2003–04 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 2003–04 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Rick Pitino[2] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 20–10.[3]
ConferenceConference USA
Record20–10 (9–7 CUSA)
Headcoach
- Rick Pitino (3rd season)
HomearenaFreedom Hall
| 2003–04 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Round of 64 | |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 20–10 (9–7 CUSA) |
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| Home arena | Freedom Hall |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Memphis | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Cincinnati † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2004 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| November 29, 2003* 1:30 pm |
No. 17 | vs. Iowa | L 69–70 OT | 0–1 |
18 – Whitehead | 14 – Whitehead | 6 – Tied | Conseco Fieldhouse (19,213) Indianapolis, Indiana | |||
| December 4, 2003* 8:30 pm |
vs. Western Kentucky | W 93–63 | 1–1 |
22 – Whitehead | 10 – Whitehead | 8 – Garcia | Gaylord Entertainment Center (19,232) Nashville, Tennessee | ||||
| December 7, 2003* 2:00 pm |
Holy Cross | W 56–40 | 2–1 |
24 – Garcia | 8 – Dartez | 3 – Tied | Freedom Hall (19,232) Louisville, Kentucky | ||||
| December 10, 2003* 7:30 pm |
Seton Hall | W 80–71 | 3–1 |
24 – Garcia | 11 – Whitehead | 4 – Tied | Freedom Hall (19,328) Louisville, Kentucky | ||||
| December 13, 2003* 12:00 pm |
No. 1 Florida | W 73–65 | 4–1 |
21 – Garcia | 9 – Whitehead | 4 – Tied | Freedom Hall (20,032) Louisville, Kentucky | ||||
| December 20, 2003* 2:00 pm |
No. 20 | Austin Peay | W 80–63 | 5–1 |
21 – Garcia | 7 – Whitehead | 8 – Garcia | Freedom Hall (19,138) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| December 23, 2003* 7:30 pm |
No. 20 | VMI | W 107–56 | 6–1 |
31 – Dean | 15 – Whitehead | 8 – Garcia | Freedom Hall (18,174) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| December 27, 2003* 5:00 pm |
No. 20 | at No. 2 Kentucky | W 65–58 | 7–1 |
13 – George | 8 – George | 5 – Garcia | Rupp Arena (24,328) Lexington, Kentucky | |||
| December 30, 2003* 7:30 pm |
No. 20 | Toledo | W 92–56 | 8–1 |
19 – Whitehead | 9 – Whitehead | 6 – Jenkins | Freedom Hall (19,427) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| January 3, 2004* 2:00 pm |
No. 11 | Murray State | W 91–69 | 9–1 |
23 – Whitehead | 7 – Garcia | 15 – Garcia | Freedom Hall (19,292) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| January 7, 2004 7:30 pm |
No. 10 | Southern Miss | W 76–42 | 10–1 (1–0) |
15 – Daniels | 10 – George | 4 – Tied | Freedom Hall (19,319) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| January 10, 2004 1:00 pm |
No. 10 | at South Florida | W 85–50 | 11–1 (2–0) |
16 – Dean | 7 – Diakite | 5 – Garcia | Sun Dome (7,011) Tampa, Florida | |||
| January 15, 2004 9:00 pm |
No. 8 | at East Carolina | W 76–66 | 12–1 (3–0) |
16 – Tied | 10 – Whitehead | 4 – Whitehead | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (7,553) Greenville, North Carolina | |||
| January 17, 2004 7:30 pm |
No. 8 | Tulane | W 79–58 | 13–1 (4–0) |
16 – Whitehead | 12 – George | 4 – O'Bannon | Freedom Hall (19,480) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| January 21, 2004 7:00 pm |
No. 5 | No. 6 Cincinnati | W 93–66 | 14–1 (5–0) |
21 – Dean | 8 – Whitehead | 7 – Garcia | Freedom Hall (20,079) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| January 25, 2004* 7:00 pm |
No. 5 | at Tennessee | W 65–62 | 15–1 |
24 – Garcia | 8 – George | 4 – Dartez | Thompson-Boling Arena (15,086) Knoxville, Tennessee | |||
| January 28, 2004 7:30 pm |
No. 4 | Houston | W 64–48 | 16–1 (6–0) |
17 – Tied | 9 – Tied | 5 – O'Bannon | Freedom Hall (19,226) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| January 31, 2004 3:00 pm |
No. 4 | Marquette | L 70–77 | 16–2 (6–1) |
20 – Garcia | 19 – Whitehead | 4 – Garcia | Freedom Hall (19,864) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| February 4, 2004 10:00 pm |
No. 6 | at Memphis | L 58–62 | 16–3 (6–2) |
26 – O'Bannon | 6 – Tied | 3 – Tied | The Pyramid (19,044) Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| February 7, 2004 6:00 pm |
No. 6 | UAB | W 73–55 | 17–3 (7–2) |
15 – O'Bannon | 18 – Whitehead | 3 – Tied | Freedom Hall (19,723) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| February 12, 2004 7:00 pm |
No. 9 | at Charlotte | L 71–77 | 17–4 (7–3) |
17 – O'Bannon | 7 – Whitehead | 4 – Garcia | Halton Arena (9,105) Charlotte, North Carolina | |||
| February 17, 2004 7:00 pm |
No. 10 | at TCU | L 46–71 | 17–5 (7–4) |
9 – Dartez | 5 – Tied | 3 – Garcia | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (6,028) Fort Worth, Texas | |||
| February 21, 2004 1:00 pm |
No. 10 | at No. 17 Cincinnati | L 61–66 OT | 17–6 (7–5) |
27 – Garcia | 9 – Dean | 7 – Garcia | Shoemaker Center (13,176) Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
| February 25, 2004 7:30 pm |
No. 21 | DePaul | L 58–60 OT | 17–7 (7–6) |
19 – Garcia | 8 – Garcia | 4 – Garcia | Freedom Hall (19,505) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| February 28, 2004 1:00 pm |
No. 21 | No. 19 Memphis | W 66–60 | 18–7 (8–6) |
18 – Garcia | 8 – George | 4 – Mohammed | Freedom Hall (19,824) Louisville, Kentucky | |||
| March 3, 2004 8:00 pm |
No. 25 | at Saint Louis | W 75–48 | 19–7 (9–6) |
17 – Garcia | 11 – Dartez | 7 – Garcia | Savvis Center (11,020) St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| March 6, 2004 1:30 pm |
No. 25 | at Marquette | L 80–81 | 19–8 (9–7) |
23 – Garcia | 7 – Dartez | 5 – Tied | Bradley Center (17,508) Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||
| Conference USA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 10, 2004* 7:05 pm |
(6) | vs. (11) East Carolina First Round |
W 61–54 | 20–8 |
22 – Garcia | 10 – Dartez | 2 – Tied | U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
| March 11, 2004* 7:05 pm |
(6) | vs. (3) No. 13 Cincinnati Quarterfinals |
L 62–64 | 20–9 |
28 – Garcia | 8 – Dartez | 2 – Dartez | U.S. Bank Arena (16,202) Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 19, 2004* 9:45 pm, CBS |
(10 ATL) | vs. (7 ATL) Xavier First Round |
L 70–80 | 20–10 |
19 – Dean | 6 – George | 7 – Garcia | Amway Arena (15,961) Orlando, Florida | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ATL=Atlanta regional. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
