Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball Tickets
Overall Rating
4.5
By Tom
KFC YUM Center
This is one of the best arenas in the United States hands down for Basketball wether it's Pro or college.
By Ang
Very satisfied with the pricing & location of seats
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
It was Senior Day and the Cardinals won - need I say more!!!
By MishaB
Go Cards
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
Great experience at the game. Glad that I got tickets for it. Cards Baby!!!
By J. M.
Good experience
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
It was my first time at the YUM Center and it was a great experience. A very good game with good seats.
By K. C.
great game
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
Great seats, great bar area, good game. Enjoyed the entire experience.
By Rye2018
Red white scrimmage
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
You expect to see a 40 minute scrimmage, you pay for 40 minutes and you get 20 minutes of actual game time and a 10 minute running clock. Not much of a game like it usually is haven’t missed a red and white scrimmage in years but this may be the last one if it’s gonna be 20 minutes then half time and the game is basically over. Don’t waste your time or money if it’s going to be like this next season. Love seeing the players play but not worth everyone’s drive then pay for parking for half a game.
By KMC2
Mississippi State Game
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
Not pertaining to the game but the ticket process. The first two events I was able to pick my section and seat. This event my seats were picked for me. I did not like this process of getting tickets AT ALL!! I have no idea why they changed the format and I tried several times to change the setting but it wouldn't let me. My seats were ok but not where I wanted to be. Signed, Unhappy Fan
By Atsugi
Loss
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
The only thing missing was a win. Poor Cardinals were not a winner.
By HailStateKentucky
Yum Center - Mississippi State Victory
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
The Yum Center is an amazing basketball venue and the lower level was filled with 11,000 passionate and knowledgeable U of L fans. Mississippi State played one of their best games of the year and won the game in dominating fashion. We had a great time but we were so engaged in the game that we never made it to the concession stand to enjoy some of their KFC original recipe goodness. HailState
By Markywhy
Great Game
KFC Yum! Center (University of Louisville) - Louisville
Had a great time. Seats were excellent. The fans were really into the game & it was great to have real fans in the floor seats instead of the corporate people who are only there to impress.
Info
Louisville Cardinals at KFC Yum! Center
The stadium's name may lack the soaring civic poetry of the Freedom Hall, the Cardinals' home from 1956 to 2010, but the new place more than gets the job done. The KFC Yum! Center seats more than 22,000 fans, making it the third-largest college hoops arena in the country, and things get particularly raucous when the archrival Kentucky Wildcats are in town. The student section is known as The Ville'ns, and they keep the stadium lively. To juice their homecourt advantage, the Cardinals have made a habit of staging "color" events — "whiteouts," "redouts" and "blackouts" — during which fans are encouraged to wear the same color to games.
Louisville Cardinals Basketball History
An excellent college basketball program across all eras, Louisville is notable especially for its continuity. There have been only five non-interim head coaches since 1944, and each of them has been a reliable winner: Bernard "Peck" Hickman (1944-67) went 443-183 during his time in the ‘Ville; John Dromo (1967-71) went 68-23 during his brief run as coach, which ended when a heart attack forced him to retire; Denny Crum (1971-2001) went to six Final Fours, won two national championships and left campus with a shiny 675-295 record; Rick Pitino (2001-17) added another national championship to the pile and two more Final Fours, going 416-143 overall; and current coach Chris Mack put up 20 wins in his first season.
The Crum era in particular is regarded as one of the great coaching tenures in the history of the sport. He was the top assistant to the legendary John Wooden, and in his rookie year in Louisville he took the Cardinals to the Final Four — the first coach to make a Final Four in his first season as a head coach. They called him "Cool Hand Luke" for his demeanor and "Mr. March" for all the deep postseason runs his teams produced over the years. His offenses were famous for their post play — "Never Nervous" Pervis Ellison was the rock of the Cardinals' second national championship team — and his defenses were a frenzy of switches. The style of play was perhaps ill-suited to the era of the three-pointer, but he was still winning games into the mid ‘90s, including a 26-9 season in 1996-97.