1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

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|year=1974–75

|team=Louisville Cardinals

|sport=Basketball

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|image_size=150

|conference=Missouri Valley Conference

|division=

|short_conf=MVC

|CoachRank=3

|APRank=4

|record= 28–3

|conf_record=12–2

|head_coach=Denny Crum

|hc_year=4th

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|stadium=Freedom Hall

|champion=Missouri Valley Conference champions

|tourney=NCAA Men's Division I Tournament

|tourney_result= Final Four

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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

  • 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)

{{cite web|url=http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1975 |title=1975 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket and Results |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2012-03-26}}

Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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8Junior BridgemanLos Angeles Lakers
{{cite web|url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1975 |title=1975 NBA Draft on |publisher=Databasebasketball.com |accessdate=2012-03-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317223028/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1975&lg=N |archivedate=2010-03-17 }}

See also

References

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