The Louisville Cardinals

The Louisville Cardinals is an official athletic team, which plays for the University of Louisville. The University is situated in Louisville, Kentucky. Established in 1798, the university opened its doors only in 1813.

The Louisville Cardinal athletic team played in Conference USA till 2005. At the moment it competes in the Big East Conference and represents the University in Division I of the NCAA championships. The team is represented in 18 different sports: baseball, basketball, football, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, and track and fields (mens sports); and basketball, golf, softball, soccer, track and fields, tennis, rowing, cross country, field hockey, swimming and diving, and volleyball (womens sports). The Louisville basketball team is one of the most notable University teams. By the way, the Cardinals have made headway both in mens and womens basketball.

The Cardinal basketball teams meet their opponents at their home arena the Freedom Hall. The teams official colors are red, white, and black. Their mascot is the Cardinal Bird. It appeared in the 1910s. The Cardinal was chosen as its mascot because it is also the official symbol of Kentucky. So the team wanted to identify itself as a representative of the state of Kentucky.

The Louisville Cardinals mens basketball team first appeared in 1911. One of the most successful Cardinal periods was the one under Bernard Hickman coaching. The team knew more than 20 years of success. They won the NIT (1956) and made a good showing in the NCAA championships.

Then Denny Crum maintained Hickmans tradition. Under his coaching the Louisville Cardinals scored the NCAA championship victories twice (1980 and 1986) and made the Final Fours eight times.

The Loiusville Cardinals are also quite notable for their especially severe rivalry with the University of Kentucky. The rival matches are known as the Battle for the Bluegrass. For the time present the University of Kentucky leads with 23 victories against 16 losses.

Now the Cardinals are led by Rick Pitino. And they have turned the corner. At the moment they are having another upturn in their sports career. In 2005 the team managed to reach the Final Four after 19 years of failing to do so. Throughout its history the Louisville team has gained 11 Conference titles and reached the NCAA championships 32 times. It is considered to be one of the dominant NCAA basketball programs in the history of the NCAA tournaments.

The Louisville Cardinals womens team is quite a young team. They fielded only in 1975. Nevertheless, the team has already scored 12 Conference titles and has made the NCAA tournament appearances 10 times, including the most recent one in 2006.

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