The 2018–19 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Chris Mack who was hired on March 27, 2018, after it was announced interim coach David Padgett would not be retained. They finished the season 20–14, to finish in 7th place. In the ACC Tournament, they beat Notre Dame in the Second Round before losing to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They received a at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a 7th seed before losing to 10th seed Minnesota in the First Round.
Previous season The Cardinals finished the 2017–18 season with a record of 22–14, 9–9 in ACC play, finishing in a tie for 8th with Florida State, who they defeated in the second round of the ACC tournament before losing to Virginia in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the NIT, where they defeated Northern Kentucky in the first round and Middle Tennessee in the second round before being defeated in the quarterfinals by Mississippi State.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Lance Thomas 1 F 6'8" 210 Freshman Norcross, Georgia Transferred to Memphis Quentin Snider 4 G 6'2" 175 Senior Louisville, Kentucky Graduated Ray Spalding 13 F 6'10" 215 Junior Louisville, Kentucky Declared for 2018 NBA draft Anas Mahmoud 14 F 7'0" 215 Senior Cairo, Egypt Graduated; declared for 2018 NBA draft Deng Adel 22 F 6'7" 200 Junior Melbourne, Australia Declared for 2018 NBA draft
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Akoy Agau 0 F 6'8" 240 Graduate Student South Sudan SMU Christen Cunningham 1 G 6'2" 190 Graduate Student Georgetown, KY Samford University Khwan Fore 4 G 6'0" 185 Graduate Student Huntsville, AL Richmond
2018 recruiting class No recruits.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References