1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1974–75 Louisville Cardinals Basketball 150 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 3 4 28–3 12–2 Denny Crum 4th Freedom Hall Missouri Valley Conference champions NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Final Four The 1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1974–75 season. Coached by Denny Crum, the Cardinals won the Missouri Valley Conference title in their last season as a member (they would become a founding member of the Metro Conference the following year), and advanced to the Final Four of that season's NCAA tournament, losing in the semifinals to a UCLA team coached by Crum's retiring mentor, John Wooden. The Cardinals played their home games at Freedom Hall, their home from the 1956–57 season until their move to the new KFC Yum! Center for the 2010–11 season. NCAA basketball tournament Midwest Louisville 91, Rutgers 78 Louisville 78, Cincinnati 63 Louisville 96, Maryland 82 Final Four UCLA 75, Louisville 74 Louisville 96, Syracuse 88 OT (3rd Place) http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1975 1975 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket and Results 2012-03-26 Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 8 Junior Bridgeman Los Angeles Lakershttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1975 1975 NBA Draft on Databasebasketball.com 2012-03-26 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100317223028/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1975&lg=N 2010-03-17 See also Louisville Cardinals men's basketball 1975 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament References Category:Louisville Cardinals men's basketball seasons Louisville Cardinals Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Louisville Louisville Cardinals men's basketball Louisville Cardinals men's basketball Category:1974 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:1975 in Louisville, Kentucky