NCAA Tournament History for Louisville

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Champ

Runner Up

Final Four

Overall Record: 76-45, 0.628

Year	Conference	Region	Seed
Results
2025	ACC	South	8
-lost to S 9 Creighton 75-89
2019	ACC	East	7
-lost to E 10 Minnesota 76-86
2017	ACC	Midwest	2
beat M 15 Jacksonville St 78-63 -lost to M 7 Michigan 69-73
2015	ACC	East	4
beat E 13 UC Irvine 57-55 beat E 5 Northern Iowa 66-53 beat E 8 NC State 75-65 -lost to E 7 Michigan St 70-76, OT
2014	American	Midwest	4
beat M 13 Manhattan 71-64 beat M 5 Saint Louis 66-51 -lost to M 8 Kentucky 69-74
2013	Big East	Midwest	1
beat M 16 North Carolina A&T 79-48 beat M 8 Colorado St 83-55 beat M 12 Oregon 77-69 beat M 2 Duke 85-63 beat W 9 Wichita St 72-68 beat S 4 Michigan 82-76
2012	Big East	West	4
beat W 13 Davidson 69-62 beat W 5 New Mexico 59-56 +beat W 1 Michigan St 57-44 beat W 7 Florida 72-68 lost to S 1 Kentucky 61-69
2011	Big East		4
-lost to SW 13 Morehead St 61-62
2010	Big East	South	9
lost to S 8 California 62-77
2009	Big East	Midwest	1
beat M 16 Morehead St 74-54 beat M 9 Siena 79-72 beat M 12 Arizona 103-64 -lost to M 2 Michigan St 52-64
2008	Big East	East	3
beat E 14 Boise St 79-61 beat E 6 Oklahoma 78-48 +beat E 2 Tennessee 79-60 lost to E 1 North Carolina 73-83
2007	Big East	South	6
beat S 11 Stanford 78-58 lost to S 3 Texas A&M 69-72
2005	Conference USA	West	4
beat W 13 Louisiana 68-62 beat W 5 Georgia Tech 76-54 +beat W 1 Washington 93-79 beat W 7 West Virginia 93-85, OT lost to M 1 Illinois 57-72
2004	Conference USA	South	10
lost to S 7 Xavier 70-80
2003	Conference USA	East	4
beat E 13 Austin Peay 86-64 -lost to E 12 Butler 71-79
2000	Conference USA	West	7
-lost to W 10 Gonzaga 66-77
1999	Conference USA	South	7
-lost to S 10 Creighton 58-62
1997	Conference USA	East	6
beat E 11 UMass 65-57 +beat E 3 New Mexico 64-63 beat E 10 Texas 78-63 lost to E 1 North Carolina 74-97
1996	Conference USA	Midwest	6
beat M 11 Tulsa 82-80, OT +beat M 3 Villanova 68-64 lost to M 2 Wake Forest 59-60
1995	Metro	Midwest	11
lost to M 6 Memphis 56-77
1994	Metro	West	3
beat W 14 Boise St 67-58 beat W 6 Minnesota 60-55 lost to W 2 Arizona 70-82
1993	Metro	Midwest	4
beat M 13 Delaware 76-70 beat M 5 Oklahoma St 78-63 lost to M 1 Indiana 69-82
1992	Metro	West	8
beat W 9 Wake Forest 81-58 lost to W 1 UCLA 69-85
1990	Metro	West	4
beat W 13 Idaho 78-59 -lost to W 12 Ball State 60-62
1989	Metro	Midwest	4
beat M 13 Little Rock 76-71 beat M 5 Arkansas 93-84 lost to M 1 Illinois 69-83
1988	Metro	Southeast	5
beat SE 12 Oregon St 70-61 +beat SE 4 BYU 97-76 lost to SE 1 Oklahoma 98-108
1986	Metro	West	2
beat W 15 Drexel 93-73 beat W 7 Bradley 82-68 beat W 3 North Carolina 94-79 beat W 8 Auburn 84-76 beat SE 11 LSU 88-77 +beat E 1 Duke 72-69
1984	Metro	Mideast	5
beat ME 12 Morehead St 72-59 +beat ME 4 Tulsa 69-67 lost to ME 1 Kentucky 67-72
1983	Metro	Mideast	1
beat ME 8 Tennessee 70-57 beat ME 4 Arkansas 65-63 beat ME 3 Kentucky 80-68, OT lost to M 1 Houston 81-94
1982	Metro	Mideast	3
beat ME 11 Middle Tenn St 81-56 +beat ME 2 Minnesota 67-61 beat ME 4 UAB 75-68 lost to W 1 Georgetown 46-50
1981	Metro	Midwest	4
-lost to M 5 Arkansas 73-74
1980	Metro	Midwest	2
beat M 7 Kansas St 71-69, OT beat M 6 Texas A&M 66-55, OT +beat M 1 LSU 86-66 beat E 5 Iowa 80-72 beat W 8 UCLA 59-54
1979	Metro	Midwest	3
beat M 6 South Alabama 69-66 lost to M 2 Arkansas 62-73
1978	Metro	Midwest
beat St. John's 76-68 lost to DePaul 89-90, 2 OT
1977	Metro	West
lost to UCLA 79-87
1975	Missouri Valley	Midwest
beat Rutgers 91-78 beat Cincinnati 78-63 beat Maryland 96-82 lost to UCLA 74-75, OT beat Syracuse 96-88, OT
1974	Missouri Valley	Midwest
lost to Oral Roberts 93-96 lost to Creighton 71-80
1972	Missouri Valley	Midwest
beat Louisiana 88-84 beat Kansas St 75-65 lost to UCLA 77-96 lost to North Carolina 91-105
1968	Missouri Valley	Midwest
lost to Houston 75-91 beat Kansas St 93-63
1967	Missouri Valley	Midwest
lost to SMU 81-83 lost to Kansas 68-70
1964	Independent	Mideast
lost to Ohio 69-71
1961	Independent	Mideast
beat Ohio 76-70 lost to Ohio State 55-56 beat Morehead St 83-61
1959	Independent	Mideast
beat Eastern Ky 77-63 beat Kentucky 76-61 beat Michigan St 88-81 lost to West Virginia 79-94 lost to Cincinnati 85-98
1951	Independent	East
lost to Kentucky 68-79