Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
| Louisville Cardinals men's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | University of Louisville | ||||||||||
| First season | 1911–12; 115 years ago | ||||||||||
| Athletic director | Josh Heird | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Pat Kelsey 2nd season, 50–18 (.735) | ||||||||||
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||||||
| Arena | KFC Yum! Center (capacity: 22,090) | ||||||||||
| NCAA division | Division I | ||||||||||
| Conference | ACC | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Cardinals | ||||||||||
| Colors | Red and black | ||||||||||
| Student section | "The Ville'ns" | ||||||||||
| All-time record | 1,957–1,032 (.655) | ||||||||||
| NCAA tournament record | 76–45 (.628) | ||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1980, 1986, 2013* | |||||||||||
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| NIT champions | |||||||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||
| NAIA tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| KIAC: 1928, 1929 Metro: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995 C-USA: 2003, 2005 Big East: 2009, 2012*, 2013* AAC: 2014* | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| MVC: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 Metro: 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994 C-USA: 2005 Big East: 2009, 2013* AAC: 2014* | |||||||||||
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* vacated by NCAA | |||||||||||
The Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program representing the University of Louisville (U of L) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of NCAA Division I. The Cardinals have officially won two NCAA championships in 1980 and 1986 (with the 2013 title being vacated); and have officially been to eight Final Fours (with the 2012 and 2013 appearances being vacated) in 39 official NCAA tournament appearances while compiling 61 tournament wins.