2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2024 basketball 2013–2014 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg 250 American Athletic Conference The American 9 5 0–5 (31 wins 1 loss vacated) 0–3 (15 wins vacated) Rick Pitino 13th Wyking Jones Kevin Keatts Mike Balado KFC Yum! Center The American tournament champions (vacated)The American regular season co-champions (vacated) NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen (vacated) The 2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 100th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the American Athletic Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino in his 13th season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center. They finished 31–6, 15–3 in AAC play to win the regular season conference championship, sharing the title with Cincinnati. They were also champions of the AAC tournament to earn the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In their 40th NCAA tournament appearance, the defending national champions defeated Manhattan and Saint Louis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to rival Kentucky. This was their only season in the American Athletic Conference as they moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2014. Most of the games from this season along with other games from December 2010 to April 2014 were vacated as a consequence of the 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal. Pre-season The Cardinals were the #3 team in the USA Today Coaches preseason poll and picked to win American conference by the media and the coaches. The Cardinals returned 7 of 9 players from a team that won the 2013 NCAA Championship and both Big East regular season and tournament championships.Stryker Sam Louisville Basketball: Cardinals Will Repeat as National Champs in 2014 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1598000-louisville-basketball-cardinals-will-repeat-as-national-champs-in-2014 bleacherreport.com June 1, 2013 July 19, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130719045946/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1598000-louisville-basketball-cardinals-will-repeat-as-national-champs-in-2014 live The team was led by its captains, Consensus First Team All-American Russ Smith, 2013 Final Four MOP Luke Hancock and Montrezl Harrell.Rutherford Mike Montrezl Harrell Added As A Louisville Basketball Captain For 2013–14 October 28, 2013 http://www.cardchronicle.com/2013/10/28/5039028/montrezl-harrell-added-as-a-louisville-basketball-captain-for-2013-14 Card Chronicle October 29, 2013 October 30, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030233838/http://www.cardchronicle.com/2013/10/28/5039028/montrezl-harrell-added-as-a-louisville-basketball-captain-for-2013-14 livehttp://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042913aab.html Louisville Athletics – Pitino Announces Men's Basketball Team Captains, Introduces Balado Gocards.com April 29, 2013 December 24, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131019123126/http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042913aab.html October 19, 2013 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Peyton Siva 3 PG 72 6'0'" 180 4 Senior Seattle, Washington Graduated – Entered the 2013 NBA draft Mike Marra 1 33 SG 77 6'5" 200 4 Senior Esmond, Rhode Island Graduated Gorgui Dieng 10 C 83 6'11" 235 3 Junior Kebemer, Senegal Graduated – Entered the 2013 NBA draft Zach Price 1 25 C 82 6'10" 235 2 Sophomore Louisville, Kentucky Transferred to Missourihttp://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/30/former-louisville-center-zach-price-lands-at-missouri/ Former Louisville center Zach Price lands at Missouri Raphielle Johnson College Basketball Talk NBCSports.com June 30, 2013 June 30, 2013 July 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130702160327/http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/30/former-louisville-center-zach-price-lands-at-missouri/ live Michael Baffour 1 32 PG 72 6'2'" 180 4 Senior Lexington, Kentucky Transferred to Benedict CollegeCoffey Nick Michael "Dark Slime" Baffour Will Finish His Hoops Career At A Different School http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/2013/08/29/michael-dark-slime-baffour-will-finish-his-hoops-career-at-a-different-school/ Cardinal Connect September 3, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140508141717/http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/2013/08/29/michael-dark-slime-baffour-will-finish-his-hoops-career-at-a-different-school/ May 8, 2014 Class of 2013 signees no no 2013 Terry Rozier PG Shaker Heights, OH Hargrave Military Academy 6 0 165 November 9, 2011 5 4 92 Chris Jones PG Niceville, FL INorthwest Florida State College 5 10 195 September 17, 2012 4 4 94 Anton Gill SG Raleigh, NC Hargrave Military Academy 6 3 185 December 21, 2011 4 4 88 Akoy Agau PF Raleigh, NC Omaha Central 6 9 240 September 19, 2012 3 4 85 2013 Louisville Basketball Commitment List 2013 Louisville Basketball Commitment List ESPN louisville 75 97 8 7 8 yes Roster 2013 Louisville Cardinals y y Terry Rozier y 0 G 6 1 170 FR Cleveland, Ohio Hargrave Military Academy Anton Gill basketball y 1 G 6 4 180 FR Raleigh, North Carolina Hargrave Military Academy Russ Smith C basketball y 2 G 6 0 160 SR Brooklyn, New York Archbishop Molloy HS (NY) Chris Jones basketball, born 1991 y 3 G 5 10 175 JR Memphis, Tennessee Oak Ridge Military AcademyNorthwest Florida State College Dillon Avare W basketball n 4 G 5 11 155 FR Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Catholic Kevin Ware y 5 G 6 2 185 JR Bronx, New York Rockdale County yes Luke Hancock C 11 F 6 6 200 SR yes Roanoke, Virginia y Hargrave Military AcademyGeorge Mason n Mangok Mathiang 12 C 6 10 200 FR yes Melbourne, Australia IMG Academy (FL) Tim Henderson 15 G 6 2 180 SR Louisville, Kentucky Christian Academy Wayne Blackshear y 20 G 6 5 225 JR Chicago, Illinois Morgan Park Akoy Agau n 22 F 6 9 235 FR Omaha, Nebraska Omaha Central David Levtich W n 23 F 6 3 190 FR Goshen, Kentucky North Oldham (KY) Montrezl Harrell C y 24 F 6 8 225 SO Tarboro, North Carolina Hargrave Military Academy (VA) Stephan Van Treese 44 F 6 9 235 SR Indianapolis, Indiana Lawrence North Rick Pitino (Massachusetts) Wyking Jones (Loyola Marymount) Kevin Keatts (Ferrum) Mike Balado (St. Thomas) September 3, 2013http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lou-m-baskbl-mtt.html Louisville Athletics – 2015–16 Men's Basketball Roster Gocards.com December 24, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150709143203/http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lou-m-baskbl-mtt.html July 9, 2015 On January 10, 2014, Rick Pitino and Kevin Ware jointly announced that Ware would sit out the remainder of the season and take a medical redshirt. In Louisville's December 17 win over Missouri State, Ware was kicked in the same right leg he had severely fractured during the Cardinals' 2013 NCAA tournament win over Duke. Under NCAA rules, a player qualifies for a medical redshirt if he appears in fewer than 30 percent of his team's games, with no appearances in the second half of the season. Ware played in nine out of a total of 31 scheduled games; the Missouri State game was Louisville's 11th of the season.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10271213/kevin-ware-louisville-cardinals-redshirt-due-injured-leg Kevin Ware to redshirt season Jeff Goodman ESPN.com January 10, 2014 January 11, 2014 January 10, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140110153929/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10271213/kevin-ware-louisville-cardinals-redshirt-due-injured-leg live Shortly after the Cardinals' exit from the NCAA tournament, Ware announced that he would transfer from Louisville.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10693918/kevin-ware-transfer-louisville-cardinals-finish-career Kevin Ware to transfer from L'ville Jeff Goodman ESPN.com March 29, 2014 March 29, 2014 March 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140329215506/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10693918/kevin-ware-transfer-louisville-cardinals-finish-career live On April 12, Ware confirmed to ESPN.com that his destination would be Georgia State, near his family's current Atlanta-area home.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10772074/kevin-ware-transferring-georgia-state-panthers Kevin Ware headed to Georgia State Jeff Goodman ESPN.com April 12, 2014 April 12, 2014 July 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160703082041/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10772074/kevin-ware-transferring-georgia-state-panthers live Regular season Out of conference Louisville opened with two exhibition victories and 2 wins at home. They played in the Hall of Fame Classic, advancing to the finals where they fell to #24 North Carolina 93–84. They finished out their non-conference slate with 5 victories, including a 79–63 win over Western Kentucky in the Billy Minardi Classic, and a loss at Rupp Arena to archrival #18 Kentucky. They entered American Athletic Conference play with an 11–2 record. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Chane Behanan 21 PF 78 6'6" 245 2 Junior Cincinnati Dismissed for violation of university policyGoodman Jeff Cardinals dismiss Chane Behanan December 30, 2013 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10215391/kevin-ware-louisville-cardinals-redshirt-chane-behanan-dismissed ESPN December 31, 2013 December 30, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235018/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10215391/kevin-ware-louisville-cardinals-redshirt-chane-behanan-dismissed live American Athletic The Cardinals opened American Athletic play with road victories over UCF and Rutgers before returning home and losing to #24 Memphis. They then went 11–1 in their next 12 games, splitting a home and home with Cincinnati. They lost their second game with Memphis before closing out the season with back to back victories over #18 SMU and #19 UConn on senior day. They finished the regular season with a 26–5 (15–3) record and finished in a tie with Cincinnati as American Athletic Regular Season Champions. Russ Smith was named to the Sporting News, Sport Illustrated and NBC Sports All-American First Teams.DeCourcy Mike Sporting News' college basketball All-Americans for 2013–14 http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2014-03-10/sporting-news-college-basketball-all-americans-nick-johnson-jabari-parker/slide/5 Sporting News March 10, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140311011330/http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2014-03-10/sporting-news-college-basketball-all-americans-nick-johnson-jabari-parker/slide/5 March 11, 2014Dauster Rob NBCSports.com's 2014 College Basketball All-Americans http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/10/nbcsports-coms-2014-college-basketball-all-americans/ NBC Sports March 10, 2014 April 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413071550/http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/10/nbcsports-coms-2014-college-basketball-all-americans/ liveSI Staff Doug McDermott, Jabari Parker lead SI.com's All-America teams http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20140311/sports-illustrated-all-american-first-second-teams/ Sports Illustrated March 12, 2014 March 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140327083219/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20140311/sports-illustrated-all-american-first-second-teams/ dead Russ Smith and Montrezl Harrell were named to the American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team, and Terry Rozier was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team.American Announces All-Conference and All-Rookie Teams March 11, 2014 http://theamerican.org/news/2014/3/11/MBB_0311140245.aspx American Athletic Conference March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212209/http://theamerican.org/news/2014/3/11/MBB_0311140245.aspx live Post-season American Athletic Tournament By virtue of losing a coin flip the Cardinals were the #2 seed in the tournament and faced Rutgers in the quarterfinal round.Mike Rutherford 2014 American Athletic Conference tournament Bracket March 9, 2014 http://www.cardchronicle.com/2014/3/9/5488568/2014-american-athletic-conference-tournament-bracket Card Chronicle March 10, 2014 March 9, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309235955/http://www.cardchronicle.com/2014/3/9/5488568/2014-american-athletic-conference-tournament-bracket live They set an AAC record for margin of victory with a 61-point defeat of the Scarlet Knights, 92–31.No. 5 Louisville routs Rutgers in AAC quarterfinals https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400545735 ESPN March 16, 2014 March 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316230710/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400545735 live They defeated Houston in the semi-finals 94–65. Russ Smith set an AAC scoring record and Louisville tournament scoring record with 42 points against the Cougars.Russ Smith's 42 help No. 5 Louisville blast Houston in AAC semis https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400546253 ESPN March 16, 2014 March 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316232805/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400546253 live The Cardinals won the AAC tournament championship game against #21 UConn by the score of 71–61. This was the Cardinals first AAC tournament championship, in their only year in the conference. Russ Smith won the AAC tournament Most Outstanding player award. Smith, Montrezl Harrell and Luke Hancock were named to the AAC All-tournament First Team.No. 5 Louisville beats No. 21 UConn for inaugural AAC title https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400546628 ESPN March 16, 2014 March 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316230529/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400546628 live The Cardinals have won three consecutive conference tournament championships (two in the Big East and one in the AAC). NCAA tournament The Cardinals earned a #4 seed in the Midwest region and defeated Manhattan in the second round by a score of 71–64. They defeated #5 seed St. Louis in the third round, but their reign as defending champs ended when the Cardinals were dethroned by #8 Kentucky 74–69 in the Sweet 16, finishing 31–6. Schedule yes yes |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| Exhibition Oct 29 7:00 pm yes 3 Kentucky Wesleyan KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Harrell 20 Rozier 9 Jones, Rozier 4 115–67 20,288 – Nov 6 7:00 pm yes 3 Pikeville KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Jones 19 Mathiang 9 Smith 7 90–61 19,227 – |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| Regular season Nov 9 1:00 pm yes 3 Charleston KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Smith 21 Mathiang 10 Jones, Smith 5 70–48 20,938 1–0 Nov 12 7:00 pm yes 3 Hofstra KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Hall of Fame Classic WHAS Smith 30 Harrell, Rozier 5 Jones 7 97–69 20,112 2–0 Nov 15 7:00 pm yes 3 Cornell KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Blackshear 20 Harrell 15 Smith 5 99–54 19,834 3–0 Nov 19 7:00 pm yes 3 Hartford KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Hall of Fame Classic WHAS Harrell 20 Harrell 9 Hancock, Jones 4 87–48 20,226 4–0 Nov 23 2:00 pm yes yes 3 Fairfield Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Hall of Fame Classic ESPN3 Jones 15 Harrell 12 Rozier 3 71–57 8,113 5–0 Nov 24 1:00 pm yes yes 3 North Carolina 24 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Hall of Fame Classic ESPN Smith 36 Behanan 10 Hancock, Smith 2 84–93 N/A 5–1 Nov 29 7:00 pm yes 9 Southern Miss KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Jones 18 Harrell 9 Smith 6 69–38 21,416 6–1 Dec 4 7:00 pm yes 7 UMKC KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Harrell 14 Behanan 11 Smith 11 90–62 20,269 7–1 Dec 7 1:00 pm yes 7 Louisiana–Lafayette KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Harrell 20 Harrell 8 Rozier 6 113–74 20,141 8–1 Dec 14 12 noon yes 6 WKU KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic ESPN2 Smith 14 Rozier 10 Smith 10 79–63 22,027 9–1 Dec 17 9:00 pm yes 6 Missouri State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 Harrell 17 Mathiang 9 Smith 8 90–60 21,335 10–1 Dec 21 5:00 pm yes yes 6 Florida International U.S. Century Bank Arena Miami, FL FS1 Smith 18 Mathiang 7 Jones 6 85–56 3,361 11–1 Dec 28 4:00 pm yes yes 6 Kentucky 18 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Battle for the Bluegrass CBS Smith 19 Behanan 7 Smith 4 66–73 24,396 11–2 Dec 31 5:00 pm y 14 UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN2 Smith 24 Harrell 8 Smith 9 90–65 7,094 12–2 (1–0) Jan 4 6:00 pm y 14 Rutgers Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ CBSSN Smith 22 Harrell 7 Blackshear, Jones 2 83–76 7,263 13–2 (2–0) Jan 9 7:00 pm 12 Memphis 24 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Hancock 20 Harrell 11 Hancock 5 67–73 21,988 13–3 (2–1) Jan 12 2:00 pm 12 SMU KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBSSN Hancock, Smith 23 Harrell 13 Smith 7 71–63 21,237 14–3 (3–1) Jan 16 7:00 pm 18 Houston KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBSSN Blackshear 23 Van Treese 7 Rozier 8 91–52 21,132 15–3 (4–1) Jan 18 9:00 pm yes 18 UConn Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN College GameDay ESPN Smith 23 Harrell 13 Hancock; 3 76–64 10,167 16–3 (5–1) Jan 22 7:00 pm yes 12 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU Blackshear 16 Harrell 10 Smith 6 86–74 6,417 17–3 (6–1) Jan 30 7:00 pm 12 Cincinnati 13 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Harrell 18 Van Treese 8 Hancock 6 66–69 22,644 17–4 (6–2) Feb 1 9:00 pm 12 UCF KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU Smith 27 Harrell 7 Hancock 5 87–70 22,201 18–4 (7–2) Feb 5 9:00 pm yes 14 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNU Smith 17 Hancock 7 Smith 6 77–62 7,247 19–4 (8–2) Feb 13 7:00 pm yes 13 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN Harrell 22 Harrell 10 Jones 5 82–58 6,566 20–4 (9–2) Feb 16 6:00 pm 13 Rutgers KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 Hancock 25 Harrell 9 Smith 5 102–54 21,821 21–4 (10–2) Feb 18 7:00 pm 11 South Florida KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBSSN Smith 19 Van Treese 8 Hancock, Jones 3 80–54 21,655 22–4 (11–2) Feb 22 12 noon y 11 Cincinnati 7 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH CBS Harrell 21 Harrell 10 Smith 5 58–57 13,176 23–4 (12–2) Feb 27 9:00 pm 7 Temple KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Smith 24 Blackshear, Harrell, Van Treese 6 Jones 8 88–66 21,312 24–4 (12–2) Mar 1 2:00 pm y 7 Memphis 21 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBS Harrell 25 Harrell 12 Smith 5 66–72 18,375 24–5 (12–3) Mar 5 7:00 pm y 11 SMU 18 Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX CBSSN Smith 26 Harrell 8 Smith 5 84–71 7,305 25–5 (13–3) Mar 8 2:00 pm 11 UConn 19 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Senior Day CBS Harrell 20 Van Treese 13 Smith 13 81–48 22,782 26–5 (15–3) |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| American Athletic Conference tournament Mar 13 3:00 pm yes 5 Rutgers FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals ESPNU Jones 18 Van Treese 10 Smith 5 92–31 13,011 27–5 Mar 14 7:00 pm yes 5 Houston FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Semifinals ESPN2 Smith 42 Van Treese 10 Jones 8 94–65 11,888 28–5 Mar 15 6:00 pm yes 5 UConn 21 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Championship ESPN2 Harrell 22 Harrell 11 Smith, Van Treese 3 71–61 13,554 29–5 |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| NCAA tournament Mar 20 9:45 pm yes yes 5 (4 MW) (13 MW) Manhattan Amway Center Orlando, FL Second round TNT Smith 18 Harrell 13 Hancock 4 71–64 14,866 30–5 Mar 22 2:45 pm yes yes 5 (4 MW) Saint Louis 25 (5 MW) Amway Center Orlando, FL Third round CBS Hancock 21 Harrell 11 Smith 11 66–51 18,512 31–5 Mar 28 9:45 pm yes yes 5 (4 MW) (8 MW) Kentucky Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Sweet Sixteen CBS Smith 23 Harrell 8 Smith 3 69–74 41,072 31–6 AP Poll Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA tournament is seed within region MW=Midwest Rankings 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Wk 20 Final AP 3 3 3 9 7 6 6 6 14 12 18 12 12 14 13 11т 7 11 5 5 N/A Coaches 3 3 2 9 6 4 4 4 10 8 14 9 7т 10 8 5 4 9 5 3 9 http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings NCAA College Basketball Polls, College Basketball Rankings, NCAA Basketball Polls – ESPN ESPN.com November 1, 2013 July 29, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160729133138/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings dead Awards AP First Team All-AmericanDoug McDermott makes 3rd AP team https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10702957/doug-mcdermott-unanimous-choice-ap-all-america-team Associated Press April 1, 2014 June 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625220121/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10702957/doug-mcdermott-unanimous-choice-ap-all-america-team live Russ Smith USBWA First Team All-AmericaMitch Joe USBWA NAMES 2013–14 ALL-AMERICANS http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2014/allamerica140312.html USBWA March 12, 2014 March 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140313050939/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2014/allamerica140312.html live Russ Smith Sporting News First Team All-America Russ Smith NABC Second Team All-America Russ SmithLeddy Rick National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2014 NABC Coaches' Division I All-America Teams http://www.nabc.org/awards/all_america/division_I/2014_NABC_Coaches-_Division_I_All-America_team_release.pdf NABC March 27, 2014 March 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140327204139/http://www.nabc.org/awards/all_america/division_I/2014_NABC_Coaches-_Division_I_All-America_team_release.pdf live John R. Wooden Award All-AmericanJohn R. Wooden Award All American Team Announced http://www.woodenaward.com/?p=1662 John R Wooden Award April 1, 2014 April 7, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075536/http://www.woodenaward.com/?p=1662 live Russ Smith NBC Sports First Team All-America Russ Smith Sports Illustrated First Team All-AmericaSI Staff Doug McDermott, Jabari Parker lead SI.com's All-America teams http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20140311/sports-illustrated-all-american-first-second-teams/#ixzz2vhf80q72 Sports Illustrated March 12, 2014 March 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140327083219/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20140311/sports-illustrated-all-american-first-second-teams/#ixzz2vhf80q72 dead Russ Smith Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (top Division I senior 6'0"/1.83 m or shorter) Russ Smithhttp://www.hoophall.com/news/2014/4/7/university-of-louisvilles-russ-smith-receives-2014-frances-p.html University of Louisville's Russ Smith Receives 2014 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame April 7, 2014 April 7, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223402/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2014/4/7/university-of-louisvilles-russ-smith-receives-2014-frances-p.html April 8, 2014 USBWA District IV Player of the YearMitch Joe USBWA NAMES 2013–14 MEN'S ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2014/alldistrict140311.html USBWA March 12, 2014 March 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140311211237/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2014/alldistrict140311.html live Russ Smith American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team Russ Smith Montrezl Harrell American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team Terry Rozier USBWA District IV All-District Team Russ Smith Montrezl Harrell Notable achievements Luke Hancock scored the 1000th point of his college career (at George Mason and Louisville) in a 113–74 victory over LA-Lafayette on December 7, 2013.No. 7 Louisville Routs Louisiana-Lafayette, 113–74 http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120713aaa.html Louisville Athletic Department December 8, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131213204134/http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120713aaa.html December 13, 2013 The team set the KFC YUM! Center single game scoring record with a 113–74 victory over LA-Lafayette on December 7, 2013.Mike Rutherford Louisville Sets New Yum Center Scoring Record In Rout Of Louisiana Lafayette December 7, 2013 http://www.cardchronicle.com/2013/12/7/5186218/louisville-sets-new-yum-center-scoring-record-in-rout-of-louisiana SB Nation December 27, 2013 December 28, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131228050702/http://www.cardchronicle.com/2013/12/7/5186218/louisville-sets-new-yum-center-scoring-record-in-rout-of-louisiana live Montrezl Harrell broke the single season record for dunks that was previously held by Pervis Ellison.No. 11 Louisville Trounces USF, 80–54 http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/021814aaa.html Louisville Athletics dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140219103007/http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/021814aaa.html February 19, 2014 Russ Smith set the school record for most points in a half previously held by Larry O'Bannon, Charlie Tyra and Butch Beard (26) with 27 in the first half against Houston on March 14, 2014. Russ Smith set the school record for most points in a conference tournament game with 42 against Houston on March 14, 2014. The previous record was 31 by Milt Wagner. Russ Smith set the AAC record for most points in a game with 42 against Houston on March 14, 2014. Russ Smith broke the school record for most steals in a career with 257, previously held by Peyton Siva (254). Russ Smith broke the school record for most career points in the NCAA tournament, breaking a record previously held by Milt Wagner. References 30em Louisville Category:Louisville Cardinals men's basketball seasons Louisville Louisville Cardinals men's basketball, 2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball, 2013–14 Category:2013 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:2014 in Louisville, Kentucky