2018–19 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

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2018–19 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2018–19 record20–14 (10–8 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
Seasons
2018–19 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Virginia 16 – 2   .889 35 – 3   .921
No. 3 North Carolina 16 – 2   .889 29 – 7   .806
No. 1 Duke † 14 – 4   .778 32 – 6   .842
No. 10 Florida State 13 – 5   .722 29 – 8   .784
No. 16 Virginia Tech 12 – 6   .667 26 – 9   .743
Syracuse 10 – 8   .556 20 – 14   .588
Louisville 10 – 8   .556 20 – 14   .588
NC State 9 – 9   .500 24 – 12   .667
Clemson 9 – 9   .500 20 – 14   .588
Georgia Tech 6 – 12   .333 14 – 18   .438
Boston College 5 – 13   .278 14 – 17   .452
Miami (FL) 5 – 13   .278 14 – 18   .438
Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 11 – 20   .355
Pittsburgh 3 – 15   .167 14 – 19   .424
Notre Dame 3 – 15   .167 14 – 19   .424
† 2019 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Chris Mack who was hired on March 27, 2018 after it was announced interim coach David Padgett would not be retained.[1][2] They finished the season 20-14, to finish in 7th place. In the ACC Tournament, they beat Notre Dame in the Second Round before losing to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They received a at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a 7th seed before losing to 10th seed Minnesota in the First Round.

Previous season[]

The Cardinals finished the 2017–18 season with a record of 22–14, 9–9 in ACC play, finishing in a tie for 8th with Florida State, who they defeated in the second round of the ACC Tournament before losing to Virginia in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the NIT, where they defeated Northern Kentucky in the first round and Middle Tennessee in the second round before being defeated in the quarterfinals by Mississippi State.

Offseason[]

Departures[]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Lance Thomas 1 F 6'8" 210 Freshman Norcross, Georgia Transferred to Memphis
Quentin Snider 4 G 6'2" 175 Senior Louisville, Kentucky Graduated
Ray Spalding 13 F 6'10" 215 Junior Louisville, Kentucky Declared for 2018 NBA draft
Anas Mahmoud 14 F 7'0" 215 Senior Cairo, Egypt Graduated; declared for 2018 NBA draft
Deng Adel 22 F 6'7" 200 Junior Melbourne, Australia Declared for 2018 NBA draft

Incoming transfers[]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Akoy Agau 0 F 6'8" 240 Graduate Student South Sudan SMU
Christen Cunningham 1 G 6'2" 190 Graduate Student Georgetown, KY Samford University
Khwan Fore 4 G 6'0" 185 Graduate Student Huntsville, AL Richmond

2018 recruiting class[]

No recruits.[3]

Roster[]

2018–19 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Akoy Agau 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) GS SMU
Omaha Central 		South Sudan
G 1 Christen Cunningham 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) GS Samford
Henry Clay 		Georgetown, Kentucky
G 2 Darius Perry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Wheeler Marietta, Georgia
G 3 Jo Griffin (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So South Oldham LaGrange, Kentucky
G 4 Khwan Fore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) GS Richmond
Lee High 		Huntsville, Alabama
F/C 5 Malik Williams 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Snider Fort Wayne, Indiana
G/F 10 Wyatt Battaile (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Pikeville Pikeville, Kentucky
G 12 Jacob Redding (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Carroll Fort Wayne, Indiana
G/F 13 V. J. King 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Paul VI Cleveland, Ohio
C 23 Steven Enoch 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) RS Jr Connecticut
St. Thomas More 		Norwalk, Connecticut
F 24 Dwayne Sutton 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr UNC Asheville
duPont Manual 		Louisville, Kentucky
G 30 Ryan McMahon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Jr Cardinal Mooney Sarasota, Florida
F 33 Jordan Nwora 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Vermont Academy Buffalo, New York
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results[]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2018*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		Bellarmine W 71–60  –
  17 – King   9 – Nwora   5 – Perry  KFC Yum! Center (14,377)
Louisville, KY
November 3, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		Simmons (KY) W 90–41[4]  –
  16 – Enoch   8 – Williams   4 – Tied  KFC Yum! Center (14,588)
Louisville, KY
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		Nicholls State W 85–72  1–0
  15 – Enoch   8 – Enoch   2 – Sutton  KFC Yum! Center (15,355)
Louisville, KY
November 13, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		Southern
NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game 		W 104–54  2–0
  20 – Nwora   7 – Tied   6 – McMahon  KFC Yum! Center (14,939)
Louisville, KY
November 16, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		Vermont
NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game 		W 86–78  3–0
  22 – Nwora   5 – Nwora   4 – Perry  KFC Yum! Center (15,977)
Louisville, KY
November 21, 2018*
5:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. No. 5 Tennessee
NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals 		L 81–92  3–1
  23 – Nwora   10 – Nwora   8 – Perry  Barclays Center (4,981)
Brooklyn, NY
November 23, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Marquette
NIT Season Tip-Off 		L 74–77 OT 3–2
  16 – Cunningham   7 – Tied    3 – Tied   Barclays Center 
Brooklyn, NY
November 27, 2018*
7:30 pm, ESPN 		No. 9 Michigan State
ACC–Big Ten Challenge 		W 82–78 OT 4–2
  24 – McMahon   9 – Nwora   5 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (15,477)
Louisville, KY
December 1, 2018*
12:00 pm, FOX 		at Seton Hall W 70–65  5–2
  12 – Sutton   9 – Sutton   3 – Cunningham  Prudential Center (8,505)
Newark, NJ
December 5, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		Central Arkansas W 86–41  6–2
  21 – Nwora   9 – Enoch   5 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (14,920)
Louisville, KY
December 8, 2018*
2:30 pm, FOX 		at Indiana L 67–68  6–3
  24 – Nwora   14 – Nwora   3 – Cunningham  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
December 12, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCRSN 		Lipscomb W 72–68  7–3
  22 – Nwora   13 – Williams   3 – Enoch  KFC Yum! Center (14,197)
Louisville, KY
December 15, 2018*
4:00 pm, ACCRSN 		Kent State W 83–70  8–3
  17 – Cunningham   10 – Nwora   4 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (15,117)
Louisville, KY
December 21, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		Robert Morris W 74–59  9–3
  19 – Nwora   13 – Nwora   4 – McMahon  KFC Yum! Center (16,249)
Louisville, KY
December 29, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 16 Kentucky
Battle for the Bluegrass 		L 58–71  9–4
  20 – Cunningham   9 – Enoch   4 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (20,882)
Louisville, KY
ACC Regular Season
January 6, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPNU 		Miami (FL) W 90–73  10–4
(1–0) 		 20 – Nwora   11 – Williams   9 – McMahon  KFC Yum! Center (15,050)
Louisville, KY
January 9, 2019
8:00 pm, Raycom 		at Pittsburgh L 86–89 OT 10–5
(1–1) 		 23 – Cunningham   11 – Sutton   5 – Cunningham  Petersen Events Center (6,290)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 12, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN 		at No. 12 North Carolina W 83–62  11–5
(2–1) 		 17 – Enoch   11 – Enoch   7 – Sutton  Dean Smith Center (21,243)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 16, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCRSN 		Boston College W 80–70  12–5
(3–1) 		 32 – Nwora   10 – Nwora   8 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (14,898)
Louisville, KY
January 19, 2019
4:00 pm, Raycom 		at Georgia Tech W 79–51  13–5
(4–1) 		 25 – Nwora   8 – Nwora   11 – Cunningham  McCamish Pavilion (8,600)
Atlanta, GA
January 24, 2019
8:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 23 No. 21 NC State W 84–77  14–5
(5–1) 		 17 – Cunningham   6 – Nwora   4 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (16,322)
Louisville, KY
January 26, 2019
2:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 23 Pittsburgh W 66–51  15–5
(6–1) 		 17 – Nwora   11 – Enoch   7 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (16,929)
Louisville, KY
January 30, 2019
8:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 15 at Wake Forest W 82–54  16–5
(7–1) 		 20 – Nwora   10 – Sutton   4 – Sutton  LJVM Coliseum (7,031)
Winston-Salem, NC
February 2, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 15 No. 9 North Carolina L 69–79  16–6
(7–2) 		 19 – Sutton   8 – Sutton   9 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (19,985)
Louisville, KY
February 4, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 16 at No. 11 Virginia Tech W 72–64  17–6
(8–2) 		 17 – Tied   9 – Sutton   6 – Cunningham  Cassell Coliseum (9,275)
Blacksburg, VA
February 9, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 16 at No. 22 Florida State L 75–80 OT 17–7
(8–3) 		 20 – Cunningham   7 – Williams   6 – Cunningham  Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (11,675)
Tallahassee, FL
February 12, 2019
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 16 No. 2 Duke L 69–71  17–8
(8–4) 		 23 – Nwora   12 – Nwora   12 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (22,046)
Louisville, KY
February 16, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 16 Clemson W 56–55  18–8
(9–4) 		 18 – Cunningham   7 – Williams   5 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (16,043)
Louisville, KY
February 20, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 18 at Syracuse L 49–69  18–9
(9–5) 		 11 – Nwora   8 – Sutton   3 – Cunningham  Carrier Dome (22,988)
Syracuse, NY
February 23, 2019
12:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 18 No. 3 Virginia L 52–64  18–10
(9–6) 		 17 – Nwora   11 – Sutton   6 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (17,529)
Louisville, KY
February 27, 2019
9:00 pm, ACCRSN 		at Boston College L 59–66  18–11
(9–7) 		 22 – Enoch   12 – Nwora   6 – Cunningham  Conte Forum (4,250)
Chestnut Hill, MA.
March 3, 2019
1:30 pm, CBS 		Notre Dame W 75–61  19–11
(10–7) 		 20 – Nwora   13 – Williams   4 – Cunningham  KFC Yum! Center (16,911)
Louisville, KY
March 9, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN 		at No. 2 Virginia L 68–73  19–12
(10–8) 		 19 – Nwora   11 – Enoch   3 – Fore  John Paul Jones Arena (14,629)
Charlottesville, VA
ACC Tournament
March 13, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		(7) vs. (15) Notre Dame
Second round 		W 75–53  20–12
  24 – Nwora   10 – Sutton   5 – McMahon  Spectrum Center (11,884)
Charlotte, NC
March 14, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN 		(7) vs. (2) No. 3 North Carolina
Quarterfinals 		L 70–83  20–13
  14 – Sutton   13 – Williams   7 – Cunningham  Spectrum Center (19,691)
Charlotte, NC
NCAA Tournament
March 21, 2019
12:15 pm, CBS 		(7 E) vs. (10 E) Minnesota
First Round 		L 76–86  20–14
  22 – Cunningham   11 – Nwora   4 – Tied   Wells Fargo Arena (16,512)
Des Moines, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[5][6][7]

Rankings[]

See also: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
AP RV RV RV NR NR RV NR RV RV RV RV RV 23 15 16 16 18 RV Not released 
Coaches RV RV NR RV NR NR NR RV RV NR NR RV 24 16 17 20 22 24 RV RV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References[]

  1. ^ Daniels, Evan (March 21, 2018). "David Padgett, Louisville part ways". 247sports.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Greer, Jeff (March 27, 2018). "Louisville hires Chris Mack as new men's basketball coach". Courier Journal. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "College Basketball Recruiting Schools - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  4. ^ "University of Louisville" (PDF). gocards.com.
  5. ^ "Louisville basketball's 2018-19 schedule taking shape". The Courier-Journal.
  6. ^ "ACC Announces Conference Matchups for the 2018-19 Season".
  7. ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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