2017–18 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2017–18 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 interim head coach David Padgett after former head coach Rick Pitino was fired due to an FBI investigation into the school. They finished the season 22–14 overall, and 9–9 in ACC conference 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.

2017–18 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
NIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record22–14 (9–9 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2017–18 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Virginia171 .944313  .912
No. 9 Duke135 .722298  .784
No. 22 Miami (FL)117 .6112210  .688
No. 20 Clemson117 .6112510  .714
NC State117 .6112112  .636
No. 10 North Carolina117 .6112611  .703
Virginia Tech108 .5562112  .636
Florida State99 .5002312  .657
Louisville99 .5002214  .611
Notre Dame810 .4442115  .583
Syracuse810 .4442314  .622
Boston College711 .3891916  .543
Georgia Tech612 .3331319  .406
Wake Forest414 .2221120  .355
Pittsburgh018 .000824  .250
2018 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Following their NIT quarterfinal loss, Louisville announced that Padgett would not be retained as head coach. On March 27, 2018, Xavier head coach Chris Mack was hired by Louisville.

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