Louisville Cardinals
| Louisville Cardinals | |
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| University | University of Louisville |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Tom Jurich |
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Varsity teams | 21 |
| Football stadium | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium |
| Basketball arena | KFC Yum! Center |
| Baseball stadium | Jim Patterson Stadium |
| Soccer stadium | Lynn Stadium |
| Mascot | Louie the Cardinal |
| Nickname | Cardinals |
| Fight song | Fight, U of L! |
| Colors | Red and Black |
| Website | www |
The Louisville Cardinals (also known as the Cards) are the athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. Teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, beginning in the 2014 season. While playing in the Big East Conference from 2005 through 2013, the Cardinals captured 17 regular season Big East titles and 33 Big East Tournament titles totaling 50 Big East Championships across all sports. With their 2013 Sugar Bowl appearance against the Florida Gators, the Cardinal football team became the only football team in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to have appeared in and won two Bowl Championship Series bowls, having defeated Wake Forest 24–13 in the 2007 Orange Bowl and Florida 33–23 in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl. On November 28, 2012, Louisville received and accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and became a participating member in all sports in 2014. In 2013, Louisville defeated the Michigan Wolverines to win the 2013 Men's Basketball NCAA Championship, capturing their third such championship in school history.
Since 2000 Louisville is the only NCAA team to win a BCS bowl game; to appear in the Men's basketball Final Four Finals, the College Baseball World Series, and the women's basketball Final Four; and to finish as runner-up in the Men's soccer College Cup. It is one of only six schools that has appeared more than once in each of the following events—a BCS bowl game, the men's and women's basketball Final Fours, and the College World Series—and Louisville's span of seven school years (2006–07 to 2012–13) is the shortest among these schools. Also, it is the first school ever to win a BCS bowl game, appear in the men's and women's basketball Final Fours, and appear in the College World Series in the same school year, doing so in 2012–13.
Under the guidance of Director of Athletics Tom Jurich, the Cardinals have seen substantial athletic and institutional growth, spending more than $150 million for sporting facility upgrades while maintaining strong fan support and Title IX compliance. U of L currently fields 13 women's teams and 10 men's teams. The total sales of U of L merchandise, tripling since 2001, now rank 32nd nationally.
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