Notable Achievements
As of the end of the 2011-12 season, Louisville had an all-time 1662–864 record in 97 seasons of intercollegiate basketball ranking 16th in all-time victories and 9th in all-time winning percentage among NCAA division I schools. From 1944 to 1990 Louisville had 46 straight winning seasons (1st all-time), winning 20 or more games on 31 occasions during that period. Louisville’s initial appearance in the Associated Press poll on Dec. 6, 2010 marked the 500th occasion the Cards have been ranked in the AP poll, sixth most all-time (535 now). U of L has been ranked among the nation’s top ten in the preseason poll for the last two years (second this year, ninth in 2011-12).
Louisville has made 38 NCAA Tournament appearances (5th all-time) and 14 NIT appearances. The Cardinals have reached the NCAA Tournament 29 of the last 36 years (six straight, nine of the last 11, 11 of the last 14 years, 17 of last 21). The Cards have reached the Sweet 16 on 24 occasions. Since the NCAA began keeping Sweet 16 appearance records in 1975, Louisville's 18 Sweet 16's rank 4th behind only North Carolina (25), Kentucky (24), Duke (22), and Kansas (19). The Cardinals have reached the Elite Eight on 12 occasions, including three of the past five seasons. Louisville is sixth in tournament victories (64) with a 64–39 overall NCAA Tournament record, reaching the Final Four nine times.
Louisville is the only school in the nation to have claimed the championship of three major national post-season tournaments including the 1948 NAIB championship, the 1956 NIT title and the 1980 and 1986 NCAA championships.
Louisville basketball has been named the seventh best all-time basketball program by Street and Smith's, The Sporting News, and CBS Sportsline. A study done by ESPN.com in 2012 ranked the Cardinals as the 6th best college basketball program in the last 50 years.
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