| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | Louisville Cardinals |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 13–7 |
| Conf Record: | 8–5 |
| Head Coach: | Chris Mack |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach1: | Dino Gaudio |
| Asst Coach2: | Luke Murray |
| Asst Coach3: | Mike Pegues |
| Stadium: | KFC Yum! Center |
The 2020–21 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Mack.
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Cardinals finished the season 13–7, 8–5 to finish in seventh place in ACC play. They lost to Duke in the second round of the ACC tournament. They were listed as an alternate team for the NCAA tournament if a team were unable to participate due to COVID-19 issues.[1] The team declined an invitation to the NIT prior to the NCAA Tournament field being announced.[2] [3] When all teams were able to participate in the opening rounds of the NCAA tournament, the Cardinals season ended.[4]
The Cardinals finished the 2019–20 season with of 24–7, 15–5 to finish in a tie for second place in ACC play. As the No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament, they were scheduled to play Syracuse before the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The NCAA tournament was later also canceled due to the pandemic.[6]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 6'0" | 185 | Graduate Student | Graduated | |||
| Keith Oddo | 1 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| 2 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Junior | Transferred to UCF | |||
| Grant Williams | 4 | G | 5'11" | 165 | Junior | Walk-on | ||
| 23 | C | 6'10" | 255 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| 24 | G | 6'5" | 220 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Ryan McMahon | 30 | G | 6'0" | 185 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| 33 | F | 6'7" | 225 | Junior | Declared for 2020 NBA draft; selected 45th overall by Milwaukee Bucks |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Graduate Student | Radford | |||
| Charles Minlend | 21 | G | 6'4" | 220 | Graduate Student | San Francisco |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournamentSource[7] [8]
See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings