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The 2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men’s basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season, Louisville’s 100th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the American Athletic Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino in his thirteenth season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center.
They finished the 31–6, 15–3 in AAC play to win the regular season conference championship, sharing the title with Cincinnati. They were also champions of the AAC Tournament to earn the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In their 40th NCAA Tournament appearance, the defending national champions defeated Manhattan and Saint Louis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to rival Kentucky.
This was their only season in the American Athletic Conference as they moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2014.
