Louisville Misses the 2021 NCAA Tournament

Mark BlankenbakerMarch 14, 2021

The 2021 NCAA Tournament (chaired by Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart) omitted the Louisville Cardinals from the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

Louisville has played just 3 NCAA Tournament games and just 2 Tournaments since the 2015 Elite Run. A self-imposed ban in 2016, a 2nd round exit in 2017, a David Padgett 2018 NIT run, a 1st round exit in Year 1 of Chris Mack in 2019… and of course a 2020 NCAA Tournament that did not happen.

Louisville WAS selected a the 1st replacement team (69th) for the NCAA Tournament should a team withdraw by Tuesday.

	Ken Pom	AP	Coaches	NCAA Seed	NCAA Result	Note
2021	54	–	–	–		No Post-Season
2020	9	14	13	–		COVID
2019	23	–	–	7	1st Round Loss to Minnesota	Des Moines
2018	38	–	–	–		NIT
2017	9	10	14	2	2nd Round Loss to Michigan	Indianapolis. Anas Can’t Dunk
2016	7	16	–	–		Self-Imposed Ban
2015	17	17	10	4	Elite 8 Loss to Michigan State	OT by 6. Mathiang FTs, Blackshear’s block was clean. Seattle/Syracuse
2014	1	5	9	4	Sweet 16 Loss to Kentucky	Orlando, Indianapolis
2013	1	2	1	1	NCAA Champ
2012	17	17	4	4	Final Four Loss to Kentucky
2011	14	14	22	4	1st Round Loss to Morehead St	St. Patrick’s Day Massacre
2010	38	–	–	9	1st Round Loss to California	Jacksonville
2009	5	1	5	1	Elite 8 Loss Michigan State	Dayton, Indianapolis (T-Will/Pitino/Sypher Game)
2008	8	13	6	3	Elite 8 Loss to North Carolina	Birmingham, Charlotte. Psycho T over the back 100x
2007	19	16	20	6	2nd Round Loss to Texas A&M	Lexington
2006	46	–	–	–		NIT
2005	4	4	3	4	Final Four Loss to Illinois	Nashville, Albuquerque, St. Louis
2004	19	–	–	10	1st Round Loss to Xavier	Orlando
2003	10	14	19	4	2nd Round Loss to Butler	Birmingham
2002	61	–	–	–		NIT
2001		–	–	–		losing record
2000		–	–	7	1st Round Loss to Gonzaga
1999		–	–	7	1st Round Loss to Creighton
1998		–	–	–		losing record
1997		25	10	6	Elite 8 Loss to North Carolina	DeJuan Wheat’s ankle
1996		24	14	6	Sweet 16 Loss to Wake Forest	lost by 1, Tim Duncan walked & fouled out. Not called
1995		–	–	11	1st Round Loss to Memphis
1994		10	10	3	Elite 8 Loss to Arizona
1993		15	15	4	Sweet 16 Loss to Indiana
1992		–	–	8	2nd Round Loss to UCLA
1991		–	–	–		losing record
1990		16	16	4	2nd Round Loss to Ball State
1989		12	13	4	Sweet 16 Loss to Illinois
1988		–	–	5	Sweet 16 loss to Oklahoma
1987		–	–	–		No Postseason
1986		7	7	2	NCAA Champ
1985		–	–	–		NIT
1984		–	–	5	Sweet 16 Loss to Kentucky
1983		2	2	1	Final Four Loss to Houston
1982		20	20	3	Final Four Loss to Georgetown
1981		12	13	4	2nd Round Loss to Arkansas	U.S. Reed Buzzer Beater
1980		2	4	2	NCAA Champ
1979		13	19	3	Sweet 16 Loss to Arkansas
1978		9	14	2	Sweet 16 Loss to DePaul	Double OT, lost by 1
1977		19	13	*	2nd Round Loss to UCLA	Last season NCAA Tournament was not seeded
1976		–	–	*		NIT
1975		4	3	*	Final Four Loss to UCLA	OT, lost by 1. Beat Syracuse in 3rd Place Game
1974		–	15	*	Sweet 16 Loss to Oral Roberts
1973		–	–	*		NIT
1972		4	4	*	Final Four Loss to UCLA
1971		–	–	*		NIT
1970		–	–	*		NIT
1969		15		*		NIT
1968		9	8		Sweet 16 Loss to Houston
1967		2	2		Sweet 16 Loss to SMU
1966						NIT
1965						no post season
1964					Round of 25 Loss to Ohio
1963						no post season
1962						no post season
1961					Sweet 16 Loss to Ohio State	Lost by 1
1960						no post season
1959					Final Four Loss to West Virginia
1958						no post season
1957						no post season
1956						NIT
1955						NIT
1954						NIT
1953						NIT
1952						NIT
1951					Sweet 16 Loss to Kentucky