Louisville Cardinals
Also known as: Louisville Cardinals
Program History
2026 Team Stats (72 games)
81.4
PPG
59.4
Opp
+17.6
Margin
46.3%
FG%
35.3%
3P%
74.1%
FT%
39.7
RPG
17.0
APG
12.7
TO
83.8
Pace
83.4
AdjO
52.2
AdjD
#9
Rank
Model Outputs
2025-2026
Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.
| Model | Output | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elo | 1259 (#31) | - |
| Bradley-Terry | 1395 (#12) | - |
| Margin | +31.5 (#10) | HCA +2.3 |
| Pythagorean | 0.952 (#10) | - |
| Efficiency | 0.973 (#10) | NetEff +28.9 |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 0.996 (#7) | AdjO 123.9 | AdjD 76.1 |
| Log Adjusted | 0.997 (#7) | AdjO 125.6 | AdjD 76.4 |
| Points Off/Def | 0.945 (#9) | AdjO 83.4 | AdjD 52.2 |
2026 Schedule & Results
| Date | Vs/At | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | vs | UConn | L | 66 - 79 |
| 2025-11-09 | vs | Northern Ky. | W | 89 - 61 |
| 2025-11-12 | vs | Colorado | W | 74 - 68 |
| 2025-11-16 | @ | Clemson | W | 65 - 54 |
| 2025-11-19 | vs | Morehead St. | W | 96 - 49 |
| 2025-11-22 | vs | Kentucky | L | 62 - 72 |
| 2025-11-28 | vs | Eastern Ill. | W | 91 - 38 |
| 2025-11-29 | vs | ETSU | W | 88 - 50 |
| 2025-11-30 | vs | Bellarmine | W | 100 - 37 |
| 2025-12-04 | vs | South Carolina | L | 77 - 79 |
| 2025-12-07 | vs | New Hampshire | W | 94 - 43 |
| 2025-12-10 | vs | Ball St. | W | 93 - 62 |
| 2025-12-14 | @ | North Carolina | W | 76 - 66 |
| 2025-12-17 | vs | Eastern Ky. | W | 76 - 51 |
| 2025-12-20 | vs | Tennessee | W | 89 - 65 |
| 2026-01-01 | vs | SMU | W | 91 - 58 |
| 2026-01-04 | vs | Virginia Tech | W | 85 - 60 |
| 2026-01-08 | @ | Miami (FL) | W | 77 - 68 |
| 2026-01-11 | vs | Pittsburgh | W | 86 - 46 |
| 2026-01-15 | @ | Notre Dame | W | 79 - 66 |
| 2026-01-18 | @ | NC State | W | 88 - 80 |
| 2026-01-24 | vs | Boston College | W | 85 - 56 |
| 2026-01-29 | @ | Stanford | W | 84 - 66 |
| 2026-02-01 | @ | California | W | 71 - 59 |
| 2026-02-05 | vs | Duke | L | 58 - 59 |
| 2026-02-08 | @ | Syracuse | W | 21 - 5 |
| 2026-02-12 | vs | Wake Forest | W | 86 - 67 |
| 2026-02-15 | vs | Florida St. | W | 88 - 65 |
| 2026-02-22 | vs | Virginia | L | 72 - 74 |
| 2026-02-26 | @ | Georgia Tech | W | 69 - 50 |
| 2026-03-01 | vs | Notre Dame | L | 62 - 65 |
| 2026-03-06 | vs | Syracuse | W | 87 - 61 |
| 2026-03-07 | vs | North Carolina | W | 65 - 57 |
| 2026-03-08 | @ | Duke | L | 65 - 70 |
| 2026-03-21 | vs | Vermont | W | 72 - 52 |
| 2026-03-23 | vs | Alabama | W | 69 - 68 |
| 2026-03-28 | @ | Michigan | L | 52 - 71 |
2026 Roster
Minutes by Position
The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles, with four dividers separating the position buckets.
| Player | Pos | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FGA | Numbers | PM | PM/G | PM/40 | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RAPM | TS% | eFG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Roberts | G | 37 | 29.1 | 11.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 5.6 | - | - | - | 38.9 | 35.3 | 75.4 | - | 49.2 | 46.9 |
| L. Ziegler | F | 37 | 28.2 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.9 | - | - | - | 45.2 | 36.1 | 91.1 | - | 54.7 | 52.0 |
| I. Berry | G | 37 | 23.5 | 10.9 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 9.8 | - | - | - | 43.8 | 37.1 | 80.9 | - | 54.9 | 51.6 |
| E. Istanbulluoglu | F | 36 | 26.4 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 8.7 | - | - | - | 50.4 | 34.5 | 69.6 | - | 57.9 | 55.7 |
| M. Randolph | F | 37 | 25.0 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 9.6 | - | - | - | 53.0 | 32.8 | 79.7 | - | 60.8 | 57.2 |
| S. Jones | G | 34 | 16.6 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 5.8 | - | - | - | 44.6 | 30.8 | 74.0 | - | 53.4 | 48.9 |
| R. Scott | G | 37 | 24.2 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 5.9 | - | - | - | 45.3 | 34.0 | 73.9 | - | 52.5 | 48.8 |
| A. Hardy | F | 35 | 11.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 6.5 | - | - | - | 66.7 | 0 | 38.2 | - | 61.6 | 66.7 |
| P. Bradley | G | 9 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | - | - | - | 35.3 | 30.8 | 100.0 | - | 48.7 | 47.1 |
| R. Bender | G | 20 | 10.7 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | - | - | - | 40.8 | 36.1 | 64.7 | - | 56.7 | 54.1 |
| G. Mbugua | F | 18 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | - | - | - | 42.3 | 20.0 | 66.7 | - | 47.1 | 44.2 |
| Y. Putra | F | 24 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | - | - | - | 45.8 | 0 | 63.6 | - | 47.8 | 45.8 |
| R. Graves | G | 20 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | - | - | - | 33.3 | 20.0 | 0 | - | 40.3 | 40.3 |
| I. Juffermans | F | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG