2011–12 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

2011–12 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball

Big East Conference Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 17
2011–12 record	30–10 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach	Rick Pitino
Assistant coach	Richard Pitino
Assistant coach	Wyking Jones
Assistant coach	Kevin Keatts
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center

2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#11 Marquette	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
Notre Dame	13	–	5	.722	22	–	12	.647
Cincinnati	12	–	6	.667	26	–	11	.703
#15 Georgetown	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
South Florida	12	–	6	.667	22	–	14	.611
#17 Louisville†	10	–	8	.556	30	–	10	.750
West Virginia	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Connecticut	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
Seton Hall	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Rutgers	6	–	12	.333	14	–	18	.438
St. John's	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Pittsburgh	5	–	13	.278	22	–	17	.564
Villanova	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
Providence	4	–	14	.222	15	–	17	.469
DePaul	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
*#2 Syracuse	0	–	1	.000	0	–	3	.000


† 2012 Big East Tournament winner As of March 31, 2012^[1] *Syracuse:: 30 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(34–3)(17–1); Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 98th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the Big East Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino, who was in his eleventh season. The team played home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals finished the season with a record of 30–10, 10–8 to finish in sixth place in Big East play. Louisville won the Big East Tournament Championship for the second time, defeating Cincinnati 50–44.^[2] As a result of the win, the Cardinals received the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a #4 seed. Louisville advanced to the Final Four for the 9th time in school history^[3] before falling to eventual National Champion Kentucky 69–61.

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2010–11 season with a record 25–10, 12–6 to finish in a tie for third place in Big East play. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were upset in the Second Round (Round of 64) by Morehead State.

Pre-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
George Goode	0	C	83 !6'8"	205	3 !Senior	Raytown, Missouri	Graduated
Terrence Jennings	23	C	85 !6'10"	240	3 !Junior	Sacramento, California	Entered the 2011 NBA Draft
Preston Knowles	2	G	76 !6'1"	170	4 !Senior	Winchester, Kentucky	Graduated

Class of 2011 signees

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Chane Behanan PF	Cincinnati, OH	Bowling Green High School (KY)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Sep 7, 2010
Chane Behanan PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96
Wayne Blackshear SG	Chicago, IL	Morgan Park High School (IL)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Dec 25, 2009
Wayne Blackshear SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96
Angel Nunez SF	Washington Heights, Manhattan	Notre Dame Preparatory School (MA)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 30, 2010
Angel Nunez SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 91
Zach Price C	Louisville, KY	Jeffersontown High School (KY)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Sep 8, 2009
Zach Price C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95
Kevin Ware SG	Conyers, Georgia	Rockdale County High School (GA)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	May 31, 2011
Kevin Ware SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 7 Rivals: 9 ESPN: 5
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Louisville Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. "2011 Louisville Basketball Commitment List". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2011–12 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.5 !F	1	Nunez, AngelAngel Nunez	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, MA)	Washington Heights, New York
1.5 !G	2	Smith, RussRuss Smith	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2.0 !So	South Kent School (South Kent, CT)	Briarwood, New York
1.5 !G	3	Siva, PeytonPeyton Siva	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Franklin	Seattle, Washington
3.5 !F	4	Buckles, RakeemRakeem Buckles	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Monsignor Pace	Miami, Florida
1.5 !G	5	Smith, ChrisChris Smith (W)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	St. Benedict's Prep Manhattan	Millstone, New Jersey
5.0 !C	10	Dieng, GorguiGorgui Dieng	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2.0 !So	Huntington Prep (Huntington, WV)	Kebemer, Senegal
5.0 !C	12	Price, ZachZach Price	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Jeffersontown	Louisville, Kentucky
1.5 !G	14	Kuric, KyleKyle Kuric (W)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Memorial	Evansville, Indiana
1.5 !G	15	Henderson, TimTim Henderson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Christian Academy	Louisville, Kentucky
3.5 !F	21	Swopshire, JaredJared Swopshire	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)	St. Louis, Missouri
1.5 !G	22	Justice, ElishaElisha Justice (W)	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2.0 !So	Shelby Valley	Dorton, Kentucky
1.5 !G	23	Ware, KevinKevin Ware	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Rockdale County	Conyers, Georgia
3.5 !F	24	Behanan, ChaneChane Behanan	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bowling Green (Bowling Green, KY)	Cincinnati, Ohio
1.5 !G	25	Blackshear, WayneWayne Blackshear	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Morgan Park	Chicago, Illinois
1.5 !G	33	Marra, MikeMike Marra	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Northfield Mount Hermon (Mount Hermon, MA)	Esmond, Rhode Island
3.5 !F	44	Van Treese, StephenStephen Van Treese	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Lawrence North	Indianapolis, Indiana

Head coach

Rick Pitino (Massachusetts)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
October 26, 2011* 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 9	Pikeville	W 74–55	–	16 – Behanan	15 – Dieng	5 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (18,866) Louisville, KY
November 3, 2011* 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 9	Bellarmine	W 62–54	–	14 – Behanan/Swopshire	9 – Behanan	3 – C. Smith/Justice	KFC Yum! Center (19,911) Louisville, KY
Regular Season
November 11, 2011* 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 9	Tennessee-Martin Global Sports Invitational	W 83–48	1–0	14 – Behanan/Kuric	12 – Behanan	9 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (20,485) Louisville, KY
November 13, 2011* 4:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 9	Lamar Global Sports Invitational	W 68–48	2–0	13 – Swopshire	13 – Behanan	3 – Siva/Kuric	KFC Yum! Center (19,842) Louisville, KY
November 19, 2011* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 8	at Butler	W 69–53	3–0	17 – Kuric	7 – Behanan	3 – Kuric	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,071) Indianapolis, IN
November 22, 2011* 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 7	Arkansas State Global Sports Invitational	W 54–27	4–0	12 – Kuric	7 – Dieng/Swopshire	7 – C. Smith	KFC Yum! Center (20,323) Louisville, KY
November 25, 2011* 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 7	Ohio Global Sports Invitational	W 59–54	5–0	16 – Kuric	16 – Dieng	6 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (21,334) Louisville, KY
November 28, 2011* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 6	Long Beach State	W 79–66	6–0	18 – C. Smith	7 – Dieng	5 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (20,468) Louisville, KY
December 2, 2011* 8:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 6	No. 19 Vanderbilt 2011 SEC–Big East Invitational	W 62–60 ^OT	7–0	15 – Kuric	10 – Behanan	5 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,728) Louisville, KY
December 7, 2011* 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 5	IUPUI	W 90–60	8–0	19 – C. Smith	12 – Dieng	8 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (20,604) Louisville, KY
December 10, 2011* 4:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 5	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 80–58	9–0	18 – Kuric	12 – Dieng	9 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (20,264) Louisville, KY
December 17, 2011* 4:00 p.m., CBS	No. 4	Memphis Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout	W 95–87	10–0	24 – R. Smith	14 – Dieng	9 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,733) Louisville, KY
December 20, 2011* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 4	College of Charleston	W 69–62	11–0	17 – Kuric	10 – Dieng	6 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (20,750) Louisville, KY
December 23, 2011* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 4	WKU Billy Minardi Classic	W 70–60	12–0	23 – R. Smith	15 – Dieng	4 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,150) Louisville, KY
December 28, 2011 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 4	No. 12 Georgetown	L 68–71	12–1 (0–1)	17 – Kuric	11 – Benhanan/Dieng	6 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,517) Louisville, KY
December 31, 2011* 12:00 p.m., CBS	No. 4	at No. 3 Kentucky Battle for the Bluegrass	L 62–69	12–2 (0–1)	30 – R. Smith	5 – Tied	4 – Siva	Rupp Arena (24,387) Lexington, KY
January 3, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 11	at St. John's	W 73–58	13–2 (1–1)	17 – R. Smith	9 – Dieng/Swopshire	7 – R. Smith	Madison Square Garden (9,258) New York, NY
January 7, 2011 4:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 11	Notre Dame	L 63–67 ^2OT	13–3 (1–2)	17 – Behanan/Kuric	10 – Behanan/Kuric	5 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,687) Louisville, KY
January 10, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 14	at Providence	L 59–90	13–4 (1–3)	16 – C. Smith	9 – Kuric	4 – C. Smith	Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,163) Providence, RI
January 14, 2012 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 14	DePaul	W 76–59	14–4 (2–3)	25 – R. Smith	12 – Dieng	6 – Siva/R. Smith	KFC Yum! Center (21,223) Louisville, KY
January 16, 2012 3:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 23	at No. 21 Marquette	L 63–74	14–5 (2–4)	10 – R. Smith	12 – C. Behanan	8 – P. Siva	Bradley Center (16,688) Milwaukee, WI
January 21, 2012 9:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 23	at Pittsburgh ESPN College GameDay	W 73–62	15–5 (3–4)	21 – Kuric	14 – Deing	7 – Siva	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
January 25, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN		Villanova	W 84–74	16–5 (4–4)	16 – Siva	13 – Dieng	5 – Siva/R. Smith	KFC Yum! Center (21,219) Louisville, KY
January 28, 2011 8:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS		at Seton Hall	W 60–51	17–5 (5–4)	14 – R. Smith	14 – Dieng	4 – Siva	Prudential Center (9,573) Newark, NJ
February 4, 2012 4:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS		Rutgers	W 78–66	18–5 (6–4)	23 – Behanan	13 – C. Smith	6 – C. Smith	KFC Yum! Center (21,298) Louisville, KY
February 6, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 24	Connecticut Big Monday	W 80–59	19–5 (7–4)	16 – C. Smith	12 – Behanan	9 – P. Siva	KFC Yum! Center (21,804) Louisville, KY
February 11, 2012 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 24	at West Virginia	W 77–74	20–5 (8–4)	17 – Kuric	6 – Behanan/Dieng	5 – Siva	WVU Coliseum (11,254) Morgantown, WV
February 13, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 19	No. 2 Syracuse Big Monday	L 51–52	20–6 (8–5)	16 – Behanan	10 – Dieng	4 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,738) Louisville, KY
February 18, 2012 12:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 19	at DePaul	W 90–82 ^OT	21–6 (9–5)	25 – Kuric	9 – Dieng	6 – Siva	Allstate Arena (13,674) Rosemont, Illinois
February 23, 2012 9:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 17	at Cincinnati	L 56–60	21–7 (9–6)	14 – Siva	13 – Dieng	4 – Siva	Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Cincinnati, OH
February 26, 2012 2:00 p.m., CBS	No. 17	Pittsburgh	W 57–54	22–7 (10–6)	18 – R. Smith	5 – Dieng/Siva	5 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,746) Louisville, KY
February 29, 2012 7:00 p.m., BEN/WHAS	No. 19	South Florida Senior Night	L 51–58	22–8 (10–7)	14 – Kuric/C. Smith	7 – Behanan	3 – Siva	KFC Yum! Center (22,114) Louisville, KY
March 3, 2012 4:00 p.m., CBS	No. 19	at No. 2 Syracuse	L 49–58	22–9 (10–8)	10 – Behanan/R. Smith	12 – Dieng	4 – Siva	Carrier Dome (33,205) Syracuse, NY
Big East Tournament
March 7, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	(7)	vs. (10) Seton Hall Second Round	W 61–55	23–9	14 – Siva	10 – Dieng	3 – Siva	Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY
March 8, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	(7)	vs. (2) No. 9 Marquette Quarter Final	W 84–71	24–9	20 – Kuric	12 – Swopshire	6 – Siva	Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY
March 9, 2012 9:00 p.m., ESPN	(7)	vs. (3) No. 23 Notre Dame Semi Final	W 64–50	25–9	16 – Dieng	6 – Dieng	9 – Siva	Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY
March 10, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	(7)	vs. (4) Cincinnati Final	W 50–44	26–9	15 – C. Smith	10 – Dieng	5 – Siva	Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2012* 1:40 p.m., TBS	(4 W) No. 17	vs. (13 W) Davidson Second Round	W 69–62	27–9	17 – Siva	11 – Behanan	6 – Siva	Rose Garden Arena (17,519) Portland, Oregon
March 17, 2012* 9:52 p.m., TBS	(4 W) No. 17	vs. (5 W) No. 21 New Mexico Third Round	W 59–56	28–9	17 – R. Smith	10 – Deng	5 – Siva	Rose Garden Arena (17,519) Portland, Oregon
March 22, 2012* 7:47 p.m., TBS	(4 W) No. 17	vs. (1 W) No. 5 Michigan State Sweet Sixteen	W 57–44	29–9	15 – Behanan	9 – Behanan/Dieng	9 – Siva	US Airways Center (14,913) Phoenix, Arizona
March 24, 2012* 4:33 p.m., CBS	(4 W) No. 17	vs. (7 W) No. 25 Florida Elite Eight	W 72–68	30–9	19 – Smith	7 – Behanan	8 – Siva	US Airways Center (13,456) Phoenix, Arizona
March 31, 2012* 6:09 p.m., CBS	(4 W) No. 17	vs. (1 S) No. 1 Kentucky Final Four-National Semifinals	L 61–69	30–10	11 – Siva	12 – Dieng	3 – Siva	Mercedes-Benz Superdome (73,361) New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

Awards

Big East Tournament Championship All-Tournament Team: Peyton Siva; Kyle Kuric; Gorgui Dieng
Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Peyton Siva
NCAA (West) Regional All-Tournament Team^[4]: Peyton Siva; Chane Behanan; Gorgui Dieng
NCAA (West) Regional Most Outstanding Player: Chane Behanan

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	11	14	23	–	–	24	19	17	19	–	17
Coaches	8	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	10	15	21	25	25	23	18	17	18	–	17	4

References

↑ "Big East Conference Standings - 2011-12." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-31-12.
↑ "Louisville edges Cincinnati to win Big East tournament for 2nd time". Louisville edges Cincinnati to win Big East tournament for 2nd time. AP – ESPN. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
↑ "Louisville ends game on 23-8 run to stun Florida, reach Final Four". ESPN.
↑ "NCAA west region all tournament team". NCAA west region all tournament team. sbnation.

Louisville Cardinals men's basketball

Venues	Jefferson County Armory (1945–1956) Freedom Hall (1956–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)

Rivalries	Kentucky Memphis

Culture & lore	History Cardinal Bird The Rivalry: Red v. Blue

People	Head coaches Notable players

Seasons	1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 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 1999–00 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

NAIA and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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