Louisville Cardinals women's basketball

Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
	2023–24 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
University	University of Louisville
Head coach	Jeff Walz (17th season)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Arena	KFC Yum! Center ; (Capacity: 22,090)
Nickname	Cardinals
Colors	Red and black;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament runner-up
	2009, 2013
NCAA tournament Final Four
	2009, 2013, 2018, 2022
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
	2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA tournament second round
	1993, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA tournament appearances
	1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
	1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2018
Conference regular season champions
	1992, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

The Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represents the University of Louisville in women's basketball. The school competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Cardinals play home basketball games at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisville's current head coach is Jeff Walz, who joined the team in 2007. Under his leadership the school moved into the top 15 in attendance his first year, averaging 6,456 fans per game.

Louisville represented USA basketball at Globl Jam 2023, and defeated team Canada, by a score of 68–66 in the gold medal game.

History[edit]

The Cardinals have reached the NCAA Tournament in 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023. They reached the Final Four 4 times in 2009, 2013, 2018, and 2022; losing in the title game twice (09,13). They have been in six conferences, playing in the Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Conference from 1978 to 1981, the Metro Conference from 1981 to 1995, Conference USA from 1995 to 2005, the Big East Conference from 2005 to 2013, the American Athletic Conference for the 2013–14 season, and the Atlantic Coast Conference since 2014.^[2]

Asia Durr era (2015–2019)[edit]

Asia Durr was named ACC Player of the Year two years in a row in 2018 and 2019. Durr, received 29 of 31 votes for pre-season All-American. Durr was named to the All-American list for 2019, and was nominated for the John. R Wooden Award in the same season. In high school she was also selected as the Miss Georgia Girls Basketball Player of the Year twice, 2014 and 2015.

Current roster[edit]

2023–24 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Sydney Taylor	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	St. Anthony's UMass	Long Island, NY
F	2	Nyla Harris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Lake Highland Prep	Winermere, FL
F	3	Hennie van Schaik	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Centre for Sports and Education Cal State Bakersfield	Urk, Netherlands
C	10	Eseosa Imafidon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Proctor Academy	Benin City, Nigeria
F	11	Elif Istanbulluoglu	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Fenerbahçe S.K.	Istanbul, Turkey
G	12	Kiki Jefferson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Lancaster Catholic James Madison	Lancaster, PA
G	13	Merissah Russell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Cairine Wilson	Ottawa, Ontario
G	15	Nina Rickards	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Christ the King Florida	Queens, NY
F	23	Alexia Mobley	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Reynoldsburg	Reynoldsburgh, OH
G/F	24	Eylia Love	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Olathe North Georgia Tech	Kansas City, MO
G	30	Jayda Curry	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Centennial California	Corona, CA
F	44	Olivia Cochran	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Carver	Columbus, GA

Head coach

Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Stephanie Norman (Arizona State)
Jonneshia Pineda (Georgia Southwestern State)
Shay Robinson (Central Florida)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 31, 2023

Season-by-season results[edit]

Season	Record	Conference Record	Postseason Finish
1975–76	12–11	n/a	n/a
1976–77	15–7	n/a	n/a
1977–78	18–9	n/a	n/a
1978–79	17–10	7–5	n/a
1979–80	17–17	7–5	Metro Conference Tournament Champions
1980–81	14–14	5–7	Metro Conference Tournament Champions
1981–82	19–8	4–2	n/a
1982–83	20–10	5–4	Metro Conference Tournament Champions NCAA First Round
1983–84	15–16	7–3	Metro Conference Tournament Champions NCAA First Round
1984–85	17–14	4–6	n/a
1985–86	8–20	2–8	n/a
1986–87	11–17	4–8	n/a
1987–88	12–16	4–8	n/a
1988–89	4–24	0–12	n/a
1989–90	17–12	6–8	n/a
1990–91	24–11	9–5	n/a
1991–92	20–9	11–1	Metro Regular Season Champions
1992–93	19–12	7–5	Metro Conference Tournament Champions NCAA Second Round
1993–94	10–16	7–5	n/a
1994–95	25–8	7–5	NCAA Second Round
1995–96	17–11	9–5	n/a
1996–97	20–9	12–2	Conference USA Season Champions NCAA First Round
1997–98	20–12	12–4	n/a
1998–99	21–11	12–4	Conference USA Season Champions NCAA First Round
1999–00	16–13	8–6	n/a
2000–01	19–10	14–2	Conference USA Season Champions NCAA First Round
2001–02	17–13	8–6	n/a
2002–03	15–14	5–9	n/a
2003–04	20–10	11–3	n/a
2004–05	22–9	11–3	NCAA first round
2005–06	19–10	10–6	NCAA first round
2006–07	27–8	10–6	NCAA Second Round
2007–08	26–10	10–6	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2008–09	34–5	14–2	NCAA Runner-up
2009–10	14–18	5–11	WBI First Round
2010–11	22–13	10–6	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2011–12	23–10	10–6	NCAA second round
2012–13	29–9	11–5	NCAA Runner-up
2013–14	33–5	16–2	NCAA Elite Eight
2014–15	27–7	12–4	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2015–16	26–8	15–1	NCAA Second Round
2016–17	29–8	12–4	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017–18	36–3	15–1	NCAA Final Four
2018–19	32–4	14–2	NCAA Elite Eight
2019–20	28–4	16–2	Postseason Cancelled
2020–21	26–4	14–2	NCAA Elite Eight
2021–22	29–5	16–2	NCAA Final Four
2022–23	26–12	12–6	NCAA Elite Eight
2023–24	24–10	12–6	NCAA First Round

NCAA tournament results[edit]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1983	#7	First Round	(2) Texas	L 84–55
1984	#8	First Round	(1) Georgia	L 112–69
1993	#11	First Round Second Round	(6) Connecticut (3) Auburn	W 74–71 L 66–61
1995	#11	First Round Second Round	(6) Oregon (3) Georgia	W 67–65 L 81–68
1997	#10	First Round	(7) Auburn	L 68–65
1998	#10	First Round Second Round	(7) Utah (2) Duke	W 69–61 L 69–53
1999	#10	First Round	(7) Illinois	L 69–67
2001	#13	First Round	(4) Xavier	L 80–52
2005	#9	First Round	(8) USC	L 65–49
2006	#9	First Round	(8) Vanderbilt	L 76–64
2007	#6	First Round Second Round	(11) BYU (3) Arizona State	W 80–54 L 67–58
2008	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	(13) Miami (OH) (5) Kansas State (1) North Carolina	W 81–67 W 80–63 L 78–74
2009	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship	(14) Liberty (6) LSU (2) Baylor (1) Maryland (1) Oklahoma (1) Connecticut	W 62–42 W 62–52 W 56–39 W 77–60 W 61–59 L 76–54
2011	#7	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	(10)Vanderbilt (2) Xavier (11) Gonzaga	W 81–62 W 85–75 L 76–69
2012	#7	First Round Second Round	(10) Michigan State (2) Maryland	W 67–55 L 72–68
2013	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship	(12) Middle Tennessee State (4) Purdue (1) Baylor (2) Tennessee (2) California (1) Connecticut	W 74–49 W 76–63 W 82–81 W 86–78 W 64–57 L 93–60
2014	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	(14) Idaho (6) Iowa (7) LSU (4) Maryland	W 88–42 W 83–53 W 73–47 L 76–73
2015	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	(14) BYU (6) South Florida (7) Dayton	W 86–53 W 60–52 L 82–66
2016	#3	First Round Second Round	(14) Central Arkansas (6) DePaul	W 87–60 L 73–72
2017	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	(13) Chattanooga (5) Tennessee (1) Baylor	W 82–62 W 75–64 L 97–63
2018	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	(16) Boise State (8) Marquette (4) Stanford (6) Oregon State (1) Mississippi State	W 74–42 W 90–72 W 86–59 W 76–43 L 73–63 (OT)
2019	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	(16) Robert Morris (8) Michigan (4) Oregon State (2) Connecticut	W 69–34 W 71–50 W 61–44 L 80–73
2021	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	(15) Marist (7) Northwestern (6) Oregon (1) Stanford	W 74–43 W 62–53 W 60–42 L 63–78
2022	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	(16) Albany (9) Gonzaga (4) Tennessee (3) Michigan (1) South Carolina	W 83–51 W 68–59 W 76–64 W 62–50 L 59–72
2023	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	(12) Drake (4) Texas (8) Ole Miss (2) Iowa	W 83–81 W 73–51 W 72–62 L 83–97
2024	#6	First Round	(11) Middle Tennessee	L 69–71

References[edit]

^ Louisville Athletics Brand Guidelines (PDF). August 8, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
^ "Louisville – 2015–16 Louisville Womens Basketball". Guide.provations.com. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] Louisville Athletics Brand Guidelines (PDF). August 8, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

[2] "Louisville – 2015–16 Louisville Womens Basketball". Guide.provations.com. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

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v t e Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
Venues	Freedom Hall (1975–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)
Rivalries	Kentucky
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e University of Louisville
Located in: Louisville, Kentucky
Schools	Business Engineering Law Medicine
Campus	Campuses William F. Ekstrom Library McConnell Center Moore Observatory Residence Halls Speed Art Museum
Athletics	Baseball Jim Patterson Stadium Basketball Men's Freedom Hall Women's KFC Yum! Center Football Cardinal Stadium L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium Soccer Men's Lynn Stadium Women's Kentucky–Louisville rivalry University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band
People	Alumni Faculty Athletes University presidents
Student life	The Louisville Cardinal Cardinal Singers Collegiate Chorale Marching Band

v t e Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Boston College Eagles Clemson Tigers Duke Blue Devils Florida State Seminoles Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Louisville Cardinals Miami Hurricanes NC State Wolfpack North Carolina Tar Heels Notre Dame Fighting Irish Pittsburgh Panthers Syracuse Orange Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Tech Hokies Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Future teams	California Golden Bears SMU Mustangs Stanford Cardinal (all joining in 2024)
Championships & awards	Regular season champions ACC women's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Conference challenges	ACC–SEC Challenge (2023–present) ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge (2007–2022)
Seasons	1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24