The Louisville Cardinals basketball team is the 18th winningest college basketball team in NCAA Division I history and has the 11th best winning percentage in college basketball history. Their official uniform colors are red and black and their mascot is Cardinal Bird. They play their home games at the 18,865 capacity Freedom Hall located in Louisville, KY. It is currently coached by Rick Pitino, the Cardinals of the University of Louisville have a tradition of continued success, having been to 34 NCAA tournaments.
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Louisville was one of the premier programs of the 1980s under Denny Crum, going to four Final Fours, winning two NCAA championships, and posting the highest NCAA tournament record of the 80s. Their rivalry with the University of Kentucky is considered one of the most intense in college sports, and the basketball game is commonly known as the Battle for the Bluegrass, and they also maintains basketball rivalries with West Virginia, Cincinnati and Marquette.
They had an all-time 1556-825 record in 93 seasons of intercollegiate basketball at the end of the 2007-08 season, and are 18th among all NCAA schools in victories and 11th in winning percentage. They are the only school in the nation to have claimed the championship of three major national post-season tournaments including the 1948 NAIB championship, the 1956 NIT title and the 1980 and 1986 NCAA championships.