1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Missouri Valley Conference champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
Record	28–3 (12–2 MVC)
Head coach	Denny Crum (4th season)
Home arena	Freedom Hall
Seasons ← 1973–74 1975–76 →

1974–75 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Louisville	12	–	2	.857	28	–	3	.903
New Mexico State	11	–	3	.786	20	–	7	.741
Drake	9	–	5	.643	19	–	10	.655
Bradley	7	–	7	.500	15	–	11	.577
Wichita State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	15	.423
Tulsa	5	–	9	.357	15	–	14	.517
West Texas A&M	3	–	11	.214	9	–	17	.346
North Texas	3	–	11	.214	6	–	20	.231
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	–	18	–	9	.667

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1974–75 season. Coached by Denny Crum, the Cardinals won the Missouri Valley Conference title in their last season as a member (they would become a founding member of the Metro Conference the following year), and advanced to the Final Four of that season's NCAA tournament, losing in the semifinals to a UCLA team coached by Crum's retiring mentor, John Wooden.

The Cardinals played their home games at Freedom Hall, their home from the 1956–57 season until their move to the new KFC Yum! Center for the 2010–11 season.

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest
- Louisville 91, Rutgers 78
- Louisville 78, Cincinnati 63
- Louisville 96, Maryland 82
Final Four
- UCLA 75, Louisville 74
- Louisville 96, Syracuse 88 OT (3rd Place)

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	8	Junior Bridgeman	Los Angeles Lakers

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References

^ "1975 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket and Results". Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "1975 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

v t e Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Venues	Belknap Gymnasium (1933–1944) Jefferson County Armory (1945–1956) Freedom Hall (1956–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Kentucky Memphis
Culture & lore	Billy Minardi Classic Cardinal Bird The Rivalry: Red v. Blue
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NAIA and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics