bluesaxe said:
Ursine said:
Golden One said:
I thought the title of this thread was referring to Cal.
The word "powerhouse" gave it away that it couldn't be Cal
It doesn't seem like all that long ago we beat them in the first round of the tourney, but I guess it's been 13 years. Louisville hasn't made the tourney the last four years though so "powerhouse" is an overstatement.
Well, they did win the whole thing about ten years ago. There's also this from Wikipedia:
Louisville has made 42 NCAA Tournament appearances (5th all-time) and 15
NIT appearances. The Cardinals have reached the NCAA Tournament 32 of the last 40 years (12 of the last 15, 14 of the last 18 years, 20 of last 25). Since the NCAA began keeping Sweet Sixteen appearance records in 1975,
Louisville's 21 Sweet Sixteens are 5th all-time behind North Carolina (26), Kentucky (25), Duke (24), and Kansas (22). The Cardinals have reached the Elite Eight on 14 occasions, including five of the past nine seasons.
Louisville is sixth in tournament victories (75) with a 7541 overall NCAA Tournament record, reaching the Final Four 10 times.Certainly not a power house recently, but bottom line, it's a program that matters. Cal, not so much.
