2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2009–10 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg 250 Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 14-18 5-11 Jeff Walz Stephanie Norman Michelle Clark-Heard Bethann Shapiro Ord Freedom Hall (Capacity: 18,865) Caribbean Challenge co-champions Women's Basketball Invitational First Round The 2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Cards, coached by Jeff Walz, played their final season at Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, before moving into the KFC Yum! Center in Downtown Louisville for the 2010–11 season. The Cardinals were a member of the Big East Conference. Offseason April 21, 2009 : Freshman forward Gwen Rucker will play volleyball during the 2009 season while redshirting during the 2009–10 women's basketball season. Rucker was a starter for both the Louisville volleyball and women's basketball teams this past season, helping lead both to NCAA tournament play. Rucker saw action in 32 games for the Cardinals, starting in the final 27 games. She finished the year averaging three points and 2.1 rebounds per game.http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042109aaa.html Rucker to Redshirt Next Season in Women's Basketball 2009-05-18 2011-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173126/http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042109aaa.html dead April 28, 2009: The University of Louisville women's basketball team will serve as Honorary Grand Marshals of the Pegasus Parade. The Cardinals advanced to the 2009 NCAA Championship game. The 54th annual Parade will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 30.http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042809aaa.html Women's Basketball Will be Honorary Grand Marshalls in Pegasus Parade 2009-05-18 2011-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173358/http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042809aaa.html dead April 29, 2009: BasketballScoop.com and ONS PerformanceTM announced that Louisville women's basketball assistant coach Stephanie Norman was named a finalist for their "Coaches of the Year" awards focusing on the "Rising Stars" of the college basketball coaching profession. The finalists were nominated by their peers, and were the 10 leading vote getters in our online voting. Norman joined Walz on the Louisville staff two years ago when he took over the program.http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042909aaa.html Women's Basketball Assistant Stephanie Norman Named a Rising Star 2009-05-18 2011-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173415/http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042909aaa.html dead May 5, 2009 : Freshman guards Mary Jackson and Tiera Stephen will not return to the University of Louisville women's basketball team for the 2009–10 season. Jackson and Stephen are currently exploring other options to continue their playing careers.http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/050509aaa.html Mary Jackson and Tiera Stephen Leave Louisville Women's Basketball 2009-05-18 2011-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173422/http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/050509aaa.html dead Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals|Exhibition November 1, 2009 2:00 p.m. yes Northern Kentucky Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 79–54 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals|Non-conference regular season November 15, 2009 1:00 p.m. yes yes Dayton UD Arena Dayton, OH 65–63 1–0 November 17, 2009 7:00 p.m. yes yes Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT 2,017 50–62 1–1 November 22, 2009 4:30 p.m. yes Tennessee Tech Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 84–54 2–1 November 27, 2009 6:00 p.m. yes yes Northern Iowa Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancun, Mexico Cancún Challenge 81–53 3–1 November 28, 2009 8:15 p.m. yes yes Old Dominion Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancun, Mexico Cancún Challenge 82–75 4–1 December 2, 2009 7:00 p.m. yes yes Central Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI 75–84 4–2 December 6, 2009 2:00 p.m. yes Utah Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 60–55 5–2 December 9, 2009 7:00 p.m. yes Middle Tennessee Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 84–94 5–3 December 13, 2009 2:00 p.m. yes IUPUI Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 88–58 6–3 December 16, 2009 7:00 p.m. yes yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 11,084 56–86 6–4 December 20, 2009 1:00 p.m. yes yes Kentucky Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY Battle for the Bluegrass/Pack the House 7,323 67–101 6–5 December 22, 2009 7:00 p.m. yes yes New Hampshire Lundholm Gym Durham, NH 763 76–67 7–5 December 29, 2009 7:00 p.m. yes IPFW Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 91–62 8–5 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals|Big East regular season January 2, 2010 2:00 p.m. yes Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH 63–49 9–5 1–0 January 5, 2010 9:00 p.m. yes DePaul McGrath Arena Chicago, IL 70–76 9–6 1–1 January 9, 2010 4:00 p.m. Providence Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 67–48 10–6 2–1 January 16, 2010 2:00 p.m. yes Georgetown McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 56–60 10–7 2–2 January 19, 2010 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 60–78 10–8 2–3 January 23, 2010 2:00 p.m. Syracuse Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 58–64 10–9 2–4 January 26, 2010 7:00 p.m. Villanova Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 53–50 11–9 3–4 January 30, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes West Virginia 22 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV 66–72 11–10 3–5 February 2, 2010 7:00 p.m. Cincinnati Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 68–74 OT 11–11 3–6 February 7, 2010 12:00 p.m. Connecticut Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 38–84 11–12 3–7 February 10, 2010 2:00 p.m. yes St. John's Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 56–91 11–13 3–8 February 14, 2010 5:30 p.m yes Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA ESPN2 69–72 11–14 3–9 February 16, 2010 7:00 p.m. Marquette Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 77–61 12–14 4–9 February 24, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 72–49 13–14 5–9 February 27, 2010 2:00 p.m. South Florida Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 60–63 13–15 5–10 March 1, 2010 7:30 p.m. yes Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 52–72 13–16 5–11 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals| Big East Women's Tournament March 5, 2010 12:00 p.m. yes yes 13 Pittsburgh 12 XL Center Hartford, CT First round 79–71 14–16 March 6, 2010 12:00 p.m. yes yes 13 Notre Dame 5 XL Center Hartford, CT Second round 52–89 14–17 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals| WBI Tournament March 17, 2010 7:00 p.m. yes 3 Bradley 6 Freedom Hall Louisville, KY First round 59–69 14–18 AP Poll Eastern Time W West https://gocards.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2009-10 2009-10 Women's Basketball Schedule gocards.com October 21, 2024 See also 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season 2009–10 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team Kentucky–Louisville rivalry References Category:Louisville Cardinals women's basketball seasons Louisville Louisville Cardinals women's basketball, 2009-10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball, 2009-10 Category:2009 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:2010 in Louisville, Kentucky Louisville