2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 100th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the American Athletic Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino in his 13th season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center.

2013–2014 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
The American tournament champions (vacated)
The American regular season co-champions (vacated)
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated)
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 5
Record0–5 (31 wins 1 loss vacated) (0–3 (15 wins vacated) The American)
Head coach
  • Rick Pitino (13th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Louisville* †153 .833316  .838
No. 15 Cincinnati153 .833277  .794
No. 18 UConn126 .667328  .800
SMU126 .6672710  .730
Memphis126 .6672410  .706
Houston810 .4441716  .515
Rutgers513 .2781221  .364
UCF414 .2221318  .419
Temple414 .222922  .290
South Florida315 .1671220  .375
The American Tournament winner
As of March 15th, 2014
*Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(31-6)(15-3)
Rankings from AP poll

They finished 31–6, 15–3 in AAC play to win the regular season conference championship, sharing the title with Cincinnati. They were also champions of the AAC tournament to earn the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In their 40th NCAA tournament appearance, the defending national champions defeated Manhattan and Saint Louis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to rival Kentucky.

This was their only season in the American Athletic Conference as they moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2014.

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