2016–17 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

2016–17 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
2016–17 record	6–1 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Rick Pitino (16th year)
Assistant coach	Kenny Johnson
Assistant coach	Mike Balado
Assistant coach	David Padgett
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center

2016–17 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 23 Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
No. 14 Virginia	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
No. 7 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
No. 5 Duke	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
Florida State	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
No. 11 Louisville	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
NC State	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Syracuse	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Clemson	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Boston College	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500


† 2017 ACC Tournament winner As of December 6, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team will represent the University of Louisville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference and are coached by Rick Pitino, in his 16th season at U of L. The team plays its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville.

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 23–8, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in fourth place.

The University of Louisville self-imposed a postseason ban for the 2015–16 season amid an ongoing NCAA investigation over an escort sex scandal involving recruits between 2010 and 2014. None of the players on this team were involved in the allegations. The ban included both the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament.^[1]^[2]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Damion Lee	0	G	6'6"	210	RS Senior	Baltimore, MD	Graduated
Trey Lewis	3	G	6'2"	185	RS Senior	Garfield Heights, OH	Graduated
Dillon Avare	4	G	6'0"	155	RS Sophomore	Lexington, KY	Walk-on; transferred to Eastern Kentucky
Chinanu Onuaku	32	F/C	6'10"	245	Sophomore	Lanham, MD	Declared for 2016 NBA draft

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Tony Hicks	1	G	6'2"	170	RS Senior	South Holland, IL	Transferred from Pennsylvania. As a graduate transfer, Hicks will be eligible to play right away.
Dwayne Sutton	24	G	6'5"	195	Sophomore	Louisville, KY	Transferred from UNC Asheville. Under NCAA transfer rules, Sutton will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Will join the team as a preferred walk-on.

Class of 2016 signees

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
V. J. King SF	Fairfax, VA	Paul VI Catholic High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Jun 12, 2015
V. J. King SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 8 Rivals: 7 ESPN: 8
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. "2016 Louisville Basketball Commitment List". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Class of 2017 recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Malik Williams C	Fort Wayne, IN	Snider High School	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Aug 4, 2016
Malik Williams C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Darius Perry PG	Marietta, GA	Wheeler High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 16, 2016
Darius Perry PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jordan Nwora SF	Saxtons River, VT	Vermont Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Oct 19, 2016
Jordan Nwora SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Lance Thomas PF	Norcross, GA	Norcross High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 30, 2016
Lance Thomas PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
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: "2017 Louisville Commitments". Rivals.com. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. "ESPN- Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2016–17 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	King, V. J.V. J. King	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Paul VI	Fairfax, Virginia
1.5 !G	1	Hicks, TonyTony Hicks	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	St. Rita Penn	South Holland, Illinois
1.5 !G	2	Snider, QuentinQuentin Snider	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Ballard	Louisville, Kentucky
4.5 !F/C	5	Stockman, MatzMatz Stockman	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Canarias (BAH)	Oslo, Norway
3.5 !F	10	Johnson, JaylenJaylen Johnson	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Ypsilanti	Ypsilanti, Michigan
1.5 !G	11	Henderson, JayJay Henderson (W)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Lake Highland Prep	Orlando, Florida
4.5 !F/C	12	Mathiang, MangokMangok Mathiang (C)	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	IMG Academy (FL)	Melbourne, Australia
3.5 !F	13	Spalding, RaymondRaymond Spalding	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2.0 !So	Trinity	Louisville, Kentucky
3.5 !F	14	Osama Mahmoud, AnasAnas Osama Mahmoud	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	West Oaks (FL)	Cairo, Egypt
1.5 !G	15	Sharpe, TylerTyler Sharpe (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bullitt East	Louisville, Kentucky
3.5 !F	22	Adel, DengDeng Adel	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Victory Rock Prep	Melbourne, Australia
3.5 !F	23	Levtich, DavidDavid Levtich	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	North Oldham	Goshen, Kentucky
1.5 !G	24	Sutton, DwayneDwayne Sutton (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	duPont Manuel UNC Asheville	Louisville, Kentucky
1.5 !G	30	McMahon, RyanRyan McMahon	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Cardinal Mooney	Sarasota, Florida
1.5 !G	45	Mitchell, DonovanDonovan Mitchell	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Brewster Academy	Greenwich, Connecticut

Head coach

Rick Pitino (Massachusetts)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 13	Kentucky Wesleyan	W 109–71		16 – Adel	7 – Adel	5 – Hicks	KFC Yum! Center (15,836) Louisville, KY
Nov 7, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 13	Bellarmine	W 81–60		13 – Tied	11 – Johnson	4 – Snider	KFC Yum! Center (16,437) Louisville, KY
Regular season
Nov 11, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 13	Evansville	W 78–47	1–0	19 – Johnson	11 – Johnson	3 – Tied	KFC Yum! Center (21,129) Louisville, KY
Nov 14, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 12	William & Mary	W 91–58	2–0	17 – King	10 – Mathiang	5 – Adel	KFC Yum! Center (19,314) Louisville, KY
Nov 17, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 12	Long Beach State Battle 4 Atlantis opening round	W 88-56	3-0	14 – Johnson	11 – Johnson	5 – Snider	KFC Yum! Center (14,337) Louisville, KY
Nov 23, 2016* 9:30 pm, AXS TV	No. 10	vs. Old Dominion Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals	W 68–62 ^OT	4–0	18 – Snider	12 – Johnson	4 – Snider	Imperial Arena (1,601) Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 24, 2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN	No. 10	vs. Wichita State Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals	W 62–52	5–0	14 – Tied	9 – Spalding	5 – Mitchell	Imperial Arena (1,604) Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 25, 2016* 3:30 pm, ESPN	No. 10	vs. No. 20 Baylor Battle 4 Atlantis championship	L 63–66	5–1	17 – Mitchell	8 – Mitchell	4 – Mitchell	Imperial Arena (1,655) Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 30, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 14	No. 15 Purdue ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 71–64	6–1	11 – Tied	9 – Spalding	2 – Tied (3)	KFC Yum! Center (21,841) Louisville, KY
Dec 3, 2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 14	at Grand Canyon	W 79–70	7–1	15 – Adel	8 – Mathiang	4 – Snider	GCU Arena (7,493) Phoenix, AZ
Dec 7, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Southern Illinois			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Dec 10, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Texas Southern			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Dec 17, 2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Eastern Kentucky Billy Minardi Classic			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Dec 21, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN		Kentucky The Battle for the Bluegrass			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Dec 28, 2016 ESPN2		Virginia			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Dec 31, 2016* 12:30 pm, CBS		vs. Indiana			–	–	–	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Jan 4, 2017 9:00 pm, ACCN/WAVE or WHAS		at Notre Dame			–	–	–	Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
Jan 7, 2017 2:00 pm, ACCN/WAVE or WHAS		at Georgia Tech			–	–	–	McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
Jan 11, 2017 7:00 pm, RSN		Pittsburgh			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Jan 14, 2017 12:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		Duke			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Jan 19, 2017 9:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		Clemson			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Jan 21, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		at Florida State			–	–	–	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
Jan 24, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Pittsburgh			–	–	–	Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 29, 2017 1:00 pm, ACCN/WAVE or WHAS		NC State			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Feb 4, 2017 3:00 pm, ACCN/WAVE or WHAS		at Boston College			–	–	–	Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb 6, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Virginia			–	–	–	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
Feb 11, 2017 ESPN/ESPN2		Miami (FL)			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Feb 13, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Syracuse			–	–	–	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 18, 2017 1:00 pm, ACCN/WAVE or WHAS		Virginia Tech			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Feb 22, 2017 9:00 pm, ESPN		at North Carolina			–	–	–	Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 26, 2017 2:00 pm, CBS		Syracuse			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Mar 1, 2017 9:00 pm, RSN		at Wake Forest			–	–	–	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
Mar 4, 2017 2:00 pm, CBS		Notre Dame			–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
Mar 7–11, 2017		vs.			–	–	–	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	13	12	10	14																Not released
Coaches	14	12	10	14

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

↑ "Louisville self-imposes postseason ban for men's hoops in 2016". ESPN. February 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
↑ Jeff Greer (February 5, 2016). "U of L imposing postseason hoops ban". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

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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