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Louisville Cardinals Basketball History
An excellent college basketball program across all eras, Louisville is notable especially for its continuity. Bernard "Peck" Hickman (1944-67) went 443-183 during his time in the ‘Ville; John Dromo (1967-71) went 68-23 during his brief run as coach, which ended when a heart attack forced him to retire; Denny Crum (1971-2001) went to six Final Fours, won two national championships and left campus with a shiny 675-295 record; Rick Pitino (2001-17) added another national championship to the pile and two more Final Fours, going 416-143 overall.?
The Crum era in particular is regarded as one of the great coaching tenures in the history of the sport. He was the top assistant to the legendary John Wooden at UCLA, and in his first year in Louisville he took the Cardinals to the Final Four — the first coach to make a Final Four in his first season as a head coach. He earned the nickname? "Cool Hand Luke" for his demeanor and "Mr. March" for all the deep postseason runs his teams produced over the years. His offenses were famous for their post play — "Never Nervous" Pervis Ellison was the rock of the Cardinals' second national championship team — and his defenses were a frenzy of switches. The style of play was perhaps ill-suited to the era of the three-pointer, but he was still winning games into the mid ‘90s, including a 26-9 season in 1996-97.
Currently, the team is led by coach Kenny Payne.
Louisville Cardinals Team Info
Conference: ACC
Team Colors: Red and black
Team Rivals: Kentucky Wildcats, Cincinnati Bearcats
Louisville Cardinals at KFC Yum! Center
Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center seats more than 22,000 fans, making it the third-largest college hoops arena in the country, The student section is known as The Ville'ns, and they keep the stadium lively. To juice their homecourt advantage, the Cardinals have made a habit of staging "color" events — "whiteouts," "redouts" and "blackouts" — during which fans are encouraged to wear the same color to games.
Tickets for the 2024-25 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the Louisville Cardinals.
The Cardinals play their basketball games at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The seating map for KFC Yum! Center can be viewed here.
It was a great game. I wish there was more rooms between rows,the space is kind of tight. But great venue overall,staff were courteous and helpful. I will be visiting again in the future.
Me and my son had a ball!! It was his first game and my first in over 20 years.
I received tickets to see my favorite team play. This was the 1st college game I’ve been too and I loved it!! The Yum center has great seats!
Hello ladies nicely done on the Big ball head but things are going to pretty slow so let’s break down the heat and play Right
Started off well, but then the pace went downhill and things became a bit boring. Overall it was very underwhelming.
The Louisville Live event was nice but there were a few things that could’ve been better. For one, there was way too much down time transitioning between events. There was a time before the scrimmage where everyone was just standing around. The transitions could’ve been faster. Also, the camera work needs improvement. They introduced the senators for the free throw contest and they weren’t on camera for anyone to see. Also, they introduced Darrell Griffith as a judge for the dunk the camera wasn’t even on the judges table so nobody really cheered. At one point Peyton Siva was shown on the half court screen but there was no mention of him that I heard. The needs to be better coordination between what’s being talked about in the mic and what’s being shown on camera.
This is one of the best arenas in the United States hands down for Basketball wether it's Pro or college.
It was Senior Day and the Cardinals won - need I say more!!!
Great experience at the game. Glad that I got tickets for it. Cards Baby!!!
It was my first time at the YUM Center and it was a great experience. A very good game with good seats.