Louisville Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,000 Nine NCAA Final Fours 1980, 1986 NCAA Champions 38 NCAA Tournament Appearances Nickname/Colors Cardinals / Red and Black Conference BIG EAST Sports Information University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 www.GoCards.com Home Court KFC Yum! Center (22,000) Phone: (502) 852-6581 Fax: (502) 852-7401 email: [email protected] President Dr. James Ramsey Vice President for Athletics Tom Jurich Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Head Coach Rick Pitino (UMass '74) U of L Record 299-111 (12th yr.) PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS Overall Record 653-239 (28th yr.) Louisville (24-5, 12-4) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Asst. Coaches Wyking Jones, Kevin Keatts, Kareem Richardson F 20 Wayne BLACKSHEAR 6-5 230 So. 8.4 3.4 Chicago, Ill. Dir. of Basketball Operations Andre McGee F 21 Chane BEHANAN 6-6 250 So. 10.7 7.4 Cincinnati, Ohio All-Time Record 1,686-869 (99th yr.) C 10 Gorgui DIENG 6-11 245 Jr. 9.9 10.1 Kebemer, Senegal All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 64-40 G 2 Russ SMITH 6-1 165 Jr. 18.4 3.8 Brooklyn, N.Y. (38 Appearances, Nine Final Fours, G 3 Peyton SIVA 6-0 185 Sr. 9.8 2.2 Seattle, Wash. Two NCAA Championships - 1980, 1986) Important Phone Numbers CIncinnati (20-9, 8-8) Ht Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 F 2 Titus RUBLES 6-7 207 Jr. 6.2 5.8 Dallas, Texas Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 C 13 Cheikh MBODJ 6-10 236 Sr. 5.0 4.6 Dakar, Senegal Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 G 1 Cashmere WRIGHT 6-0 178 Sr. 12.6 2.5 Savannah, Ga. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 G 23 Sean KILPATRICK 6-4 221 Jr. 17.7 5.3 Yonkers, N.Y. email: [email protected] G 44 JaQuon PARKER 6-3 198 Sr. 11.0 4.7 Suffolk, Va. 2012-13 Schedule/Results Head Coach: Mick Cronin (Cincinnati ‘97) 133-97 in 7th yr. at UC; 202-121 in 10th yr. overall Date Opponent TV Time (EST) November THIS GAME BY THE NUMBERS Thur. 1 PIKEVILLE ~ ................... WHAS W 93-57 Louisville will play its third game in Louisville is third nationally in Wed. 7 BELLARMINE ~ .............. WHAS W 65-46 six days as the Cardinals face 3 turnover margin (+6.0). The Cards Sun. 11 MANHATTAN .................. WHAS W 79-51 Sun. 11 MANHATTAN .................. WHAS W 79-51 Cincinnati in the KFC Yum! Center on have forced an average of 18.7 Thur. 15 SAMFORD = ................... WHAS W 80-54 ESPN’s Big Monday. Louisville won for turnovers a game, scoring 661 of Sun. 18 MIAMI (Ohio) ................. WHAS W 80-39 their 2140 points off turnovers (31%). Thur. 22 Northern Iowa * ... NBC Sports Net W 51-46 the eighth time in nine games and fifth Fri. 23 #13/14 Missouri * NBC Sports Net W 84-61 straight in beating Syracuse 58-53 in 2 Louisville and Notre Dame are the Sat. 24 #5/5 Duke * ......... NBC Sports Net L 71-76 the Cardinals’ last true road game this only schools in the nation with each December season. Cincinnati (20-9, 8-8 BIG of its football and men’s and Sat. 1 ILLINOIS STATE ............. WHAS W 69-66 EAST Conference) has dropped five of women’s basketball teams in the Tues. 4 at College of Charleston . ESPNU W 80-38 its last seven games, but beat top 25 in the AP poll. (Louisville Sat. 8 MISSOURI KANSAS CITY ESPN3 W 99-47 Connecticut 61-56 on March 2 in its last rankings: MBB 10, WBB 16, FB 13). Sat. 15 at Memphis ....... FOX Sports Net W 87-78 game as Sean Kilpatrick scored 20 3 National rank for UofL in steals, Wed. 19 FLORIDA INTL. ^ ............ WHAS W 79-55 points for the Bearcats. averaging 10.7 per game. UofL has Sat. 22 Western Kentucky + ....... ESPNU W 82-54 collected double digit steals in 21 Sat. 29 #nr/23 KENTUCKY ............. CBS W 80-77 GAME FACTS of its 29 games. Two Cards rank January Date: Monday, March 4 among the national leaders: Russ Wed. 2 PROVIDENCE ......... BEN/WHAS W 80-62 Smith (2.1/game, 29th nationally) Time: 7:02 p.m. ET Wed. 9 at Seton Hall ................... ESPN2 W 73-58 and Peyton Siva (2.0, 42nd). Sat. 12 USF ........................ BEN/WHAS W 64-38 Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Sat. 12 USF ........................ BEN/WHAS W 64-38 Victory needed by UofL Coach Rick Mon. 14 at Connecticut ................... ESPN W 73-58 Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (48-7, 3rd yr.) 1 Pitino for 300 in his 12th season at Sat. 19 #6/6 SYRACUSE .............. ESPN L 68-70 Television: ESPN Big Monday Louisville. The Hall of Fame final- Tues. 22 at Villanova .............. BEN/WHAS L 64-73 Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Sat. 26 at Georgetown .................. ESPN L 51-53 ist has averaged nearly 25 victories Bill Raftery and Jay Bilas, analysts. at year at UofL. He gained his 650th Mon. 28 PITTSBURGH .................. ESPN W 64-61 Radio: WKRD (790 AM) February career collegiate coaching victory at (joined in progress on WHAS 840 AM) USF this season. Pitino has led the Sun. 3 #25/25 MARQUETTE ....... ESPN W 70-51 Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Wed. 6 at Rutgers ................ BEN/WHAS W 68-48 Cards to 20 wins for the 11th Sat. 9 at #25/nr Notre Dame ....... ESPN L 101-104 Valvano, analyst (SIRIUS 93, XM 190) straight season and his 21st over- Thur. 14 ST. JOHN'S ..................... ESPN W 72-58 Last Meeting: UofL 50, Cincinnati 44 all, sixth among active coaches. Sun. 17 at USF ............................... ESPN W 59-41 (March 10, 2012 at Madison Square Points scored by Russ Smith at Sat. 23 SETON HALL .......... BEN/WHAS W 79-61 Garden, BIG EAST Championship) 17 DePaul as he became the Cardi- Wed. 27 at DePaul ....................... ESPNU W 79-58 Series History: UofL leads 54-42 nals’ 65th career 1,000 point scorer. March (31-15 in Louisville, 21-23 in Peyton Siva reached that career Sat. 2 at #12/12 Syracuse ............. CBS W 58-53 Cincinnati, 3-3 neutral) milestone last month. Louisville’s Mon. 4 CINCINNATI .................... ESPN 7:02 p.m. UL National Ranking: 9th USA Today total is second in the nation to North Sat. 9 NOTRE DAME .................... CBS 4:00 p.m. Carolina (67). Smith’s 18.4 scoring coaches poll, 10th Associated Press Tu-Sa./12-16 at BIG EAST Championship . TBA average is second in the BIG EAST. ~ exhibition game Officials: John Cahill, = Battle 4 Atlantis opening game (Louisville, Ky.) John Gaffney, Mike Eades 18 Times Louisville has limited an op- * Battle 4 Atlantis (Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas) Next U of L Game: March 9 vs. ponent below 40 percent field goal ^ Billy Minardi Classic (Louisville, Ky.) percentage this season. The Cards Notre Dame, KFC Yum! Center + (Nashville, Tenn.) have also held its opponent below rankings are listed #AP/USA Today (CBS) 4:00 p.m. ET 60 points in 18 games this season. Louisville vs. Cincinnati -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Cincinnati — Louisville will play its final Louisville - Cincinnati Last Game two regular season games at home in the KFC Yum! Series History Center, starting with Monday’s game against the Louisville 58, Syracuse 53 Overall UL leads 54-42 March 2, 2013 -- Syracuse, N.Y. (Carrier Dome) Cincinnati Bearcats when the Cardinals play their third Last Meeting 3/10/12 game in six days. Cincinnati (20-9, 8-8 BIG EAST Result UL 50, UC 44 Louisville 58 Conference) has dropped five of its last seven games, Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Current Streak UL 1 Blackshear f 20 1-6 1-5 0-0 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 but beat Connecticut 61-56 on March 2 in its last game At Louisville 31-15 Behanan f 30 1-6 0-0 2-8 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 as Sean Kilpatrick scored 20 points for the Bearcats. At Cincinnati 21-23 Dieng c 34 4-8 0-0 3-4 14 3 5 2 2 3 11 Smith g 29 5-11 2-3 6-7 2 5 3 0 1 3 18 Kilpatrick is fourth in the BIG EAST in scoring, At Neutral Sites 3-3 Siva g 27 0-9 0-8 0-0 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 averaging 17.7 points per game, burying 75-of-231 Rick Pitino vs. Cincinnati 12-10 Ware 24 2-3 1-2 3-4 5 0 2 1 1 2 8 Hancock 20 4-5 4-5 0-0 1 0 3 0 2 3 12 three-pointers. Cashmere Wright (60 threes) and Harrell 10 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 JaQuan Parker (34) are also deep scoring threats for the Bearcats. Cincinnati ranks Van Treese 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 among the nation’s top 20 in blocked shots (6.2, seventh in the nation), rebound margin Team 3 Totals 200 18-50 8-23 14-24 36 14 14 5 9 18 58 (+6.7, 16th) and field goal percentage defense (.384, 18th). Cincinnati is No. 50 in the Total FG% 1st H: 9-29 31.0% 2nd H: 9-21 42.9% Game: 36.0% ratings percentage index and No.