2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 April 2024 basketball 2012–2013 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg 250 Big East Big East 1 2 0–5 (35 wins vacated) 0–4 Rick Pitino 12th Wyking Jones Kevin Keatts Kareem Richardson KFC Yum! Center NCAA tournament National Champions (vacated)<br/ >Big East tournament champions (Vacated) <br/ >Big East regular season co-champions (Vacated) National Championship Game W Won 82–76 vs. Michigan (vacated) The 2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 99th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the Big East Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino in his 12th season as head coach at Louisville. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals finished the season 35–5, 14–4 in Big East play to earn a share of the Big East regular season championship. They won the Big East tournament for the third time in school history and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Cardinals earned a trip to the school's tenth Final Four and defeated Michigan to win the NCAA Championship. All wins and championships from this season were later vacated as a part of NCAA sanctions levied against the University of Louisville in response to the 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal and the team's championship banner was removed, it was replaced by a new banner in 2023 that instead honors the team's #1 rank in the final coaches poll.LOOK: Banner goes up honoring 2013 UofL men's basketball team February 19, 2023 https://www.wlky.com/article/banner-2013-louisville-mens-basketball-team/42995690 October 16, 2023 en-US March 19, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230319225422/https://www.wlky.com/article/banner-2013-louisville-mens-basketball-team/42995690 live Pre-season The Cardinals were the consensus No. 2 team in the preseason polls and were picked to win Big East conference by the media and the coaches.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1362230-college-basketball-rankings-combined-2012-13-preseason-top-25-ranking College Basketball Rankings: Combined 2012–13 Preseason Top 25 Ranking Bleacher Report October 8, 2012 November 22, 2013 December 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233303/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1362230-college-basketball-rankings-combined-2012-13-preseason-top-25-ranking live They returned five of nine players from the 2012 Final Four team led by senior and Big East Pre-Season Player of the Year Peyton Siva.Louisville's Siva Named BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/237994/louisvilles-siva-named-big-east-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20121020113738/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/237994/louisvilles-siva-named-big-east-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx dead October 20, 2012 Press Release Big East Conference March 24, 2013 They lost senior Mike Marra to a knee injury on the first day of practice.O'Neil Dana Mike Marra re-tore ACL, coach says https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8436851/louisville-cardinals-mike-marra-re-tore-acl-year-rick-pitino-says ESPN.com December 11, 2012 September 28, 2012 December 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121226204504/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8436851/louisville-cardinals-mike-marra-re-tore-acl-year-rick-pitino-says live Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Rakeem Buckles 4 PF 80 6'8" 200 4 Senior Miami, Florida Transferred to FIU Elisha Justice 22 PG 71 5'11" 170 2 Sophomore Dorton, Kentucky Transferred to Pikeville Kyle Kuric 14 SG 76 6'4" 185 4 Senior Evansville, Indiana Graduated Chris Smith basketball, born 1987 5 G 75 6'3" 200 4 Senior Sacramento, California Graduated Jared Swopshire 1 21 SF 79 6'7" 215 3 Junior St. Louis, Missouri Graduated.C.L. Brown Louisville's Jared Swopshire to transfer to Northwestern http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/04/louisvilles-jared-swopshire-to-transfer-to-northwestern/1#.UUkg4oy9KSM Gannett March 20, 2013 April 12, 2012 June 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120626135953/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/04/louisvilles-jared-swopshire-to-transfer-to-northwestern/1#.UUkg4oy9KSM live Transferred to Northwestern for grad school. Class of 2012 signees no no 2012 Montrezl Harrell PF Tarboro, North CarolinaTarboro, NC North Edgecombe Magnet HS 6 8 235 April 6, 2012 4 4 92 Mangok Mathiang C MelbourneMelbourne, Australia IMG Academy Bradenton, FL 6 10 200 August 19, 2012 NR NR 60 2012 Louisville Basketball Commitment List 2012 Louisville Basketball Commitment List ESPN louisville 75 97 NR NR NR yes Roster 2012 Louisville Cardinals y y Russ Smith basketball y 2 G 6 0 160 JR Brooklyn, New York Archbishop Molloy HS (NY) Peyton Siva 3 G 6 0 180 SR Seattle, Washington USA y Franklin Kevin Ware basketball y 5 G 6 5 185 SO Conyers, Georgia Rockdale County y Gorgui Dieng 10 C 6 11 235 JR Kebemer, Senegal y Huntington Prep (WV) Luke Hancock 11 F 6 6 200 JR yes Roanoke, Virginia y Hargrave Military AcademyGeorge Mason n Mangok Mathiang y 12 C 6 10 200 FR Melbourne, Australia IMG Academy (FL) yes Logan Baumann 14 G 6 0 165 FR Hartford, Kentucky Ohio County Tim Henderson 15 G 6 2 180 JR Louisville, Kentucky Christian Academy Wayne Blackshear y 20 G 6 5 225 SO Chicago, Illinois Morgan Park Chane Behanan y 21 F 6 6 245 SO Cincinnati, Ohio Bowling Green (KY) Montrezl Harrell y 24 F 6 7 225 FR Tarboro, North Carolina Hargrave Military Academy (VA) n Zach Price 25 C 6 10 235 SO Louisville, Kentucky Jeffersontown Michael Baffour 32 G 6 2 170 JR Lexington, Kentucky Bryan Station Mike Marra 33 G 6 5 200 SR Esmond, Rhode Island Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) y Stephan Van Treese Mike Rutherford http://www.cardchronicle.com/2012/6/26/3118422/stephan-van-treese-officially-staying-at-louisville Stephan Van Treese officially staying at Louisville Card Chronicle June 26, 2012 July 23, 2012 July 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120703230633/http://www.cardchronicle.com/2012/6/26/3118422/stephan-van-treese-officially-staying-at-louisville live 44 F 6 8 235 SR Indianapolis, Indiana Lawrence North Rick Pitino (Massachusetts) Wyking Jones (Loyola Marymount) Kevin Keatts (Ferrum) Kareem Richardson (Evansville) May 1, 2012http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lou-m-baskbl-mtt.html Official Men's Basketball Roster – Louisville Cardinals Official Athletic Site Uoflsports.com November 5, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010102551/http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lou-m-baskbl-mtt.html October 10, 2012 dead Regular season Out of conference Louisville opened with two exhibition victories and 3 wins at home. They played in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournamenthttps://bleacherreport.com/articles/1414529-battle-4-atlantis-2012-teams-schedule-live-stream-bracket-tv-info Battle 4 Atlantis 2012: Teams, Schedule, Live Stream, Bracket, TV Info Bleacher Report November 19, 2012 November 22, 2013 December 3, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203023738/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1414529-battle-4-atlantis-2012-teams-schedule-live-stream-bracket-tv-info live where they defeated #13 Missouri by 23 before losing to #5 Duke in the championship game.https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/battle-4-atlantis Battle 4 Atlantis calms down in 2013 ESPN July 29, 2013 November 22, 2013 December 3, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020408/http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/battle-4-atlantis live Gorgui Dieng suffered a broken wrist in the Missouri game and did not play against Duke. Louisville won the rest of its out of conference slate including victories at Memphis in the Hall of Fame Shootout and victories against in state rivals Western Kentucky and Kentucky. They entered Big East play with a 12–1 record.http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/lou-m-baskbl-sched.html Louisville Cardinals Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball: 2012–2013 November 22, 2013 November 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112195615/http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/lou-m-baskbl-sched.html live Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Angel Nunez 1 1 SF 79 6'7" 190 2 Sophomore Washington Heights, New York Transferred to Gonzaga Big East The Cardinals opened Big East play with four victories, and were voted #1 in both AP and Coaches Polls in week 10.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings NCAA College Basketball Polls, College Basketball Rankings, NCAA Basketball Polls – ESPN Espn.go.com November 5, 2013 July 29, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160729133138/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings live They then dropped three straight, a 2-point home loss to #6 Syracuse and back to back road losses at Villanova and Georgetown. The Cardinals won 10 of their next 11 with the one loss at Notre Dame in a 5 OT game that is the longest regular season game in Big East history.Notre Dame rallies in regulation then outlasts Louisville to win in 5 OTs https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330400087 ESPN ESPN March 12, 2013 February 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130214055130/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330400087 live They finished the regular season with a 26–5 (14–4) record and claimed a three-way tie with Georgetown and Marquette as Big East Regular Season Champions. Junior guard Russ Smith was named a Sporting News Third Team All-American.Sporting News All-American Team, 2012–13 March 11, 2013 http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-11/sporting-news-all-americans-burke-oladipo-olnyk-porter-smart-curry-mcdermott/slide/11 The Sporting News March 12, 2013 March 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314024522/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-11/sporting-news-all-americans-burke-oladipo-olnyk-porter-smart-curry-mcdermott/slide/11 live Senior co-captain Peyton Siva was named 2013 American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.Louisville Guard Peyton Siva Named American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031213aan.html Big East Conference March 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235407/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031213aan.html December 2, 2013 dead Junior Gorgui Dieng was named 2013 Big East Defensive Player of the Year.BIG EAST Names Individual Award Winners http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031113aal.html Big East Conference March 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020656/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031113aal.html December 3, 2013 dead Smith and Dieng were named to the 2013 All-Big East First team. Siva was named to the All-Big East Third Team. Postseason Big East tournament The Cardinals were the number 2 seed in the tournament and faced Villanova in the quarter-finals, defeating them, 74–55.Russ Smith leads Louisville over Villanova, into Big East semifinals https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330730097 Associated Press June 1, 2013 May 20, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130520155304/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330730097 live They next defeated number 24 Notre Dame, 69–57,Louisville downs Irish in Big East semifinals for third straight year https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330740097 Associated Press June 1, 2013 May 9, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130509050246/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330740097 live setting up the final Big East tournament championship game against number 19 Syracuse. Louisville was down by 16 in the second half, but rallied to claim their third Big East tournament championship with a 78–61 victory. The Cardinals repeated as tournament champions.Louisville rallies from 16 down to win 2nd straight Big East title https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330750097 Associated Press June 1, 2013 May 17, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130517111656/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330750097 live NCAA tournament Louisville received the number 1 overall seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA tournament.Louisville claims top overall seed https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9063277/2013-ncaa-tournament-louisville-cardinals-named-top-overall-seed Associated Press June 1, 2013 June 5, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130605015547/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9063277/2013-ncaa-tournament-louisville-cardinals-named-top-overall-seed live They opened the tournament with a 79–48 win over North Carolina A&T, setting the NCAA tournament single-game record for steals with 20. They closed out the opening weekend by defeating Colorado State, 82–56. They defeated Oregon in the regional semi-final, 77–69, to set up a regional final with Duke, whom they had lost to in the season-opening tournament. Before halftime of the game Louisville guard Kevin Ware suffered a compound fracture. The Cardinals rallied together to defeat Duke by 22 (the largest tournament defeat for coach Mike Krzyzewski since the 1990 National Title Game), 85–63. The Cardinals advanced to their second consecutive Final Four (their 10th) to face Wichita State. The Shockers led most of the game, and were up by as many as 12 with 13 minutes to play. A 20-point performance by Luke Hancock, and two timely three-point shots by walk-on Tim Henderson, kept the Cardinals in the game, which they won, 72–68, to advance to face Michigan in the National Championship. In its third NCAA Championship game Louisville went down 12 points. The Cardinals rallied behind a 22-point effort by Final Four MOP Luke Hancock, 18 points and 5 assists from senior captain Peyton Siva, and 15 points and 12 rebounds from sophomore Chane Behanan to win, 82–76, giving Louisville basketball its third NCAA Championship and giving coach Rick Pitino his first title at Louisville. Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Exhibition November 1, 2012 7:00 pm yes 2 Pikeville KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Harrell 19 Harrell 13 Siva 6 93–57 20,277 – November 7, 2012 7:00 pm yes 2 Bellarmine KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Harrell 16 Dieng 12 Siva 7 65–46 20,422 – |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Non-conference regular season November 11, 2012 4:00 pm yes 2 Manhattan KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Smith 23 Behanan 9 Siva 10 79–51 20,921 1–0 November 15, 2012 7:00 pm yes 2 Samford KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Game WHAS Smith 18 Behanan 18 Siva 7 80–54 20,016 2–0 November 18, 2012 4:00 pm yes 2 Miami (OH) KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS Smith 23 Dieng 9 Siva 10 80–39 20,258 3–0 November 22, 2012 9:30 pm yes yes 2 Northern Iowa Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal NBCSN Smith 16 Dieng 9 Smith 5 51–46 3,126 4–0 November 23, 2012 9:30 pm yes yes 2 Missouri 13 Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis NBCSN Hancock 19 Tied 6 Siva 6 84–61 3,153 5–0 November 24, 2012 9:30 pm yes yes 2 Duke 5 Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis NBCSN Siva 19 Van Treese 8 Siva 4 71–76 3,511 5–1 December 1, 2012 1:00 pm yes 5 Illinois State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS/ESPN3 Smith 24 Behanan 9 Tied 4 69–66 19,816 6–1 December 4, 2012 9:00 pm yes yes 5 College of Charleston TD Arena Charleston, SC ESPNU Blackshear 18 Van Treese 10 Smith 4 80–38 5,117 7–1 December 8, 2012 2:00 pm yes 5 UMKC KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 Smith 31 Tied 7 Siva 6 99–47 20,074 8–1 December 15, 2012 2:30 pm yes yes 6 Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout FSN Behanan 22 Harrell 6 Siva 7 87–78 18,392 9–1 December 19, 2012 7:00 pm yes 5 FIU KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic WHAS/ESPN3 Blackshear 18 Behanan 11 Siva 12 79–55 21,411 10–1 December 22, 2012 8:30 pm yes yes 5 WKU Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN ESPNU Smith 20 Blackshear 8 Siva 5 78–55 10,728 11–1 December 29, 2012 4:00 pm yes 4 Kentucky KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Battle for the Bluegrass CBS Smith 21 Tied 7 Tied 3 80–77 22,810 12–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big East regular season January 2, 2013 6:00 pm 4 Providence KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Big East/WHAS/ESPN3 Smith 23 Dieng 11 Siva 8 80–62 21,305 13–1 (1–0) January 9, 2013 7:00 pm yes 3 Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, NJ ESPN2 Dieng 16 Dieng 14 Siva 7 73–58 7,013 14–1 (2–0) January 12, 2013 4:00 pm 3 South Florida KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Big East/WHAS/ESPN3 Siva 17 Dieng 16 Tied 1 64–38 21,903 15–1 (3–0) January 14, 2013 7:00 pm yes 1 Connecticut XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN Smith 23 Dieng 16 Behanan 5 73–58 14,287 16–1 (4–0) January 19, 2013 4:00 pm 1 Syracuse 6 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Smith 25 Behanan 11 Dieng, Siva 6 68–70 22,814 16–2 (4–1) January 22, 2013 8:00 pm yes 5 Villanova Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA Big East/WHAS/ESPN3 Blackshear 17 Dieng 9 Siva 13 64–73 11,887 16–3 (4–2) January 26, 2013 12:00 pm yes 5 Georgetown Verizon Center Washington, D.C. ESPN Tied 12 Tied 8 Tied 1 51–53 17,474 16–4 (4–3) January 28, 2013 7:00 pm 12 Pittsburgh KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Smith 20 Dieng 12 Siva 10 64–61 22,411 17–4 (5–3) February 3, 2013 2:00 pm 12 Marquette 25 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Smith 18 Dieng 8 Siva 7 70–51 21,418 18–4 (6–3) February 6, 2013 7:30 pm yes 11 Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ Big East/WHAS/ESPN3 Blackshear 19 Dieng 8 Siva 7 68–48 5,862 19–4 (7–3) February 9, 2013 9:00 pm yes 11 Notre Dame 25 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN ESPN College Gameday ESPN Behanan 30 Behanan 15 Dieng 5 101–104 5 OT 9,149 19–5 (7–4) February 14, 2013 9:00 pm 12 St. John's KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Smith 24 Dieng 17 Siva 6 72–58 22,086 20–5 (8–4) February 17, 2013 1:00 pm yes 12 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN Smith 15 Dieng 10 Siva 7 59–41 7,368 21–5 (9–4) February 23, 2013 12:00 pm 10 Seton Hall KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Big East/WHAS/ESPN3 Dieng 23 Dieng, Behanan 8 Siva, Smith 5 79–61 22,332 22–5 (10–4) February 27, 2013 9:00 pm yes 10 DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL ESPNU Smith 17 Behanan 9 Siva 6 79–58 8,654 23–5 (11–4) March 2, 2013 12:00 pm yes 10 Syracuse 12 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY CBS Smith 18 Dieng 14 Smith 5 58–53 31,173 24–5 (12–4) March 4, 2013 7:00 pm 8 Cincinnati KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Smith 18 Dieng 9 Siva 4 67–51 22,739 25–5 (13–4) March 9, 2013 4:00 pm 8 Notre Dame 24 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Senior Day CBS Dieng 20 Dieng 11 Siva 5 73–57 22,815 26–5 (14–4) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament March 14, 2013 7:00 pm yes 4 2 Villanova 7 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinal ESPN Smith 28 Van Treese 8 Siva 4 74–55 20,057 27–5 March 15, 2013 9:50 pm 2 yes 4 Notre Dame 24 6 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinal ESPN Smith 20 Dieng 12 Siva, Smith 6 69–57 20,057 28–5 March 16, 2013 8:30 pm 2 y 4 Syracuse 19 5 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Championship Game ESPN Harrell 20 Dieng 9 Siva/Dieng 8 78–61 20,057 29–5 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament March 21, 2013 6:50 pm yes yes 2 1 MW North Carolina A&T 16 MW Rupp Arena Lexington, KY First round TBS Smith 23 Dieng, Van Treese 7 Siva 8 79–48 23,500 30–5 March 23, 2013 5:15 pm yes 1 MW yes 2 Colorado State 8 MW Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Second round CBS Smith 27 Harrell, Blackshear 4 Siva, Ware 5 82–56 23,500 31–5 March 29, 2013 7:15 pm yes yes 2 1 MW Oregon 12 MW 25 Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Sweet Sixteen CBS Smith 31 Dieng 9 Siva, Smith 3 77–69 35,520 32–5 March 31, 2013 5:05 pm yes yes 2 1 MW Duke 2 MW 6 Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Elite Eight CBS Smith 23 Dieng 11 Siva 4 85–63 34,657 33–5 April 6, 2013 6:09 pm yes 1 MW yes 2 Wichita State 9 W Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Final Four CBS 72–68 Smith 21 Behanan 9 Siva, Smith 3 75,350http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201304060314 Wichita St. at Louisville | Saturday April 6, 2013 | NCAAB – Yahoo Sports Rivals.yahoo.com November 5, 2013 May 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130521104202/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201304060314 live 34–5 April 8, 2013 9:23 pm yes 1 MW yes 2 Michigan T-10 4 S Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA National Championship CBS 82–76 Hancock 22 Behanan 12 Dieng 6 74,326 35–5 AP Poll Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest W=West Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Source: 19 19 AP 2 2 2 5 5 6 5 4 4 3 1 5 12 11 12 10 10 8 4 2 Coaches 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 4 1 5 13 12 12 10 9 6 4 1 Awards Sporting News Third Team All-AmericaSporting News All-Americans, 2012–13 http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-11/sporting-news-all-americans-burke-oladipo-olnyk-porter-smart-curry-mcdermott/slide/11 aol.sportingnews.com March 11, 2013 The Sporting News March 11, 2013 March 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314024522/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-11/sporting-news-all-americans-burke-oladipo-olnyk-porter-smart-curry-mcdermott/slide/11 live Russ Smith Capital One Academic All-America2012–2013 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA®HONOREES http://www.capitaloneacademicallamerica.com/Team/Season?season=2012-2013#mens_basketball_area capitaloneacademicallamerica.com Capital One March 17, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130720061548/http://www.capitaloneacademicallamerica.com/Team/Season?season=2012-2013#mens_basketball_area July 20, 2013 dead Peyton Siva American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the YearLouisville Guard Peyton Siva Named American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031213aan.html Bigeast.org Big East Conference March 17, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235407/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031213aan.html December 2, 2013 dead Peyton Siva Big East Defensive Player of the YearBIG EAST Names Individual Award Winners http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031113aal.html Big East Website Big East March 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020656/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031113aal.html December 3, 2013 dead Gorgui Dieng NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player Luke Hancock NCAA Final Four all-tournament team Chane Behanan Luke Hancock Peyton Siva NCAA (Midwest) Most Outstanding PlayerLouisville beats Duke 85–63 to reach Final Four https://www.ncaa.com/game/basketball-men/d1/2013/03/31/duke-louisville NCAA April 1, 2013 September 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130907101039/http://www.ncaa.com/game/basketball-men/d1/2013/03/31/duke-louisville live Russ Smith NCAA Midwest Regional all-tournament team Russ Smith Gorgui Dieng Peyton Siva Big East tournament Most Outstanding Player Peyton Siva Big East Championship All-Tournament TeamMike Waters Louisville's Peyton Siva joins Georgetown's Patrick Ewing as the only two-time winners of the Big East Most Outstanding Player award http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2013/03/louisvilles_peyton_siva_joins.html syracuse.com Syracuse Post-Standard March 17, 2013 March 17, 2013 May 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130526203637/http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2013/03/louisvilles_peyton_siva_joins.html live Peyton Siva Russ Smith First Team All-Big East Gorgui Dieng Russ Smith Third Team All-Big East Peyton Siva Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (top Division I senior 6'0"/1.83 m or shorter)http://www.hoophall.com/news/2013/4/4/basketball-hall-of-fame-honors-university-of-louisvilles-pey.html Basketball Hall of Fame Honors University of Louisville's Peyton Siva with the 2013 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame April 5, 2013 April 5, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130408015134/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2013/4/4/basketball-hall-of-fame-honors-university-of-louisvilles-pey.html April 8, 2013 Peyton Siva Elite 89 Award (top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four)https://www.ncaa.com/elite89 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116034134/http://www.ncaa.com/elite89 dead January 16, 2013 Elite 89 Award, 2012–2013 NCAA April 5, 2013 Wayne Blackshear Best Coach/Manager ESPY Awardhttp://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130717/SPORTS02/307170111/Louisville-coach-Rick-Pitino-wins-ESPY-Award-Best-Coach-Manager Rick Pitino Wins ESPY Award for Best Coach/Manager November 5, 2013 Rick Pitino Controversies and scandals 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal A former Louisville player, Andre McGee, arranged and paid for strippers and prostitutes to perform striptease dances and sexual acts for 17 prospective and former basketball players from 2010 to 2014. On October 3, 2015, the book publisher IBJ Custom Publishing released a book entitled Breaking Cardinal Rules. Based on revelations provided by the local self-described escort, Katina Powell, the book detailed striptease dances and acts of prostitution that Powell and McGee arranged and organized in Minardi Hall over approximately a four-year period.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/new-book-makes-damaging-sexual-allegations-involving-louisville-basketball-202333537.html Louisville investigating new book's damaging sexual allegations involving basketball team June 16, 2017 October 2, 2015 Yahoo Forde, Pat June 29, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170629092200/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/new-book-makes-damaging-sexual-allegations-involving-louisville-basketball-202333537.html live During the investigation of the allegations, the university self-imposed a ban on the 2016 NCAA tournament. In June 2017, the NCAA announced that the university would lose four basketball scholarships over the course of four seasons, but there would be no further postseason ban. The NCAA had initially suspended head coach Rick Pitino for five ACC games during the 2017–18 season, but the Louisville athletic association board agreed unanimously to fire Pitino before the season on October 16, 2017. The NCAA also ordered the university to vacate all wins from 2011 to 2014 (including the 2013 National Championship) that included ineligible players, a decision that the university appealed.https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/former-louisville-operations-director-acted-unethically-head-coach-failed-monitor Former Louisville operations director acted unethically, head coach failed to monitor June 15, 2017 June 15, 2017 NCAA May 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210508164129/https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/former-louisville-operations-director-acted-unethically-head-coach-failed-monitor livehttp://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2017/08/11/university-louisville-cardinals-basketball-files-infractions-appeal-response-ncaa/559876001 Louisville refers to NCAA ruling as 'draconian' in men's basketball case appeal August 11, 2017 August 11, 2017 Courier-Journal April 28, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240428062801/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2017/08/11/university-louisville-cardinals-basketball-files-infractions-appeal-response-ncaa/559876001/ live On February 20, 2018, the NCAA upheld the decision.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, 2018 February 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180220174859/http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/louisville-mens-basketball-must-vacate-wins-and-pay-fine liveLouisville 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 en February 21, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100318/https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/louisville-to-vacate-2013-national-title-take-banner-down-after-ncaa-upholds-penalties/ livePeck 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 February 20, 2018 February 21, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100305/http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-louisville/article201070839.html live Notable achievements Peyton Siva became Louisville's 64th 1000 point scorer in a 64–38 victory over South Florida on January 12, 2013.No. 3 Louisville limits USF to 27 percent shooting for easy win https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330120097 ESPN.com Associated Press March 15, 2013 March 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130321082401/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330120097 live Russ Smith became the 65th 1000 point scorer in a 79–58 victory over DePaul on February 27, 2013.Louisville downs DePaul for fourth consecutive win https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330580305 ESPN.com Associated Press March 15, 2013 March 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130307082856/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330580305 live Rick Pitino won his 300th game as Louisville's Head Coach in a 67–51 victory over Cincinnati on March 4, 2013.Rick Pitino earns his 300th win as coach of Louisville https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330630097 ESPN.com Associated Press March 15, 2013 March 17, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130317042011/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330630097 live Russ Smith broke the Louisville record for most made free throws in a season previous set by Wes Unseld (177) in the 1967–68 season.2013 Media Guide http://www.guide.provations.com/louisville/basketball2012_13#pg160 Louisville Athletics March 22, 2013 October 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121005005046/http://www.guide.provations.com/louisville/basketball2012_13#pg160 dead Peyton Siva broke the Louisville record for most steals in a season with 90 steals,Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports https://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/04/09/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-louisvilles-win/2065891/ 10 things you need to know about Louisville's win Usatoday.com April 9, 2013 November 5, 2013 June 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613083145/http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/04/09/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-louisvilles-win/2065891/ live passing the 87 steals Russ Smith had in the 2011–12 season.http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/russ_smith_729175.html Russ Smith Bio – Louisville Cardinals Official Athletic Site Gocards.com November 5, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131019200333/http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/russ_smith_729175.html October 19, 2013 Peyton Siva broke the Louisville record for most career steals with 254 steals,https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2488706/peyton-siva Peyton Siva Stats, News, Videos, Highlights, Pictures, Bio – Detroit Pistons – ESPN Espn.go.com October 24, 1990 November 5, 2013 September 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130922015134/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/45951/peyton-siva live when he passed Darrell Griffith's record of 230 steals he had from 1976 to 1980.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330740097 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Louisville Cardinals – Recap – March 15, 2013 – ESPN Espn.go.com March 15, 2013 November 5, 2013 November 8, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131108163102/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330740097 live Peyton Siva tied the Big East tournament record for most steals in a game (7) in the semifinal game against Notre Dame.No. 4 Louisville 69, No. 24 Notre Dame 57 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330740097 ESPN.com Associated Press March 16, 2013 March 18, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130318175522/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330740097 live Peyton Siva won his second Big East tournament MVP award, becoming only the second player to win this award multiple times (Patrick Ewing)http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2013/03/louisvilles_peyton_siva_joins.html Louisville's Peyton Siva joins Georgetown's Patrick Ewing as the only two-time winners of the Big East Most Outstanding Player award Syracuse Post-Standard March 17, 2013 March 17, 2013 May 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130526203637/http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2013/03/louisvilles_peyton_siva_joins.html live Peyton Siva set a Big East tournament career record with 29 steals, breaking the old mark of 28, held by Pittsburgh's Brandin Knight since 2003.Post Game Notes http://www.bigeast.org/portals/5/fls/19400/pdfs/Men_Basketball/2012_2013/championship/notes/game13.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130510234924/http://www.bigeast.org/portals/5/fls/19400/pdfs/Men_Basketball/2012_2013/championship/notes/game13.pdf May 10, 2013 bigeast.org Big Eat Conference March 17, 2013 dead The team set the NCAA tournament record for steals in a single game with 20 in a second-round game against North Carolina A&T.No. 1 Louisville has no trouble eliminating N.C. A&T https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330800097 ESPN.com Associated Press March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023021/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330800097 live Russ Smith tied the individual NCAA tournament single game record for steals with 8 against North Carolina A&T (tied with – Ty Lawson 2009)Box Score https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=330800097 ESPN March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130322014017/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=330800097 live Set school record with 35 wins during the season passing the 33 wins the 1979–80 and 2004–05 teams had. Luke Hancock is the first and only reserve player to be awarded the Final Four MOP Award. References 30em External links http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/mbb-1213-mg-full.pdf Louisville Cardinals 2012–13 Basketball Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20170118032745/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/mbb-1213-mg-full.pdf January 18, 2017 2012–13 Louisville stats Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball Team, 2012-13 Category:Louisville Cardinals men's basketball seasons Louisville Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Louisville Cardinals men's basketball, 2012-13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball, 2012-13 Category:2012 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:2013 in Louisville, Kentucky