong, 62, joined the UofL staff in 1985 af- two children: Raquel and Erika. basketball team as Director of Academic Services. ter six seasons at Miami (Fla.) where he helped the Wright’s supportive efforts have helped the Cardi- Hurricanes win their first national titles in both foot- Fred Hina nals earn nearly a 3.0 GPA for 16 straight semesters ball in 1983 and baseball in 1982. Director of Sports and entering the ACC, the Cardinals won their last He is one of a handful of strength coaches in Medicine - Basketball four conference Team Academic Excellence Awards America to have a National Championship ring in in posting the highest collective GPA among league three different sports. Ray has worked for five head Fred Hina is in his 16th men’s basketball teams. UofL received NCAA Public coaches who have won national championships: year as Head Men’s Athletic Recognition Awards for the past four years (2013- Denny Crum, basketball, Louisville, 1997-2000; Trainer for the University of 16) for ranking among the top ten percent in men’s Howard Schellenberger, football, Miami, 1979-83; Louisville men’s basketball basketball for the Academic Progress Rate. The Car- Jimmy Johnson, football, Miami 1984; Ron Fraser, team and his fifth year as dinals posted a collective 3.40 GPA for the 2013-14 baseball, Miami, 1980-82; and Rick Pitino, 2001 Director of Sports Medicine. academic year, a team record, and attained a 3.38 in to present. Hina (pronounced HEE-nuh), 52, is a 1987 grad- the most recent spring 2016 semester. Ganong has trained numerous NFL, MLB, and uate of Western Kentucky with a degree in Health A native of Scotch Plains, N.J., Wright previously NBA players, as well as UofL’s Olympic medalist Care Administration and a 2004 graduate of the Uni- worked with the men’s basketball teams at Arizona bobsledder Doug Sharp for 18 months prior to the versity of Alabama with a Master’s of Arts Degree. (2001-04) and Iowa State (2004). Olympic Trials. Prior to his arrival at UofL, he spent 15 years as Wright was a two-time All-American wide receiver A pioneer in his field, he was the first person an Athletic Trainer in the New York Mets organiza- at the University of Maine. He holds school records to finish the national certification in its first year in tion, including the last seven years as head athletic in single season receptions (88), yards (1,169), and 1985 and has been a certified strength and con- trainer for the major league team in New York. catches in a game (17). He is the only receiver in Maine ditioning specialist through the National Strength Hina is a certified member of the National Ath- history to have two back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons. and Conditioning Association (NSCA) ever since. letic Trainers Association as well as the National Wright earned a BA degree in history from the He was NSCA Conference USA Strength and Condi- Strength and Conditioning Association. He and his University of Maine in 1999. He earned a master’s tioning Specialist of the Year in 1998. Ganong has wife Gina have three sons: Jared, Justin and Jacob. degree in Special Education from UofL in 2008.

Vincent Tatum Equipment Manager Vincent Tatum, a mem- ber of the UofL athletics staff for the past 14 years, is in his eighth year as the Cards’ men’s basketball equipment manager. Tatum coordinates the men’s basketball equipment needs and oversees a staff of student managers who with practice sessions and game preparation. He served two years as the director of the Yum! Center and was executive assistant to Rick Pitino for four years prior to that. Tatum, 44, served as a student manager from 1990-93 under Pitino at the University of Kentucky, where he studied business. UK reached the NCAA Final Four during his final season there (1993). After leaving UK in 1993, Tatum spent nine years in his family’s trucking business in Jeffersonville, Ind. An avid sports fan, Tatum enjoys travel, horse racing, boating and other outdoor activities. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Daniel Pitino Foundation. Former UofL center Gorgui Dieng earned a bachelor’s degree in communication from UofL in A native of Harrodsburg, Ky., Tatum played high 2015. Dieng returned to complete his degree after he was drafted in the NBA’s first round fol- school football and baseball at Mercer County High lowing in his junior year, when he helped the Cardinals win the 2013 NCAA Championship. School.

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Jordan Sucher Logan Baumann with collegiate and professional basketball players as Executive Assistant to Director of Video a skill developer, has directed camps and served as a Rick Pitino Operations collegiate and high school camp counselor. Fair played one year each at the University of Jordan Sucher is in his Logan Baumann is in North Florida (2008-09) and Lee University (2009- 10th year on the UofL men’s his second year on the Uni- 10). He was a four-year starter at for basketball staff as executive versity of Louisville’s men’s Oldsmar Christian and his 2007 Team Breakdown assistant to Coach Rick Pitino. basketball staff, serving as AAU squad won the 17U AAU national championship. Sucher coordinates the director of video operations Fair earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplin- basketball office, assists with team travel arrangements after a year as assistant video coordinator. ary studies at St. Petersburg College in Clearwater, and coordinates Pitino’s personal schedule. Baumann gained experience with the Cardi- Fla. in 2013. Prior to joining the Cardinals’ staff, Sucher worked nals’ video operation as a student manager at UofL, three years for Nelligan Sports Marketing (now Learfield where he earned his bachelor’s degree in econom- Patrick Reilingh Sports), one year with the Horizon League property in ics in 2015 while attending UofL on a Trustee’s Assistant Video Indianapolis, Ind. and two years at UofL. Scholar academic scholarship. After starting the Coordinator Sucher was a four-year basketball letterman at Cards’ 2013 NCAA Championship season as a stu- Patrick Reilingh is Centre College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree dent manager, he walked on to the squad that year in his first year on the Uni- in economics and history in 2004. The Colonels posted after an injury depleted UofL’s roster. He played one versity of Louisville’s men’s an 18-8 record during his senior year. season before returning to his student manager role. basketball staff as assistant He is married to Dr. Nessa Timoney. Baumann averaged 17.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, video coordinator. 2.5 assists and buried 69 three-point goals as a se- Reilingh gained experi- Wayne Turner nior in helping Ohio County High School in Hartford, ence with the Cards’ video operation as a student man- Director of Ky. to a 29-3 record, the 10th District Championship ager at UofL, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Player Development and a No. 9 ranking in the state of Kentucky. sport administration in 2014 and a master of science in Honored as the 2012 Third Region Player of the sport administration in 2016. Wayne Turner, who Year, he scored over 1,000 career points at Ohio Reilingh has served as a basketball coach at was a member of two colle- County, which won the 10th District Championship several camps, including four years with the Chris giate national championship all four years he played with the Eagles. Dudley Foundation in Vernonia, Ore., where he teams and played nine years helped manage campers’ diabetic needs. He also in professional basketball, is Jordan Fair worked extensively with the Hoop Group in Reading, in his fourth year on the UofL staff, currently serving Program Assistant Pa. While an undergraduate at UofL, he worked in as the Cardinals’ director of player development. the UofL ticket office for a year, aiding with ticket Turner played two of his four seasons at the Uni- Jordan Fair is in his sales strategies, communication with season ticket versity of Kentucky under Pitino when the Wildcats first year on the University patrons and with general ticket operations. won the 1996 NCAA Championship and reached of Louisville men’s basketball Reilingh played basketball, football (defensive the championship game in 1997. He was a back- staff as a program assistant. end/tight end) and baseball (third base) at Pleasant- court starter on Kentucky’s 1998 NCAA title team His primary duties include ville (N.Y.) High School before his graduation in 2010. and finished his career as the NCAA’s all-time leader assisting in opponent scout- in games played with 151, a figure which has since ing through extensive video breakdowns, game prepa- been passed. ration and assisting in on-campus recruiting efforts. Turner worked on the UK men’s basketball staff Fair joined the UofL staff after four years as the head in 2010-11 while completing his undergraduate de- boys coach at Oldsmar Christian School (2012-16) gree. He is Kentucky’s career leader in steals (238), in Tampa, Fla., his alma mater where he guided his ranks fourth in career assists (494) and he scored squad to a 115-32 four-year record, won two Sun- 1,170 career points with the Wildcats. He was an shine Independent Athletic Association high school All-SEC selection as a senior and was honored as the conference championships (2015, 2016) and was 1998 NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player and honored as conference coach of the year in 2015. Stephanie Davis SEC Tournament MVP that year. Oldsmar Christian ranked as high as ninth nationally Dr. Basketball Receptionist Team Physician A native of Boston, Turner played nine years of during his four years, reached the state championship professional basketball, including a year with the game in 2016 and 20 of his players signed college Boston Celtics (1999-2000), the Harlem Globetrot- scholarships, including 17 with NCAA Division I schools. ters (2000) and seven years with multiple CBA and He coached in the Under Armour Elite 24 game and had European teams. He worked two years in player de- a player selected to the 2015 McDonald’s All-America velopment and was UofL’s assistant strength coach game. Under his guidance, Oldsmar Christian became for two years before his current role. the only program in the Tampa Bay Area to ever be nationally ranked two consecutive years (2015, 2016). Fair was the associate boys basketball coach for one year at Faith Baptist High School (2011-12) in Brandon, Fla. and an assistant coach for one year at Dr. John Ellis Dr. Chris Pitcock Oldsmar Christian School (2010-11). He has worked Team Physician Team Physician

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Billy Minardi Classic

event in 2006 as Massachusetts prevailed 72-68, Billy Minardi followed by a 70-65 Cardinal victory over New Billy Minardi Classic Results Mexico State in 2007 in another single-game event. 2002 2008 Dec. 17, First Round Nov. 22, First Round In 2008, UofL capped a two-day, four-game Louisville 104, Louisville 79, tournament by beating South Alabama 81-54 in the Eastern Ky. 63 Morehead State 41 Dec. 17, First Round Nov. 22, First Round championship game as Terrence Williams earned Manhattan 76, South Alabama 93, MVP honors. Edgar Sosa scored 17 points and Wright State 74 Florida A&M 64 Dec. 18, Third Place game Nov. 23, Third Place game handed out five assists as the game’s MVP as UofL Wright State 75, Florida A&M 79, beat Western Kentucky 102-75 in the 2009 Billy Eastern Ky. 61 Morehead State 74 Minardi Classic. The Cards beat No. 20 UNLV 77-69 Dec. 18, Championship Nov. 23, Championship Louisville 89, Manhattan 62 Louisville 81, in the 2010 event as Chris Smith earned MVP hon- South Alabama 54 ors. UofL beat Western Ky. 70-60 for the 2011 title. 2003 Dec. 13 2009 earned MVP honors in the 2012 Louisville 73, Dec. 19 he Billy Minardi Classic originated in 2002 to Minardi Classic, but the coaching matchup of UofL’s No. 1 Florida 65 Louisville 102, Western Kentucky 75 Thonor the memory of Billy Minardi, brother-in- Rick Pitino and his son Richard Pitino, then the 2004 law of UofL Coach Rick Pitino who died in the Sept. head coach at FIU, was center stage in the 79-55 Dec. 21, First Round 2010 Louisville 80, IUPUI 60 Dec. 11 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. UofL is UofL win. Dec. 21, First Round Louisville 77, UNLV 69 18-1 in the event over the past 14 years. The Cards The Cardinals beat Western Kentucky 79-63 in Austin Peay 91, New Orleans 73 2011 won the inaugural event in 2002 in Freedom Hall, the 2013 event and prevailed 68-57 in 2014 over Dec. 22, Third Place game Dec. 23 defeating Manhattan in the championship game UNC Wilmington. UofL beat UMKC and Grand IUPUI 72, New Orleans 60 Louisville 70, Dec. 22, Championship Western Kentucky 60 of the four-team tournament. Reece Gaines was Canyon in the 2015 four-team event. Louisville 77, Austin Peay 49 honored as the tourney MVP. 2012 2005 Dec. 19 In 2003, the event was a Dec. 20, First Round Louisville 79, FIU 55 single, truly classic game. The Louisville 76, Middle Tennessee 68 2013 Cardinals posted a 73-65 Dec. 20, First Round Dec. 19 victory over then top-ranked College of Charleston 90, Louisville 79, WKU 63 Florida Atlantic 73 Florida behind MVP Francisco Dec. 21, Third Place game 2014 Garcia. Middle Tennessee 90, Florida Dec. 19 Atlantic 76 Louisville 68, The event returned to a Dec. 21, Championship UNC Wilmington 57 two-day, four-game tourna- Louisville 78, College of Charleston 63 2015 ment the following two years. Dec. 22, First Round UofL beat Austin Peay in the 2006 Louisville 75, UMKC 47 Dec. 13 UNC Wilmington 102, 2004 championship game UMass 72, Louisville 68 Utah Valley 77 and the Cardinals beat Col- Dec. 23, Second Round 2007 Louisville 98, Utah Valley 68 lege of Charleston in the Dec. 22 UNC Wilmington 76, 2005 title game. UofL suf- Rick Pitino (from left), Christine Minardi and Jacqueline Pitino Louisville 70, UMKC 56 New Mexico State 65 fered its first defeat in the Barnett present the 2015 Minardi Classic MVP award to Trey Lewis.

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