2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 99th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the Big East Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino in his 12th season as head coach at Louisville. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals finished the season 35–5, 14–4 in Big East play to earn a share of the Big East regular season championship.

2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions (Vacated)
Big East tournament champions (Vacated)
Big East regular season co-champions (Vacated)
ConferenceBig East
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 2
Record(0–5 (35 wins vacated) (0–4 Big East)
Head coach
  • Rick Pitino (12th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Louisville†**144 .778355  .875
No. 8 Georgetown144 .778257  .781
No. 15 Marquette144 .778269  .743
No. 20 Pittsburgh126 .667249  .727
No. 16 Syracuse117 .6113010  .750
No. 23 Notre Dame117 .6112510  .714
Villanova108 .5562014  .588
Connecticut*108 .5562010  .667
Cincinnati99 .5002212  .647
Providence99 .5001915  .559
St. John's810 .4441716  .515
Rutgers513 .2781516  .484
Seton Hall315 .1671518  .455
South Florida315 .1671219  .387
DePaul216 .1111121  .344
2013 Big East tournament winner
As of March 30, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.

They won the Big East tournament for the third time in school history and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Cardinals earned a trip to the school's fourth Final Four and defeated Michigan to win the NCAA Championship.

All wins and championships from this season were later vacated and the team's championship banner was removed, it was replaced by a new banner in 2013 that instead honors the teams #1 rank in the final coaches poll.

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