2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

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2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg
Caribbean Challenge co-champions
Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record14-18 (5-11 Big East)
Head coach
  • Jeff Walz
Assistant coaches
  • Stephanie Norman
  • Michelle Clark-Heard
  • Bethann Shapiro Ord
Home arenaFreedom Hall (Capacity: 18,865)
Seasons
  2008–09
2010–11  
2009–10 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Connecticut 160 1.000390  1.000
West Virginia 133 .813296  .829
Georgetown 133 .813267  .788
St. John's 124 .750257  .781
Notre Dame 124 .750296  .829
Rutgers 97 .5631915  .559
DePaul 97 .5632112  .636
Providence 79 .4381915  .559
Syracuse 79 .4382511  .694
Marquette 610 .3751716  .515
South Florida 610 .3751516  .484
Pittsburgh 511 .3131615  .516
Louisville 511 .3131418  .438
Cincinnati 412 .2501218  .400
Villanova 313 .1881416  .467
Seton Hall 115 .063921  .300
2010 Big East tournament winner

The 2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Cards, coached by Jeff Walz, played their final season at Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, before moving into the KFC Yum! Center in Downtown Louisville for the 2010–11 season. The Cardinals were a member of the Big East Conference.

Contents

Offseason

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2009*
2:00 p.m.
Northern KentuckyW 79–54 
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
Non-conference regular season
November 15, 2009*
1:00 p.m.
at DaytonW 65–63 1–0
UD Arena  
Dayton, OH
November 17, 2009*
7:00 p.m.
at  Hartford L 50–62 1–1
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion  (2,017)
West Hartford, CT
November 22, 2009*
4:30 p.m.
Tennessee TechW 84–54 2–1
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
November 27, 2009*
6:00 p.m.
vs. Northern Iowa
Cancún Challenge
W 81–53 3–1
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya 
Cancun, Mexico
November 28, 2009*
8:15 p.m.
vs. Old Dominion
Cancún Challenge
W 82–75 4–1
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya 
Cancun, Mexico
December 2, 2009*
7:00 p.m.
at Central MichiganL 75–84 4–2
McGuirk Arena  
Mount Pleasant, MI
December 6, 2009*
2:00 p.m.
UtahW 60–55 5–2
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
December 9, 2009*
7:00 p.m.
Middle TennesseeL 84–94 5–3
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
December 13, 2009*
2:00 p.m.
IUPUIW 88–58 6–3
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
December 16, 2009*
7:00 p.m.
at  Tennessee L 56–86 6–4
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,084)
Knoxville, TN
December 20, 2009*
1:00 p.m.
at  Kentucky
Battle for the Bluegrass/Pack the House
L 67–101 6–5
Memorial Coliseum (7,323)
Lexington, KY
December 22, 2009*
7:00 p.m.
at New HampshireW 76–67 7–5
Lundholm Gym  (763)
Durham, NH
December 29, 2009*
7:00 p.m.
IPFWW 91–62 8–5
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
Big East regular season
January 2, 2010
2:00 p.m.
at  Cincinnati W 63–49 9–5
(1–0)
Fifth Third Arena  
Cincinnati, OH
January 5, 2010
9:00 p.m.
at DePaulL 70–76 9–6
(1–1)
McGrath Arena  
Chicago, IL
January 9, 2010
4:00 p.m.
ProvidenceW 67–48 10–6
(2–1)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
January 16, 2010
2:00 p.m.
at GeorgetownL 56–60 10–7
(2–2)
McDonough Gymnasium  
Washington, D.C.
January 19, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Notre Dame L 60–78 10–8
(2–3)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
January 23, 2010
2:00 p.m.
SyracuseL 58–64 10–9
(2–4)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
January 26, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Villanova W 53–50 11–9
(3–4)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
January 30, 2010
7:00 p.m.
at No. 22 West VirginiaL 66–72 11–10
(3–5)
WVU Coliseum  
Morgantown, WV
February 2, 2010
7:00 p.m.
CincinnatiL 68–74 OT11–11
(3–6)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
February 7, 2010
12:00 p.m.
Connecticut L 38–84 11–12
(3–7)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
February 10, 2010
2:00 p.m.
at St. John'sL 56–91 11–13
(3–8)
Carnesecca Arena  
Queens, NY
February 14, 2010
5:30 p.m, ESPN2
at  Pittsburgh L 69–72 11–14
(3–9)
Petersen Events Center  
Pittsburgh,PA
February 16, 2010
7:00 p.m.
MarquetteW 77–61 12–14
(4–9)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
February 24, 2010
7:00 p.m.
at Seton HallW 72–49 13–14
(5–9)
Walsh Gymnasium  
South Orange, NJ
February 27, 2010
2:00 p.m.
South FloridaL 60–63 13–15
(5–10)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
March 1, 2010
7:30 p.m.
at  Rutgers L 52–72 13–16
(5–11)
Louis Brown Athletic Center  
Piscataway, NJ
Big East Women's Tournament
March 5, 2010*
12:00 p.m.
(13) vs. (12) Pittsburgh
First round
W 79–71 14–16
XL Center  
Hartford, CT
March 6, 2010*
12:00 p.m.
(13) vs. (5) Notre Dame
Second round
L 52–89 14–17
XL Center 
Hartford, CT
WBI Tournament
March 17, 2010*
7:00 p.m.
(3) (6) Bradley
First round
L 59–69 14–18
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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