Women's Basketball

University of Louisville

Athletics Department - Louisville, KY - 40292
Team Office: Tel: (502) 852-7801 Fax: (502) 852-7401
Team website: uoflsports.cstv.com

The University of Louisville traces its roots back to 1798. The university offers more than 70 undergraduate and 60 graduate degrees. Besides offering the usual undergraduate degrees found at a large comprehensive university, the university also offers degrees in Exercise Science, Health and Human Performance, Military Science, Nursing, Paralegal Studies, and Sports Administration. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Louisville in the third tier among national universities.

Located in Louisville (pop. 1M), Kentucky's largest city, the main 180 acre campus is located just three miles from downtown. The city is located on the Ohio River.

School website
www.louisville.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

22,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$22,000

Most Popular Majors

Business- Social Sciences - Engineering

Misc. Information

Head coach Jeff Walz enters his first season in 2007-08. This will be Walz's first head coaching job. Walz replaced Tom Collen who produced a 88-37 (.704) record in four years. Walz was most recently an associate head coach at Maryland for the previous five years and helped Maryland to the 2006 National Championship. Prior to Maryland, Walz coached at Minnesota for one year and four seasons at Nebraska. He attended Northern Kentucky University on a basketball scholarship. In 2006-07, the Cardinals posted a 27-8 record and qualified for the NCAA tourney, losing to Arizona State in the second round.

Team Name	Cardinals
Colors	Red, White and Black
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	547-390 (.583)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-8	19-10	22-9	87-60 (.592)
Conference	10-6	10-6	11-3	47-27 (.635)
Conf. Finish	5	5	2	2, 11, 4, 1, 3
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	n/a	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	#25	NR	NR	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Jeff Walz
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Louisville	2007-08
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	0-0
Record at Louisville	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Stephanie Norman, Michelle Clark-Heard, Bethann Ord

Recruiting Coordinator

Stephanie Norman, (502) 852-0219, s.norman@louisville.edu

Conference and Schedule

Louisville plays in the Big East (www.bigeast.org) which is now comprised of 17 teams. The Big East currently represents the majority of the large, athletically competitive private Catholic schools. League play, which consists of 16 games, starts after the first of the year. Louisville will play three opponents twice, 10 once, and 3 none at all. (This will change in 2007-08; Big East teams will play everyone once and three teams twice.) The season concludes with the Big East tourney with the winner being an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

St. John's, Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, South Florida, Marquette, DePaul, Cincinnati, Georgetown, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Connecticut.

Facilities

Freedom Hall
Capacity: 18,800

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Louisville was ranked #16 in scoring offense averaging 73.5 ppg.