1980–81 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
1980–81 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Metro Conference Champions; Metro Conference Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament; Second Round, L 74–73 v. Arkansas
Conference	Metro Conference
Ranking
AP	#12
1980–81 record	21–9 (11–1 Metro)
Head coach	Denny Crum
Captain	Game captains
Home arena	Freedom Hall
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The 1980–81 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 1980-81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 67th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the Metro Conference and were coached by Denny Crum, who was in his tenth season. The team played its home games at Freedom Hall.

The Cardinals won the Metro Conference Tournament Championship (their 3rd), defeating Cincinnati 42–31. As defending Champion Louisville was upset by a half-court shot by U.S. Reed and lost to Arkansas 74–73 in the NCAA Tournament Second Round. The Cardinals finished with a 21–9 (11–1) record.^[1]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 22*	vs. #2 DePaul Hall of Fame Game	L 80–86	0-1	Springfield, MA
December 4	at Tulsa	L 60–68	0-2	Tulsa, OK
December 6*	at Oklahoma State	L 71–72	0-3	Stillwater, OK
December 13*	#4 Maryland	W 78–67	1-3	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
December 20*	Utah	L 59–78	1-4	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
December 22*	Minnesota	L 59–62	1-5	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
December 29*	vs. #6 North Carolina Winston Tire Classic	L 64–86	1-6	Los Angeles, CA
December 30*	vs. USC Winston Tire Classic	W 79–50	2-6	Los Angeles, CA
January 3*	at Kansas State	L 47–64	2-7	Manhattan, KS
January 5	at Tulane	W 73–53	3-7 (1-0)	New Orleans, LA
January 10	at Cincinnati	W 83–68	4-7 (2-0)	Cincinnati, OH
January 17	Florida State	W 98–78	5-7 (3-0)	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 18*	Missouri	W 71–49	6-7	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 22*	at Memphis State	L 55–60 ^OT	6-8 (3-1)	Memphis, TN
January 27*	Providence	W 71–55	7-8	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 29	St. Louis	W 61–57	8-8 (4-1)	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 31	Virginia Tech	W 92–70	9-8 (5-1)	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
February 2*	US International	W 86–68	10-8	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
February 4	Tulane	W 85–58	11-8 (6-1)	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
February 7	at Florida State	W 82–73 ^OT	12-8 (7-1)	Tallahassee, FL
February 9	at Virginia Tech	W 71–66	13-8 (8-1)	Blacksburg, VA
February 13*	at Marquette	W 79–60	14-8	Milwaukee, WI
February 16	Memphis State	W 95–65	15-8 (9-1)	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
February 18*	Iona	W 91–57	16-8	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
February 23	Cincinnati	W 81–67	17-8 (10-1)	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
February 25	at St. Louis	W 97–85	18-8 (11-1)	St. Louis, MO
February 28*	Western Kentucky	W 90–75	19-8	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
March 6*	Virginia Tech Metro Conference Tournament • Semifinals	W 81–68	20-8	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
March 7*	Cincinnati Metro Conference Tournament • Final	W 42–31	21-8	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
March 14*	vs. #20 Arkansas NCAA Tournament • First Round	L 73–74	21-9	Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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↑ 2012-13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2013-May-08.

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[2] 2012-13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2013-May-08.

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