2011–12 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2018 basketball 2011–12 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg 250 Big East Conference Big East 4 17 0–9 (30 wins, 1 loss vacated) 0–8 10 Rick Pitino 11th Richard Pitino 1st Wyking Jones Kevin Keatts KFC Yum! Center Big East tournament champions (vacated) NCAA tournament Final Four (vacated) The 2011–12 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 98th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the Big East Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino, who was in his 11th season. The team played their home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals finished the season with a record of 30–10, 10–8 to finish in sixth place in Big East play. They defeated Seton Hall, Marquette, and Notre Dame to advance to the Big East tournament championship. In the championship game, they defeated Cincinnati to win the tournament for the second time.Louisville edges Cincinnati to win Big East tournament for 2nd time https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=320702132 https://web.archive.org/web/20230921133330/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=320702132 dead September 21, 2023 AP – ESPN March 12, 2012 As a result of the win, the Cardinals received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the West region. Louisville defeated Davidson and New Mexico to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated No. 1-seeded Michigan State and Florida to advance to the Final Four for the ninth time in school history.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=320840097 https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043348/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=320840097 dead October 28, 2017 Louisville ends game on 23-8 run to stun Florida, reach Final Four ESPN In the Final Four, they lost to the eventual National Champion Kentucky. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA announced that the wins and records for the season and Louisville's 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 seasons were vacated due to the sex scandal at Louisville.James Emily Louisville men's basketball must vacate wins and pay fine https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/louisville-mens-basketball-must-vacate-wins-and-pay-fine NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA February 20, 2018 en February 20, 2018Louisville to vacate 2013 national title, take banner down after NCAA upholds penalties https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/louisville-to-vacate-2013-national-title-take-banner-down-after-ncaa-upholds-penalties/ February 20, 2018 CBSSports.com February 20, 2018 enPeck Jared Louisville's 2013 national basketball championship stricken from history as NCAA denies school's appeal http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-louisville/article201070839.html Lexington Herald-Leader February 20, 2018 en Previous season The Cardinals finished the 2010–11 season with a record 25–10, 12–6 to finish in a tie for third place in Big East play. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were upset in the second round (round of 64) by Morehead State. Preseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes George Goode 0 C 83 6'8" 205 3 Senior Raytown, Missouri Graduated Terrence Jennings 23 C 85 6'10" 240 3 Junior Sacramento, California Entered the 2011 NBA draft Preston Knowles 2 G 76 6'1" 170 4 Senior Winchester, Kentucky Graduated 2011 recruiting class no no 2011 Chane Behanan PF Cincinnati, OH Bowling Green High School (KY) 6 7 240 July 9, 2010 5 5 96 Wayne Blackshear SG Chicago, IL Morgan Park High School (IL) 6 5 205 12/25/09 5 4 96 Angel Nunez SF Washington Heights, Manhattan Notre Dame Preparatory School (MA) 6 7 190 09/30/10 3 3 91 Zach Price C Louisville, KY Jeffersontown High School (KY) 6 10 230 9/8/09 4 4 95 Kevin Ware SG Conyers, Georgia Rockdale County High School (GA) 6 4 167 5/31/11 4 4 92 2011 Louisville Basketball Commitment List 2011 Louisville Basketball Commitment List ESPN louisville 75 97 7 9 5 yes Roster 2011 Louisville Cardinals y y Angel Nunez 1 F 6 7 190 FR Washington Heights, New York Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, MA) Russ Smith 2 G 6 0 160 SO y basketball Briarwood, New York South Kent School (South Kent, CT) Peyton Siva 3 G 5 10 170 JR Seattle, Washington USA y Franklin Rakeem Buckles 4 F 6 8 200 JR Miami, Florida Monsignor Pace y y Chris Smith basketball, born 1987 y 5 G 6 3 200 SR yes Millstone, New Jersey St. Benedict's PrepManhattan W Gorgui Dieng 10 C 6 10 230 SO Kebemer, Senegal y Huntington Prep (Huntington, WV) Zach Price 12 C 6 10 235 FR Louisville, Kentucky Jeffersontown Kyle Kuric 14 G 6 4 185 SR Evansville, Indiana y Memorial W Tim Henderson 15 G 6 2 180 SO Louisville, Kentucky Christian Academy Jared Swopshire 21 F 6 7 215 JR yes St. Louis, Missouri IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) Elisha Justice 22 G 5 11 170 SO Dorton, Kentucky Shelby Valley W Kevin Ware y 23 G 6 4 185 fr Conyers, Georgia Rockdale County Chane Behanan y 24 F 6 6 245 FR Cincinnati, Ohio Bowling Green (Bowling Green, KY) Wayne Blackshear y 25 G 6 5 225 FR Chicago, Illinois Morgan Park Mike Marra 33 G 6 4 190 JR Esmond, Rhode Island Northfield Mount Hermon (Mount Hermon, MA) y Stephen Van Treese 44 F 6 8 220 JR Indianapolis, Indiana Lawrence North y Rick Pitino (Massachusetts) Richard Pitino (Providence) Wyking Jones (Loyola Marymount) Kevin Keatts (Ferrum) April 1, 2010 Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition October 26, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 9 Pikeville KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY BEN/WHAS Behanan 16 Dieng 15 Siva 5 74–55 18,866 – November 3, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 9 Bellarmine KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY BEN/WHAS Behanan/Swopshire 14 Behanan 9 C. Smith/Justice 3 62–54 19,911 – |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Regular Season November 11, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 9 Tennessee-Martin KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Global Sports Invitational BEN/WHAS Behanan/Kuric 14 Behanan 12 Siva 9 83–48 20,485 1–0 November 13, 2011 4:00 p.m. yes 9 Lamar KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Global Sports Invitational BEN/WHAS Swopshire 13 Behanan 13 Siva/Kuric 3 68–48 19,842 2–0 November 19, 2011 2:00 p.m. yes yes 8 Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN ESPN3 Kuric 17 Behanan 7 Kuric 3 69–53 9,071 3–0 November 22, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 7 Arkansas State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Global Sports Invitational BEN/WHAS Kuric 12 Dieng/Swopshire 7 C. Smith 7 54–27 20,323 4–0 November 25, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 7 Ohio KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Global Sports Invitational BEN/WHAS Kuric 16 Dieng 16 Siva 6 59–54 21,334 5–0 November 28, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 6 Long Beach State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU C. Smith 18 Dieng 7 Siva 5 79–66 20,468 6–0 December 2, 2011 8:30 p.m. yes 6 Vanderbilt 19 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 2011 SEC–Big East Invitational ESPN Kuric 15 Behanan 10 Siva 5 62–60 OT 22,728 7–0 December 7, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 5 IUPUI KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY BEN/WHAS C. Smith 19 Dieng 12 Siva 8 90–60 20,604 8–0 December 10, 2011 4:00 p.m. yes 5 Fairleigh Dickinson KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY BEN/WHAS Kuric 18 Dieng 12 Siva 9 80–58 20,264 9–0 December 17, 2011 4:00 p.m. yes 4 Memphis KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout CBS R. Smith 24 Dieng 14 Siva 9 95–87 22,733 10–0 December 20, 2011 9:00 p.m. yes 4 College of Charleston KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU Kuric 17 Dieng 10 Siva 6 69–62 20,750 11–0 December 23, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 4 WKU KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic ESPN2 R. Smith 23 Dieng 15 Siva 4 70–60 22,150 12–0 December 28, 2011 7:00 p.m. 4 Georgetown 12 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 Kuric 17 Benhanan/Dieng 11 Siva 6 68–71 22,517 12–1 (0–1) December 31, 2011 12:00 p.m. yes yes 4 Kentucky 3 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Battle for the Bluegrass CBS R. Smith 30 Tied 5 Siva 4 62–69 24,387 12–2 (0–1) January 3, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 11 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY ESPNU R. Smith 17 Dieng/Swopshire 9 R. Smith 7 73–58 9,258 13–2 (1–1) January 7, 2011 4:00 p.m. 11 Notre Dame KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU Behanan/Kuric 17 Behanan/Kuric 10 Siva 5 63–67 2OT 22,687 13–3 (1–2) January 10, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 14 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI ESPN2 C. Smith 16 Kuric 9 C. Smith 4 59–90 8,163 13–4 (1–3) January 14, 2012 7:00 p.m. 14 DePaul KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY BEN/WHAS R. Smith 25 Dieng 12 Siva/R. Smith 6 76–59 21,223 14–4 (2–3) January 16, 2012 3:30 p.m. yes 23 Marquette 21 Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI ESPN R. Smith 10 C. Behanan 12 P. Siva 8 63–74 16,688 14–5 (2–4) January 21, 2012 9:00 p.m. yes 23 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA ESPN College GameDay ESPN Kuric 21 Deing 14 Siva 7 73–62 12,508 15–5 (3–4) January 25, 2012 7:00 p.m. Villanova KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Siva 16 Dieng 13 Siva/R. Smith 5 84–74 21,219 16–5 (4–4) January 28, 2011 8:00 p.m. yes Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, NJ BEN/WHAS R. Smith 14 Dieng 14 Siva 4 60–51 9,573 17–5 (5–4) February 4, 2012 4:00 p.m. Rutgers KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY BEN/WHAS Behanan 23 C. Smith 13 C. Smith 6 78–66 21,298 18–5 (6–4) February 6, 2012 7:00 p.m. 24 Connecticut KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Big Monday ESPN C. Smith 16 Behanan 12 P. Siva 9 80–59 21,804 19–5 (7–4) February 11, 2012 12:00 p.m. yes 24 West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV ESPN Kuric 17 Behanan/Dieng 6 Siva 5 77–74 11,254 20–5 (8–4) February 13, 2012 7:00 p.m. 19 Syracuse 2 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Big Monday ESPN Behanan 16 Dieng 10 Siva 4 51–52 22,738 20–6 (8–5) February 18, 2012 12:00 p.m. y 19 DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois BEN/WHAS Kuric 25 Dieng 9 Siva 6 90–82 OT 13,674 21–6 (9–5) February 23, 2012 9:00 p.m. yes 17 Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPNU Siva 14 Dieng 13 Siva 4 56–60 13,176 21–7 (9–6) February 26, 2012 2:00 p.m. 17 Pittsburgh KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBS R. Smith 18 Dieng/Siva 5 Siva 5 57–54 22,746 22–7 (10–6) February 29, 2012 7:00 p.m. 19 South Florida KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Senior Night BEN/WHAS Kuric/C. Smith 14 Behanan 7 Siva 3 51–58 22,114 22–8 (10–7) March 3, 2012 4:00 p.m. yes 19 Syracuse 2 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY CBS Behanan/R. Smith 10 Dieng 12 Siva 4 49–58 33,205 22–9 (10–8) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament March 7, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 7 Seton Hall 10 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Second Round ESPN Siva 14 Dieng 10 Siva 3 61–55 20,057 23–9 March 8, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 7 Marquette 9 2 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarter Final ESPN Kuric 20 Swopshire 12 Siva 6 84–71 20,057 24–9 March 9, 2012 9:00 p.m. yes 7 Notre Dame 23 3 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semi Final ESPN Dieng 16 Dieng 6 Siva 9 64–50 20,057 25–9 March 10, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 7 Cincinnati 4 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Final ESPN C. Smith 15 Dieng 10 Siva 5 50–44 20,057 26–9 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament March 15, 2012 1:40 p.m. yes yes 17 4 W Davidson 13 W Rose Garden Arena Portland, Oregon Second Round TBS Siva 17 Behanan 11 Siva 6 69–62   17,519 27–9 March 17, 2012 9:52 p.m. yes yes 17 4 W New Mexico 21 5 W Rose Garden Arena Portland, Oregon Third Round TBS R. Smith 17 Deng 10 Siva 5 59–56   17,519 28–9 March 22, 2012 7:47 p.m. yes yes 17 4 W Michigan State 5 1 W US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Sweet Sixteen TBS Behanan 15 Behanan/Dieng 9 Siva 9 57–44   14,913 29–9 March 24, 2012 4:33 p.m. yes yes 17 4 W Florida 25 7 W US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Elite Eight CBS Smith 19 Behanan 7 Siva 8 72–68 13,456 30–9 March 31, 2012 6:09 p.m. yes yes 17 4 W Kentucky 1 1 S Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA Final Four CBS Siva 11 Dieng 12 Siva 3 61–69   73,361 30–10 AP Poll Eastern Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region Awards Big East All-Tournament Team Gorgui Dieng Kyle Kuric Peyton Siva Big East tournament Most Outstanding Player Peyton Siva NCAA (West) Regional All-Tournament Team Chane Behanan Gorgui Dieng Peyton Siva NCAA west region all tournament team March 24, 2012 http://arizona.sbnation.com/2012/3/24/2900438/and-now-your-ncaa-west-regional-all-tournament-team sbnation NCAA (West) Regional Most Outstanding Player Chane Behanan Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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