Louisville sophomore guard, and native son, David Johnson has made the Top 50 watch list for the prestigious Wooden Award. 👀 @WoodenAward Preseason Top 50 x @DavidJohnson13 👀 pic.twitter.com/JiHNyYvmvb — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) December 1, 2020 The award has been given out annually since 1977. Only one other Cardinal has ever won the award….
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Louisville Men’s Basketball has a rich history. Three titles have been won by the Cards over the years, but the first was back in 1980. A team led by senior G and Louisville native Darrell Griffith defeated perennial powerhouse UCLA to win the school’s first championship 59-54. Griffith had guaranteed the team would win the…
Louisville Men’s Basketball has a legacy of championships and champions. The program has won three national titles in its history (You can’t tell us the fans not to honor and recognize 2013, NCAA). Next Tuesday, December 3rd, when the Cards host their biggest non-conference home game of the year against Michigan, Louisville Athletics is set…
The day before the NBA Dunk Contest, the Utah Jazz called and offered to pay for Darrell Griffith to come out and watch. While Dr. Dunkenstein couldn’t accept because it was so short notice, he was shocked to see that Donovan Mitchell was wearing his jersey during the contest. It made his evening. Marc Spears…
Photo Courtesy of Associated Press and deseretnews.com Tonight in Salt Lake City, UT past and present came together as Cards and Jazz Legend Darrell Griffith presented former Card and current Jazz player Donovan Mitchell with his Slam Dunk Championship trophy. Legendary 🏆#TakeNote https://t.co/8jJHkwbFgo — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) February 24, 2018 It was an awesome sight…
The Utah Jazz announced today that Jazz alumnus Darrell Griffith will make an appearance on Friday, Feb. 23 as the team takes on the Portland Trail Blazers in its first game back from the All-Star Break.Griffith, the first ever Jazz NBA Slam Dunk Contest representative in 1984 and 1985, will also participate in a pre-game…
Let’s get this out of the way early. Darrell Griffith never played in the ACC. It’s fine. He can still be considered a legend of the conference. Just accept it. And that is what will happen. Griff is one of 14 players and one coach that will be honored during this year’s ACC Tournament. The…
On our latest episode of Cardinal Sports Zone on 93.9 The Ville, we talk a lot about local players that have come through the UofL basketball program over the years as well as ones that got away. There was a lot of interaction on twitter and some good callers with their opinions. Check it out…
This is a pretty cool graphic that shows all 22 first round NBA draft picks in UofL history. We have only had one #1 pick and that was Pervis Ellison back in 1989. Three times, we have had two first round picks. 2009 was Terrence Williams and Earl Clark. 1994 was Clifford Rozier and Greg…
Pretty cool video here talking about Montrezl Harrell. You get to hear from Darrell Griffith, Denny Crum, and Paul Rogers. The highlight for me has to be Denny’s reaction to when they allowed dunking again in college basketball: Yayyy! Click here to watch the video on CBSsports.com.
Press release from UofL: LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Darrell Griffith, a national player of the year and consensus All-American at the University of Louisville, is part of the 2014 induction class for the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday. The Louisville, Ky., native is part of a star-studded Class of 2014 that will be…
Entering the NCAA Tournament game vs Manhattan Career Scoring Leaders 1. Darrell Griffith – 2,333 2. DeJuan Wheat – 2,183 3. Pervis Ellison – 2,143 4. Reece Gaines – 1,945 5. Russ Smith – 1,856
After Friday night’s AAC Tournament game vs Houston Career Scoring Leaders 1. Darrell Griffith – 2,333 2. DeJuan Wheat – 2,183 3. Pervis Ellison – 2,143 4. Reece Gaines – 1,945 5. Russ Smith – 1,837
Entering Friday night’s AAC Tournament game vs Houston Career Scoring Leaders 1. Darrell Griffith – 2,333 2. DeJuan Wheat – 2,183 3. Pervis Ellison – 2,143 4. Reece Gaines – 1,945 5. Milt Wagner – 1,836
Russ Smith continues his climb in the UofL record books in some categories. The biggest surprise to me is one where he isn’t even in the top 10 yet, and that is assists in a season. Russ needs 11 assists to tie Reece Gaines for the 10th most assists in a single season. Raise your…
After scoring 26 points and making 6 three pointers, Russ Smith made some moves in these categories in the UofL record books. Career Scoring Leaders 1. Darrell Griffith – 2,333 2. DeJuan Wheat – 2,183 3. Pervis Ellison – 2,143 4. Reece Gaines – 1,945 5. Milt Wagner – 1,836
Russ Smith is steadily climbing up the record books at UofL in a few different categories. He is currently 8th in total points, and could climb a couple more spots before the season is over. He is also threatening to take the career steals record from Peyton Siva. Here are some of the updated lists…