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1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

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1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Missouri Valley Conference champions
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 4
Record28–3 (12–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home arenaFreedom Hall
Seasons
1974–75 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Louisville 12 2   .857 28 3   .903
New Mexico State 11 3   .786 20 7   .741
No. 16 Drake 9 5   .643 19 10   .655
Bradley 7 7   .500 15 11   .577
Wichita State 6 8   .429 11 15   .423
Tulsa 5 9   .357 15 14   .517
West Texas State 3 11   .214 9 17   .346
North Texas State 3 11   .214 6 20   .231
Southern Illinois 0 0   18 9   .667
Rankings from AP Poll


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

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  • 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)

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Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 8 Junior Bridgeman Los Angeles Lakers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1975 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket and Results". Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "1975 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2012.