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Louisville Cardinals Women's Basketball School History

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Coverage: 43 seasons (1981-82 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1981-82): 918-458 .667 W-L%

Conferences: ACC, AAC, Big East, CUSA and Metro

Conference Champion: 0 Times (Reg. Seas.), 0 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 26 Years (44-26), 4 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 16 Times (Preseason), 15 Times (Final), 269 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

43 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

43 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	ACC	24	10	.706	12	6	.667	24.57	14.48	73.4	63.3	17	13	23	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Jeff Walz (24-10)
2	2022-23	ACC	26	12	.684	12	6	.667	24.96	15.90	73.3	64.2	7	6		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	5	Jeff Walz (26-12)
3	2021-22	ACC	29	5	.853	15	2	.882	30.37	14.22	71.8	55.6	6	3	4	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Jeff Walz (29-5)
4	2020-21	ACC	26	4	.867	14	2	.875	29.32	13.25	76.8	60.7	5	1	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Jeff Walz (26-4)
5	2019-20	ACC	28	4	.875	16	2	.889	28.34	12.00	72.8	56.4	9	2	6			Jeff Walz (28-4)
6	2018-19	ACC	32	4	.889	14	2	.875	32.53	14.17	77.9	59.5	5	2	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Jeff Walz (32-4)
7	2017-18	ACC	36	3	.923	15	1	.938	34.70	15.01	76.7	57.1	9	2	3	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Jeff Walz (36-3)
8	2016-17	ACC	29	8	.784	12	4	.750	27.32	13.73	74.6	61.0	5	4	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Jeff Walz (29-8)
9	2015-16	ACC	26	8	.765	15	1	.938	23.57	10.83	72.2	59.4	8	7	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Jeff Walz (26-8)
10	2014-15	ACC	27	7	.794	12	4	.750	25.69	11.02	73.1	58.4	12	4	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Jeff Walz (27-7)
11	2013-14	AAC	33	5	.868	16	2	.889	30.97	11.39	78.9	59.3	5	3	4	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Jeff Walz (33-5)
12	2012-13	Big East	29	9	.763	11	5	.688	26.59	13.44	71.7	58.6	9	7	16	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	5	Jeff Walz (29-9)
13	2011-12	Big East	23	10	.697	10	6	.625	19.07	11.23	68.8	61.0	9	9	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Jeff Walz (23-10)
14	2010-11	Big East	22	13	.629	10	6	.625	23.39	12.48	71.2	60.3				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	7	Jeff Walz (22-13)
15	2009-10	Big East	14	18	.438	5	11	.313	8.55	10.80	66.7	68.9	23	23				Jeff Walz (14-18)
16	2008-09	Big East	34	5	.872	14	2	.875	19.29	11.95	70.9	57.5	10	5	7	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	3	Jeff Walz (34-5)
17	2007-08	Big East	26	10	.722	10	6	.625	11.27	2.27	74.9	63.1	21	19	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Jeff Walz (26-10)
18	2006-07	Big East	27	8	.771	10	6	.625	0.66	-7.84	73.5	62.4		13	25	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Tom Collen (27-8)
19	2005-06	Big East	19	10	.655	10	6	.625	-15.19	-3.19	68.6	61.9				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Tom Collen (19-10)
20	2004-05	CUSA	22	9	.710	11	3	.786	-2.61	13.39	65.3	58.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Tom Collen (22-9)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	CUSA	20	10	.667	11	3	.786			70.4	66.4						Tom Collen (20-10)
22	2002-03	CUSA	15	14	.517	5	9	.357			73.7	68.1						Martin Clapp (15-14)
23	2001-02	CUSA	17	13	.567	8	6	.571	9.66	5.09	73.6							Martin Clapp (17-13)
24	2000-01	CUSA	19	10	.655	14	2	.875			71.4					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	13	Martin Clapp (19-10)
25	1999-00	CUSA	16	13	.552	9	7	.563			67.6							Martin Clapp (16-13), Sara White (16-13)
26	1998-99	CUSA	21	11	.656	12	4	.750			73.3					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Martin Clapp (21-11), Sara White (21-11)
27	1997-98	CUSA	20	12	.625	12	4	.750			72.1					Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	10	Martin Clapp (20-12), Sara White (20-12)
28	1996-97	CUSA	20	9	.690	12	2	.857			71.5					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Bud Childers (20-9)
29	1995-96	CUSA	17	11	.607	9	5	.643			72.5							Bud Childers (17-11)
30	1994-95	Metro	25	8	.758	7	5	.583			73.2					Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	11	Bud Childers (25-8)
31	1993-94	Metro	10	16	.385	7	4	.636			66.7							Bud Childers (10-16)
32	1992-93	Metro	19	12	.613	7	5	.583			74.8					Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	11	Bud Childers (19-12)
33	1991-92	Metro	20	9	.690	11	1	.917			76.4							Bud Childers (20-9)
34	1990-91	Metro	24	11	.686	9	5	.643			79.0							Bud Childers (24-11)
35	1989-90	Metro	17	12	.586	6	8	.429			70.2							Bud Childers (17-12)
36	1988-89	Metro	4	24	.143	0	12	.000			62.3							Peggy Fiehrer (4-24)
37	1987-88	Metro	12	16	.429	4	8	.333			65.7							Peggy Fiehrer (12-16)
38	1986-87	Metro	11	17	.393	4	8	.333										Peggy Fiehrer (11-17)
39	1985-86	Metro	8	20	.286	2	8	.200										Peggy Fiehrer (8-20)
40	1984-85	Metro	17	14	.548	4	6	.400										Peggy Fiehrer (17-14)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	Metro	15	16	.484	7	3	.700								Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Peggy Fiehrer (15-16)
42	1982-83	Metro	20	10	.667	5	4	.556								Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Peggy Fiehrer (20-10)
43	1981-82	Metro	19	8	.704	4	3	.571										Peggy Fiehrer (19-8)

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