Basketball
No more results on this page
Official Ticket Marketplace of the Louisville Cardinals
Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball History
An excellent college basketball program across all eras, Louisville is notable especially for its continuity. 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 Final Four appearance while going 416-143 overall.
The Crum era in particular is regarded as one of the great coaching tenures in the history of the sport. After serving as the top assistant to the legendary John Wooden at UCLA, Crum took the Cardinals to the Final Four — the first coach to make a Final Four in his first season as a head coach. He earned the nickname "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.
Currently, the team is led by coach Pat Kelsey.
Louisville Cardinals Team Info
Conference: ACC
Team Colors: Red and black
Team Rivals: Kentucky, Cincinnati
Louisville Cardinals at KFC Yum! Center
Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center seats more than 22,000 fans, making it the second-largest college hoops arena in the country. 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 — "White Outs," "Red Outs" and "Black Outs" — during which fans are encouraged to wear the same color to games.
Tickets for the 2025-26 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the Louisville Cardinals.
The Cardinals play their basketball games at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The seating map for KFC Yum! Center can be viewed on Ticketmaster(Opens in new tab).
The $50 I paid for my seat was not worth the seat I do wonder stand I bought my ticket last minute and had to sit towards the top but it was definitely not worth $50 I also understand the game I attended was a big rival game Syracuse versus Louisville Still the price I paid wasn't worth the seat overall experience at the arena was great though
Seeing Louisville play was a fun experience, it was a Christmas gift for my mom so I wanted it to be the best. When we got into the arena and made our way to our section, we couldn't seem to find our correct seats because someone was sitting in them, but we wasn't for sure. We asked an usher for help, but they only made everything worse. We missed about 10 minutes of the game because no one wanted to assist us and told us that there was a tv that we could watch the game on. After walking around the same area for about a good 5 minutes, I had to ask two men if they were in the correct seats and come to find out, they were in our seats. It was an exhausting experience, but overall, as long as my mom was happy, I was ok with that. But the ushers were awful!! No help whatsoever and very unprofessional.
My husband is 92, I am 90 and we have been going to see my cardinals play for years. We always have a great time. The Yum Center and its employees are so nice. The center is truly a work of art. My only complaint is the handicapped seating is always full of non handicapped people. It is impossible to purchase seats in these sections. My husband and I are both in wheelchairs and would love to go to more games if we could get wheelchair accessible seats. It would be nice if Yum would save these seats for the people who truly need them.
Great seats to watch the Cards! Ticket printing was fast and easy!
Got more fun near the end when public address announcers suggested one side of arena root for red team, other side for white team. Great seats but oddly silent in building, some of it because no one quite knew how to root for against a team of Cardinals :)! — and some of it folks were just as interested in seeing how Rick Pittino was holding up, reacting to latest saga.
This event was great..We had perfect seats in section 104 and plenty of leg and arm room
Nice to see Home town Cards send the number 2 team in the nation home with a loss.
Never disappointed at the Yum! Great family venue easy to access so much parking close to arena, many food options for my kids with allergies! Best Game of the season, hands down. GO CARDS!
Ticketing was fine, parking was fine, excellent staff, fine seats, cold beer, loud crowd, clean restrooms. We just the lost game. Because of the snow, we had lots of seat choices.
Beautiful stadium. Love the sound system. They really know how to get the fans excited and riled up. My husband is a HUGE Louisville Cardinals fan and I surprised him with a trip to the game. They lost, but he loved the whole experience. There's a fan shop, a little museum with historical memorabilia. Plenty of snack bars and beer stands. Never encountered an out of control line. I would highly recommend going to see a game!
Chris Jones did save the day for UL in an exciting come from behind victory. Hopefully, he can bring his personal life up to his athletic ability soon.
Took my sweetheart to his favorite team on Valentines and it was the best gift I could have given him.
Nice experience. Seats weren't the best...a bit cramped and too high up. Definitely would get tickets in the lower level next time.
Overall I enjoyed the game, glad we won. Can't wait for the Georgia Tech game!!
I WAS DISSAPOINTED IN THE FIRST HALF BEING DOWN 18 POINTS BUT THE CARDIAC CARDS CAME TO LIFE IN THE SECOND HALF. THIS IS THE FIRST OVERTIME GAME I HAVE ATTENDED AND IT WAS WORTH THE COST OF ADMISSION. IT WAS SO THRILLING. I LOVE THE CARDS. GO CARDS!!!!!!
Good seats ...................................................................................................................................
this is the second Louisville game we have attended at YUM center and enjoyed it just as much as the first.
Had a great time!! Took my 5 yr old took her first ball game
Good time great Environment.enjoyed myself Will definitely go to another game. The yum center is
The speakers behind the 210-211 section are being blown out! You can't even talk without screaming at the bar nor can you understand what is being said. Please turn it down a little. It is trully out of control. Don't believe me? Go listen for yourself. Even the bar tenders agree!