| 2013–2014Louisville Cardinals men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated) | |
| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 5 |
| Record | 0–5 (31 wins 1 loss vacated) (0–3 (15 wins vacated) The American) |
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| Home arena | KFC Yum! Center |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5Louisville* † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 31 | – | 6 | .838 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15Cincinnati | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18UConn | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 32 | – | 8 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 27 | – | 10 | .730 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †The American Tournament winner As of March 15th, 2014 *Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(31-6)(15-3) Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Louisville during the2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 100th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in theAmerican Athletic Conference and were coached byRick Pitino in his 13th season. The team played its home games onDenny Crum Court at theKFC Yum! Center.
They finished 31–6, 15–3 in AAC play to win the regular season conference championship, sharing the title with Cincinnati. They were also champions of theAAC tournament to earn the conferences automatic bid to theNCAA tournament. In their 40th NCAA tournament appearance, the defending national champions defeated Manhattan and Saint Louis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to rival Kentucky.
This was their only season in the American Athletic Conference as they moved to theAtlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2014. Most of the games from this season along with other games from December 2010 to April 2014 were vacated as a consequence of the2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal.
The Cardinals were the #3 team in the USA Today Coaches preseason poll and picked to win American conference by the media and the coaches. The Cardinals returned 7 of 9 players from a team that won the2013 NCAA Championship and both Big East regular season and tournament championships.[1] The team was led by its captains, Consensus First Team All-AmericanRuss Smith, 2013 Final Four MOPLuke Hancock andMontrezl Harrell.[2][3]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Peyton Siva | 3 | PG | 6'0'" | 180 | Senior | Seattle, Washington | Graduated – Entered the2013 NBA draft |
| Mike Marra | 33 | SG | 6'5" | 200 | Senior | Esmond, Rhode Island | Graduated |
| Gorgui Dieng | 10 | C | 6'11" | 235 | Junior | Kebemer,Senegal | Graduated – Entered the2013 NBA draft |
| Zach Price | 25 | C | 6'10" | 235 | Sophomore | Louisville, Kentucky | Transferred toMissouri[4] |
| Michael Baffour | 32 | PG | 6'2'" | 180 | Senior | Lexington, Kentucky | Transferred toBenedict College[5] |
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Terry Rozier PG | Shaker Heights, OH | Hargrave Military Academy | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Nov 9, 2011 | |
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| Chris Jones PG | Niceville, FL | INorthwest Florida State College | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Sep 17, 2012 | |
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| Anton Gill SG | Raleigh, NC | Hargrave Military Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Dec 21, 2011 | |
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| Akoy Agau PF | Raleigh, NC | Omaha Central | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | Sep 19, 2012 | |
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| Overall recruit ranking: Scout: 8 Rivals: 7 ESPN: 8 | ||||||
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On January 10, 2014, Rick Pitino and Kevin Ware jointly announced that Ware would sit out the remainder of the season and take a medical redshirt. In Louisville's December 17 win over Missouri State, Ware was kicked in the same right leg he had severely fractured during theCardinals' 2013 NCAA tournament win overDuke. Under NCAA rules, a player qualifies for a medical redshirt if he appears in fewer than 30 percent of his team's games, with no appearances in the second half of the season. Ware played in nine out of a total of 31 scheduled games; the Missouri State game was Louisville's 11th of the season.[7] Shortly after the Cardinals' exit from the NCAA tournament, Ware announced that he would transfer from Louisville.[8] On April 12, Ware confirmed toESPN.com that his destination would beGeorgia State, near his family's currentAtlanta-area home.[9]
Louisville opened with two exhibition victories and 2 wins at home. They played in the Hall of Fame Classic, advancing to the finals where they fell to #24North Carolina 93–84. They finished out their non-conference slate with 5 victories, including a 79–63 win overWestern Kentucky in the Billy Minardi Classic, and a loss at Rupp Arena to archrival #18Kentucky. They entered American Athletic Conference play with an 11–2 record.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Chane Behanan | 21 | PF | 6'6" | 245 | Junior | Cincinnati | Dismissed for violation of university policy[10] |
The Cardinals opened American Athletic play with road victories over UCF and Rutgers before returning home and losing to #24 Memphis. They then went 11–1 in their next 12 games, splitting a home and home with Cincinnati. They lost their second game with Memphis before closing out the season with back to back victories over #18 SMU and #19 UConn on senior day. They finished the regular season with a 26–5 (15–3) record and finished in a tie with Cincinnati as American Athletic Regular Season Champions.
Russ Smith was named to theSporting News, Sport Illustrated and NBC Sports All-American First Teams.[11][12][13] Russ Smith and Montrezl Harrell were named to the American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team, and Terry Rozier was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team.[14]
By virtue of losing a coin flip the Cardinals were the #2 seed in the tournament and facedRutgers in the quarterfinal round.[15] They set an AAC record for margin of victory with a 61-point defeat of the Scarlet Knights, 92–31.[16] They defeatedHouston in the semi-finals 94–65. Russ Smith set an AAC scoring record and Louisville tournament scoring record with 42 points against the Cougars.[17] The Cardinals won the AAC tournament championship game against #21UConn by the score of 71–61. This was the Cardinals first AAC tournament championship, in their only year in the conference. Russ Smith won the AAC tournament Most Outstanding player award. Smith, Montrezl Harrell and Luke Hancock were named to the AAC All-tournament First Team.[18]
The Cardinals have won three consecutive conference tournament championships (two in the Big East and one in the AAC).
The Cardinals earned a #4 seed in the Midwest region and defeatedManhattan in the second round by a score of 71–64. They defeated #5 seedSt. Louis in the third round, but their reign as defending champs ended when the Cardinals were dethroned by #8Kentucky 74–69 in the Sweet 16, finishing 31–6.
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Oct 29* 7:00 pm, WHAS | No. 3 | Kentucky Wesleyan | W 115–67 | – | 20 – Harrell | 9 – Rozier | 4 – Jones, Rozier | KFC Yum! Center (20,288) Louisville, KY | |||
| Nov 6* 7:00 pm, WHAS | No. 3 | Pikeville | W 90–61 | – | 19 – Jones | 9 – Mathiang | 7 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (19,227) Louisville, KY | |||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 9* 1:00 pm, WHAS | No. 3 | Charleston | W 70–48 | 1–0 | 21 – Smith | 10 – Mathiang | 5 – Jones, Smith | KFC Yum! Center (20,938) Louisville, KY | |||
| Nov 12* 7:00 pm, WHAS | No. 3 | Hofstra Hall of Fame Classic | W 97–69 | 2–0 | 30 – Smith | 5 – Harrell, Rozier | 7 – Jones | KFC Yum! Center (20,112) Louisville, KY | |||
| Nov 15* 7:00 pm, WHAS | No. 3 | Cornell | W 99–54 | 3–0 | 20 – Blackshear | 15 – Harrell | 5 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (19,834) Louisville, KY | |||
| Nov 19* 7:00 pm, WHAS | No. 3 | Hartford Hall of Fame Classic | W 87–48 | 4–0 | 20 – Harrell | 9 – Harrell | 4 – Hancock, Jones | KFC Yum! Center (20,226) Louisville, KY | |||
| Nov 23* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | vs. Fairfield Hall of Fame Classic | W 71–57 | 5–0 | 15 – Jones | 12 – Harrell | 3 – Rozier | Mohegan Sun Arena (8,113) Uncasville, CT | |||
| Nov 24* 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 3 | vs. No. 24 North Carolina Hall of Fame Classic | L 84–93 | 5–1 | 36 – Smith | 10 – Behanan | 2 – Hancock, Smith | Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT | |||
| Nov 29* 7:00 pm, WHAS | No. 9 | Southern Miss | W 69–38 | 6–1 | 18 – Jones | 9 – Harrell | 6 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (21,416) Louisville, KY | |||
| Dec 4* 7:00 pm, WHAS | No. 7 | UMKC | W 90–62 | 7–1 | 14 – Harrell | 11 – Behanan | 11 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (20,269) Louisville, KY | |||
| Dec 7* 1:00 pm, WHAS | No. 7 | Louisiana–Lafayette | W 113–74 | 8–1 | 20 – Harrell | 8 – Harrell | 6 – Rozier | KFC Yum! Center (20,141) Louisville, KY | |||
| Dec 14* 12 noon, ESPN2 | No. 6 | WKU Billy Minardi Classic | W 79–63 | 9–1 | 14 – Smith | 10 – Rozier | 10 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (22,027) Louisville, KY | |||
| Dec 17* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 6 | Missouri State | W 90–60 | 10–1 | 17 – Harrell | 9 – Mathiang | 8 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (21,335) Louisville, KY | |||
| Dec 21* 5:00 pm, FS1 | No. 6 | at Florida International | W 85–56 | 11–1 | 18 – Smith | 7 – Mathiang | 6 – Jones | U.S. Century Bank Arena (3,361) Miami, FL | |||
| Dec 28* 4:00 pm, CBS | No. 6 | at No. 18 Kentucky Battle for the Bluegrass | L 66–73 | 11–2 | 19 – Smith | 7 – Behanan | 4 – Smith | Rupp Arena (24,396) Lexington, KY | |||
| Dec 31 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | at UCF | W 90–65 | 12–2 (1–0) | 24 – Smith | 8 – Harrell | 9 – Smith | CFE Arena (7,094) Orlando, FL | |||
| Jan 4 6:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 14 | at Rutgers | W 83–76 | 13–2 (2–0) | 22 – Smith | 7 – Harrell | 2 – Blackshear, Jones | Rutgers Athletic Center (7,263) Piscataway, NJ | |||
| Jan 9 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 12 | No. 24 Memphis | L 67–73 | 13–3 (2–1) | 20 – Hancock | 11 – Harrell | 5 – Hancock | KFC Yum! Center (21,988) Louisville, KY | |||
| Jan 12 2:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 12 | SMU | W 71–63 | 14–3 (3–1) | 23 – Hancock, Smith | 13 – Harrell | 7 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (21,237) Louisville, KY | |||
| Jan 16 7:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 18 | Houston | W 91–52 | 15–3 (4–1) | 23 – Blackshear | 7 – Van Treese | 8 – Rozier | KFC Yum! Center (21,132) Louisville, KY | |||
| Jan 18 9:00 pm, ESPN | No. 18 | at UConn ESPNCollege GameDay | W 76–64 | 16–3 (5–1) | 23 – Smith | 13 – Harrell | 3 – Hancock; | Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | |||
| Jan 22 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 12 | at South Florida | W 86–74 | 17–3 (6–1) | 16 – Blackshear | 10 – Harrell | 6 – Smith | USF Sun Dome (6,417) Tampa, FL | |||
| Jan 30 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 12 | No. 13 Cincinnati | L 66–69 | 17–4 (6–2) | 18 – Harrell | 8 – Van Treese | 6 – Hancock | KFC Yum! Center (22,644) Louisville, KY | |||
| Feb 1 9:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 12 | UCF | W 87–70 | 18–4 (7–2) | 27 – Smith | 7 – Harrell | 5 – Hancock | KFC Yum! Center (22,201) Louisville, KY | |||
| Feb 5 9:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 14 | at Houston | W 77–62 | 19–4 (8–2) | 17 – Smith | 7 – Hancock | 6 – Smith | Hofheinz Pavilion (7,247) Houston, TX | |||
| Feb 13 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 13 | at Temple | W 82–58 | 20–4 (9–2) | 22 – Harrell | 10 – Harrell | 5 – Jones | Liacouras Center (6,566) Philadelphia, PA | |||
| Feb 16 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | Rutgers | W 102–54 | 21–4 (10–2) | 25 – Hancock | 9 – Harrell | 5 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (21,821) Louisville, KY | |||
| Feb 18 7:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 11 | South Florida | W 80–54 | 22–4 (11–2) | 19 – Smith | 8 – Van Treese | 3 – Hancock, Jones | KFC Yum! Center (21,655) Louisville, KY | |||
| Feb 22 12 noon, CBS | No. 11 | at No. 7 Cincinnati | W 58–57 | 23–4 (12–2) | 21 – Harrell | 10 – Harrell | 5 – Smith | Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Cincinnati, OH | |||
| Feb 27 9:00 pm, ESPN | No. 7 | Temple | W 88–66 | 24–4 (12–2) | 24 – Smith | 6 – Blackshear, Harrell, Van Treese | 8 – Jones | KFC Yum! Center (21,312) Louisville, KY | |||
| Mar 1 2:00 pm, CBS | No. 7 | at No. 21 Memphis | L 66–72 | 24–5 (12–3) | 25 – Harrell | 12 – Harrell | 5 – Smith | FedEx Forum (18,375) Memphis, TN | |||
| Mar 5 7:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 11 | at No. 18 SMU | W 84–71 | 25–5 (13–3) | 26 – Smith | 8 – Harrell | 5 – Smith | Moody Coliseum (7,305) Dallas, TX | |||
| Mar 8 2:00 pm, CBS | No. 11 | No. 19 UConn Senior Day | W 81–48 | 26–5 (15–3) | 20 – Harrell | 13 – Van Treese | 13 – Smith | KFC Yum! Center (22,782) Louisville, KY | |||
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| Mar 13 3:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 5 | vs. Rutgers Quarterfinals | W 92–31 | 27–5 | 18 – Jones | 10 – Van Treese | 5 – Smith | FedEx Forum (13,011) Memphis, TN | |||
| Mar 14 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 5 | vs. Houston Semifinals | W 94–65 | 28–5 | 42 – Smith | 10 – Van Treese | 8 – Jones | FedEx Forum (11,888) Memphis, TN | |||
| Mar 15 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 5 | vs. No. 21 UConn Championship | W 71–61 | 29–5 | 22 – Harrell | 11 – Harrell | 3 – Smith, Van Treese | FedEx Forum (13,554) Memphis, TN | |||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 20* 9:45 pm, TNT | No. 5 (4 MW) | vs. (13 MW)Manhattan Second round | W 71–64 | 30–5 | 18 – Smith | 13 – Harrell | 4 – Hancock | Amway Center (14,866) Orlando, FL | |||
| Mar 22* 2:45 pm, CBS | No. 5 (4 MW) | vs. No. 25 (5 MW) Saint Louis Third round | W 66–51 | 31–5 | 21 – Hancock | 11 – Harrell | 11 – Smith | Amway Center (18,512) Orlando, FL | |||
| Mar 28* 9:45 pm, CBS | No. 5 (4 MW) | vs. (8 MW) Kentucky Sweet Sixteen | L 69–74 | 31–6 | 23 – Smith | 8 – Harrell | 3 – Smith | Lucas Oil Stadium (41,072) Indianapolis, IN | |||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time. (#) during NCAA tournament is seed within region MW=Midwest. | |||||||||||
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Final |
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| AP | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11т | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | N/A |
| Coaches | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7т | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 |