1979–80 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

1979–80 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball

NCAA National Champions NCAA Midwest Regional Champions Metro Conference Champions Metro Conference Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Championship Game, W 59-54 v. UCLA
Conference	Metro Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#4
AP	#2
1979–80 record	33–3 (12–0 Metro)
Head coach	Denny Crum
Assistant coach	Bill Olsen
Assistant coach	Wade Houston
Assistant coach	Jerry Jones
Home arena	Freedom Hall

The 1979–80 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 1979-80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 66th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the Metro Conference and were coached by Denny Crum. The team played home games at Freedom Hall.

The team completed a 33-3 record and brought Louisville basketball their first NCAA National Championship when they defeated UCLA 59-54, led by Darrell Griffith (aka "Dr. Dunkenstein") and his 23 points.

Roster

1979–80 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	5	Eaves, JerryJerry Eaves	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Ballard	Louisville, Kentucky
1.5 !G	15	Deuser, GregGreg Deuser	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2.0 !So	Floyd Central	New Albany, Indiana
3.5 !F	21	McCray, ScooterScooter McCray	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon, New York
4.5 !F/C	22	McCray, RodneyRodney McCray	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon, New York
1.5 !G	23	Branch, TonyTony Branch (C)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Elston	Michigan City, Indiana
3.5 !F	24	Cleveland, DarylDaryl Cleveland	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Thomas County Central	Thomasville, Georgia
1.5 !G	34	Burkman, RogerRoger Burkman	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Franklin Central	Indianapolis, Indiana
1.5 !G	35	Griffith, DarrellDarrell Griffith (C)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Louisville Male	Louisville, Kentucky
5.0 !C	40	Pulliam, MartyMarty Pulliam	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2.0 !So	Mercer Country Senior	Harrodsburg, Kentucky
5.0 !C	41	Brown, WileyWiley Brown	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.0 !So	Worth County	Sylvester, Georgia
3.5 !F	43	Smith, DerekDerek Smith	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Hogansville	Hogansville, Georgia
2.5 !G/F	44	Wright, PonchoPoncho Wright	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Marshall	Indianapolis, Indiana

Head coach

Denny Crum (UCLA)

Assistant coach(es)

Jerry Jones
Bill Olsen
Wade Houston

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
December 1*	#10	South Alabama	W 75-73	1–0	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
December 5*	#14	Tennessee Chattanooga	W 87-63	2-0	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
December 8*	#14	at Tennessee	W 77-75	3–0	Stokely Athletic Center (^[1]) Knoxville, TN
December 13*	#12	UNC-Charlotte	W 93-76	4–0	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
December 14*	#12	Western Kentucky	W 96-74	5–0	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
December 19*	#11	#2 Ohio State	W 75-65	6–0	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
December 22*	#11	at Utah	L 69-71	6-1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (^[1]) Salt Lake City
December 28*	#12	vs. Princeton Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 64-53	7-1	(^[1]) Honolulu, Hawaii
December 29*	#12	vs. Illinois Hawaii Rainbow Classic	L 65-77	7-2	(^[1]) Honolulu, Hawaii
December 30*	#12	vs. Nebraska Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 65-58	8-2	(^[1]) Honalulu, Hawaii
January 3	#15	at Tulsa	W 78-58	9-2	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
January 5	#15	Kansas St.	W 85-73	10-2	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
January 8	#11	St. Louis	W 94-65	11–2 (1–0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
January 12	#11	at Memphis St.	W 69-48	12–2 (2-0)	Mid-South Coliseum (^[1]) Memphis, TN
January 19	#7	at Tulane	W 76-59	13–2 (3-0)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena (^[1]) New Orleans, LA
January 22	#7	Marquette	W 76-63	14–2 (3–0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
January 25	#7	at St. Louis	W 99-74	15–2 (4–0)	Kiel Auditorium (^[1]) St. Louis
January 27	#7	Florida St.	W 79-73	16–2 (5-0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
January 31	#7	Tulane	W 64-60	17–2 (6-0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
February 3	#7	at #9 St. John's	W 76-71	18-2 (6–0)	Alumni Hall (^[1]) Queens, NY
February 4	#7	Memphis St.	W 88-60	19-2 (7-0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
February 6	#3	Cincinnati	W 88-73	20-2 (8-0)	Freedom Hall (10,001^[1]) Louisville, KY
February 9	#3	at Providence	W 79-73	21-2 (8-0)	Providence Civic Center (^[1]) Providence, RI
February 11	#3	at Virginia Tech	W 56-54 ^OT	22-2 (9-0)	Cassell Coliseum (^[1]) Blacksburg, Virginia
February 14	#3	at West Virginia	W 90-78	23-2 (9-0)	WVU Coliseum (^[1]) Morgantown, WV
February 16	#3	at Cincinnati	W 61-57	24-2 (10-0)	Riverfront Coliseum (^[1]) Cincinnati, OH
February 18	#3	Virginia Tech	W 77-72	25-2 (11-0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
February 21	#2	vs. Iona	L 60-77	25-3 (11-0)	Madison Square Garden (^[1]) New York, NY
February 24	#2	at Florida St.	W 83-75	26-3 (12-0)	(^[1]) Tallahassee, FL
1980 Metro Conference Tournament
February 29	#4	Memphis St. Metro Conference Tournament Semi-Final	W 84-65	27-3 (12-0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
March 1	#4	Florida St. Metro Conference Tournament Championship	W 81-72	28–3 (12-0)	Freedom Hall (^[1]) Louisville, KY
1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
March 8	#2 (MW2)	vs. #MW7 Kansas St. Second Round	W 71-69 ^OT	29-3 (12-0)	(^[1]) Lincoln, Nebraska
March 14	#2 (MW2)	vs. #MW6 Texas A&M Midwest Regional Semi-Final (Sweet Sixteen)	W 66-55 ^OT	30-3 (12-0)	(^[1]) Houston, TX
March 16	#2 (MW2)	vs. #3 (MW1) Louisiana St. Midwest Regional Championship (Elite Eight)	W 86-66	31-3 (12-0)	(^[1]) Houston, TX
March 22	#2 (MW2)	vs. #E5 Iowa National Semifinal (Final Four)	W 80-72	32-3 (12-0)	Market Square Arena (^[1]) Indianapolis, IN
March 24*	#2 (MW2)	vs. #W8 UCLA National Championship Game	W 59-54	33-3 (12-0)	Market Square Arena (^[1]) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest region

First round			Second round			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

8	Alcorn State	70
9	South Alabama	62
			8	Alcorn State	88

			1	LSU	98



						1	LSU	68

						5	Missouri	63



			4	Notre Dame	84*

			5	Missouri	87
5	Missouri	61

12	San Jose State	51
									1	LSU	66

									2	Louisville	86
6	Texas A&M	55

11	Bradley	53
			6	Texas A&M	78

			3	North Carolina	61**



						6	Texas A&M	55*

						2	Louisville	66



			2	Louisville	71

			7	Kansas State	69*
7	Kansas State	71

10	Arkansas	53

Final Four

National Semifinals			National Finals


E5	Iowa	72

MW2	Louisville	80
			MW2	Louisville	59

			W8	UCLA	54
ME6	Purdue	62

W8	UCLA	67

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Awards and honors

Darrell Griffith, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[3]
Darrell Griffith, All-America selection

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1980	1	2	Darrell Griffith	Utah Jazz
1983	2	36	Scooter McCray	Seattle SuperSonics
1983	1	3	Rodney McCray	Houston Rockets
1982	2	35	Derek Smith	Golden State Warriors

^[4]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
AP	10	14	12	11	12	15	11	7	7	7	3	3	2	4	2

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 "Louisville Basketball Media Guide". University of Louisville.
↑ "1980 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket and Results". Retrieved 2012-02-06.
↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
↑ "1980 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

Louisville Cardinals men's basketball

Venues	Jefferson County Armory (1945–1956) Freedom Hall (1956–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)

Rivalries	Kentucky Memphis

Culture & lore	History Cardinal Bird The Rivalry: Red v. Blue

People	Head coaches Notable players

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 1999–00 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

NAIA and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball 1979–80 NCAA Champions

5 Jerry Eaves 21 Scooter McCray 22 Rodney McCray 34 Roger Burkman 35 Darrell Griffith (MOP) 41 Wiley Brown 43 Derek Smith Head Coach Denny Crum Assistant Coach Wade Houston

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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