What is Louisville's NCAA Tournament Resume?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With the 2025-26 regular season and 2026 ACC Tournament now in the rear mirror, next up for the Louisville men's basketball program is the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals are a stone cold lock to make the Big Dance in year two under head coach Pat Kelsey, and will officially learn their draw on Selection Sunday - which is set for Sunday, Mar. 15 at 6:00 p.m. EST.

Below is Louisville's NCAA Tournament resume, complete with records, relevant stats and metrics, and a full quad-by-quad breakdown of their resume:

*updated Mar. 13, 2026 at 10:05 a.m. EST*

Records

Overall Record: 23-10
Home Record: 15-2
Away Record: 4-7
Neutral Record: 4-1
Conference Record: 11-7
Non-Con Record: 11-2
Quad 1 Record: 7-10 (1-8 in 1A)
Quad 2 Record: 5-0
Quad 3 Record: 4-0
Quad 4 Record: 7-0

Basic Stats

Scoring Offense: 84.7
Scoring Defense: 72.0
Scoring Margin: 12.5
Field Goal Percentage: 47.0
Three-Point Field Goal Percentage: 35.7
Effective Field Goal Percentage: 56.4
Defensive Field Goal Percentage: 42.4
Defensive Three-Point Field Goal Percentage: 32.7
Defensive Effective Field Goal Percentage: 48.8
Rebounding Average: 38.5
Off. Rebounding Average: 11.3
Def. Rebounding Average: 27.1
Rebounding Margin: 5.3
Assists Per Game: 17.1
Turnovers Per Game: 11.6
Turnover Margin: 0.2
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 1.47

Advanced Metrics

NET: 16th
WAB: 24th
SOS: 39th
SOR: 27th
BPI: 11th
KenPom: 17th
Torvik: 16th
EvanMiya: 20th

Resume Breakdown

Quad 1A (H: 1-15, N: 1-25, A: 1-40)

(1) at Duke, 52-83
(1) vs. Duke, 73-84
(13) vs. Virginia, 70-79
(17) at Arkansas, 80-89
(19) at Tennessee, 62-83
(24) at North Carolina, 74-77
(30) at Miami, 92-89
(34) at Clemson, 75-80
(37) at SMU, 85-95

Quad 1B (H: 16-30, N: 26-50, A: 41-74)

(26) vs. Kentucky, 96-88
(30) vs Miami, 73- 78*
(37) vs. SMU, 62-58*
(41) vs. Indiana, 87-78*
(49) vs. Cincinnati, 74-64*
(61), at Stanford, 76-80
(67) at Wake Forest, 88-80
(68) at California, 9070

Quad 2 (H: 31-75, N: 51-100, A: 76-135)

(35) vs. NC State, 118-77
(37) vs. SMU, 88-74
(51) vs. Baylor, 82-71*
(55) vs. Virginia Tech, 85-71
(104) at Pitt,100-59

Quad 3 (H: 76-160, N: 101-200, A: 136-240)

(85) vs. Syracuse, 77-62
(93) vs. Notre Dame, 76-65
(134) vs. Memphis, 99-73
(156) vs. Boston College, 75-62

Quad 4 (H: 161-365, N: 201-365, A: 241-365)

(169) vs. Georgia Tech, 87-70
(194) vs. Montana, 94-54
(231) vs. Ohio, 106-81
(237) vs. Eastern Michigan, 87-46
(327) vs. NJIT, 104-47
(348) vs. Jackson State, 106-70
(356) vs. South Carolina State, 104-45

*neutral court matchup