*** Welcome to piglix ***

2012-13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Louisville Cardinals woodmark.png
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 2
2012–13 record 35–5 (14–4 Big East)
Head coach Rick Pitino
Assistant coach Wyking Jones
Assistant coach Kevin Keatts
Assistant coach Kareem Richardson
Home arena KFC Yum! Center
Seasons
← 2011–12
2013–14 →
2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Louisville 14 4   .778     35 5   .875
#8 Georgetown 14 4   .778     25 7   .781
#15 Marquette 14 4   .778     26 9   .743
#20 Pittsburgh 12 6   .667     24 9   .727
#16 Syracuse 11 7   .611     30 10   .750
#23 Notre Dame 11 7   .611     25 10   .714
Villanova 10 8   .556     20 14   .588
Connecticut* 10 8   .556     20 10   .667
Cincinnati 9 9   .500     22 12   .647
Providence 9 9   .500     19 15   .559
St. John's 8 10   .444     17 16   .515
Rutgers 5 13   .278     15 16   .484
Seton Hall 3 15   .167     15 18   .455
South Florida 3 15   .167     12 19   .387
DePaul 2 16   .111     11 21   .344
2013 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 30, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties

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. This was his twelfth season as head coach of Louisville. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center.

The Cardinals won the 2013 NCAA National Championship (their 3rd) and their 10th NCAA Regional Championship (Final Four). They were Big East regular season champions (2nd) and repeated as Big East Tournament Champions (3rd) in the league's final year under its original structure. They finished the season with a 35-5 record, recording the most victories in school history.

The Cardinals were the consensus #2 team in the preseason polls and were picked to win Big East conference by the media and the coaches. 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. They lost senior Mike Marra to a knee injury on the first day of practice.

Sources:

Louisville opened with two exhibition victories and 3 wins at home. They played in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament where they defeated #13 Missouri by 23 before losing to #5 Duke in the championship game. 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.


...
Wikipedia

...