Louisville

Official Name: 
University of Louisville
Nickname: 
Cardinals
Mailing Address: 

Student Activities Center Room E203
2100 South Floyd Street
Louisville, KY 40292

Website: 
www.uoflsports.com
Telephone: 
(502) 852-6581
Fax: 
(502) 852-7401
Enrollment: 
22,000
Arena: 

KFC Yum! Center
Capacity: 22,000
Year Opened: 2011

School Colors: 
Red, Black and White
Conference: 

Big East (since 2006)
Former Member of Missouri Valley (1965-75), Metro (1976-95) and Conference USA (1996-2005)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(13) 1956, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1994, 2005, and 2009

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(36) 1951, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
60-38 record (.612)
Reached Final Four in 1959 (4th), 1972 (4th), 1975 (3rd), 1980 (1st), 1982 (T3rd), 1983 (T3rd), 1986 (1st) and 2005 (T3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(14) 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1985, 2002, and 2006
14-14 record (.500)
Finished 1st in 1956, 4th in 1985 and T3rd in 2006

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1948
5-0 record (1.000)
Won title

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Denny Crum (30 years from 1972-2001, 675-295 record, .696)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Darrell Griffith (2,333 points from 1977-80)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Charlie Tyra (1,617 from 1954-57)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Wes Unseld (45 points as senior vs. Georgetown, Kentucky, on 12/1/67)

All-American Selections: 

(22) G Alfred Butch Beard (1967 and 1969), G-F Ulysses Junior Bridgeman (1975), F Wesley Cox (1977), C Pervis Ellison (1989), G Reece Gaines (2003), F-G Francisco Garcia (2005), F Don Goldstein (1959), G Darrell Griffith (1978, 1979 and 1980), F-C Rodney McCray (1983), G-F Allen Murphy (1975), G Jim Price (1972), C-F Clifford Rozier (1994), C Charlie Tyra (1956 and 1957), C Wes Unseld (1966, 1967 and 1968), G DeJuan Wheat (1997), F Terrence Williams (2009)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(6) Charlie Tyra (1957), Wes Unseld (1967 and 1968), Darrell Griffith (1980), Pervis Ellison (1989), Clifford Rozier (1994)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Jim Price (1972).

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Wes Unseld (45 vs. Georgetown, Ky., College)
December 1, 1967 (senior/23 ppg)

1

2

Total

Louisville

50

68

118

Georgetown, Kentucky

39

47

86

Louisville

Name

FG

FT

PTS

J. King

4-8

5-6

13

Selvy

5-10

2-4

12

Unseld

18-26

9-12

45

Holden

5-7

2-3

12

Beard

6-15

4-4

16

Gorius

2-3

0-1

4

Bryant

1-3

4-6

6

Deeken

1-2

0-0

2

Callahan

2-4

0-0

4

Linonis

1-1

0-0

2

Minner

0-0

0-0

0

Holland

1-2

0-0

2

Shelton

0-1

0-0

0

S. King

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

46-82

26-36

118

Percentages

.561

.722

Georgetown, Kentucky

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Benfield

6-9

2-4

14

J. Davis

7-12

3-4

17

Myers

6-11

0-0

12

Kennedy

4-12

4-6

12

Day

10-19

3-5

23

Edwards

1-2

1-2

3

K. Davis

2-6

1-2

5

Vories

0-0

0-0

0

Reid

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

36-71

14-23

86

Percentages

.507

.609
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

William Gardiner

1

1912

0-3

.000

1912

0-3

Ed Bowman

3

1916, 1918

11-7

.611

1916

8-3

Earl Ford

1

1919

7-4

.636

1919

7-4

Tuley Brucker

1

1920

6-5

.545

1920

6-5

Jimmie Powers

1

1921

3-8

.272

1921

3-8

Dr. John T. O'Rourke

1

1922

1-13

.071

1922

1-13

Fred Enke

2

1924-25

14-20

.411

1925

10-7

Tom King

5

1926-30

44-31

.586

1928

12-4

Eddie Weber

2

1931-32

20-18

.526

1932

15-7

C.V. "Red" Money

4

1933-36

46-40

.534

1934

16-9

Lawrence E. "Laurie" Apitz

4

1937-40

10-52

.161

1937

4-8

John C. Heldman

2

1941-42

9-24

.272

1942

7-10

Harold Church/Walter Casey

1

1944

10-10

.500

1944

10-10

Bernard "Peck" Hickman

23

1945-67

443-183

.708

1956

26-3

John Dromo

4

1968-71

68-23

.747

1969

21-6

Howard Stacey

1

1971

12-8

.600

1971

12-8

Denny Crum

30

1972-2001

675-295

.696

1980

33-3

Rick Pitino

10

2002-11

245-96

.718

2005

33-5
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,632-854 (.656) from 1912 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Captains coached Louisville's team for three years from 1912-13 through 1914-15 when the school compiled an 8-14 record
  • Louisville did not field a formal team in 1917, 1923 and 1943
  • Dromo compiled an 8-1 record in 1970-71 when he was replaced by Stacey.