What is Louisville's NCAA Tournament Resume?

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