The 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Louisville's 102nd season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in their second season in the Atlantic Coast Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino, in his 15th season at U of L. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville. They finished the season 23–8, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in fourth place.
The University of Louisville self-imposed a postseason ban for the 2015–16 season amid an ongoing NCAA investigation over an escort sex scandal involving recruits between 2010 and 2014. None of the players on this team were involved in the allegations. The ban included both the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament.
Previous season The Cardinals finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 27–9, 12–6 to finish in fourth place in ACC play. Louisville lost its first ever ACC tournament game to North Carolina, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Louisville defeated UC Irvine, Northern Iowa, and NC State to advance to the Elite Eight, where they lost to Michigan State.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure 0 G 6'1" 190 Sophomore Cleveland, OH Declared for 2015 NBA draft 1 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Raleigh, NC Transferred to Nebraska 3 G 5'10" 175 Senior Memphis, TN Dismissed from the team 15 G 6'0" 180 Freshman Georgetown, KY Walk-on; transferred to Gulf Coast State College 21 G 6'7" 170 Freshman Seattle, WA Transferred to USC 22 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Omaha, NE Transferred to Georgetown 24 F 6'8" 240 Junior Tarboro, NC Declared for 2015 NBA draft 25 G/F 6'5" 215 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Damion Lee 0 G/F 6'6" 200 RS senior Baltimore, MD Drexel Trey Lewis 3 G 6'2" 190 RS senior Garfield Heights, OH Cleveland State Jay Henderson 11 G 6'4" 180 RS freshman Orlando, Florida St. John's
Class of 2015 signees
Class of 2016 signees
Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
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Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Post Final AP RV RV RV 24 22 19 16 18 16 21 17 16 19 13 18 11 11 14 16 N/A Coaches RV RV RV 22 19 16 15 18 16 20 16 14 18 RV NR* NR NR NR NR NR
* Following the announcement of their self-imposed postseason ban, they were no longer eligible for ranking in the coaches poll.
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