Louisville Postgame Notes

Nov. 11, 2011

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Louisville Postgame Notes
#8/9 Louisville 83, Tennessee-Martin 48
KFC Yum! Center - Nov. 11, 2011

Friday's victory was career win No. 600 for Louisville head coach Rick Pitino, who also improved to 23-3 in his career in season-openers. (More facts regarding Pitino's 600 career wins are available below.)

Louisville has won eight straight season-openers and 17 of its last 19 overall. The Cardinals are 2-0 in season-openers at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals are 66-31 all-time in season-openers, including a 45-12 mark at home.

Freshman forward Chane Behanan finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds to earn the first points-rebounds double-double for a Louisville player since Preston Knowles had 20 points and 10 rebounds in an 87-60 win over Providence on March 2, 2011.

Behanan's double-double is the first for a Louisville freshman since Gorgui Dieng had 13 points and 12 rebounds in a 71-58 victory over Connecticut on Feb. 18, 2011.

The 14 points by Behanan on a 6-for-6 night from the field are the most in a Louisville freshman debut since Samardo Samuels scored 18 points in a 79-41 win over Morehead State on Nov. 22, 2008.

With his nine assists on Friday, junior guard Peyton Siva finished one assist shy of his career high of 10 set on two different occasions. Overall, Siva finished with 10 points, nine assists and two rebounds in 25 minutes.

Sophomore forward Gorgui Dieng finished with five blocked shots, two shy of his career high of seven. Dieng has a blocked shot in 25 of his 30 career games as a Cardinal.

All 13 Louisville players in uniform played in Friday's season-opener while 12 of the 13 reached the scoring column.

Along with Behanan, three other Louisville players made their collegiate debuts on Friday night - redshirt freshman guard Mark Jackson Jr. (five points), freshman forward Angel Nunez (one point) and freshman center Zach Price (two points).

After missing the 2010-11 season due to injury, junior forward Jared Swopshire finished with eight points (4-for-4 from the field) and four rebounds in his return to the court on Friday night. It was the first non-exhibition game action for Swopshire since the Cardinals' first round loss to California in the 2010 NCAA Tournament on March 19, 2010.

Friday's game was just the second all-time between Louisville and UT Martin with the Cardinals holding a 2-0 advantage. U of L is 119-41 all-time against current members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

The season-opener on Friday was the first of four games for Louisville in the five-team, round-robin Global Sports Invitational. The Cardinals will continue the event by hosting Lamar on Sunday (Nov. 13), Arkansas State on Nov. 22 and Ohio on Nov. 25.

Notes regarding head coach Rick Pitino's 600th career victory:

Pitino becomes the 11th active Division I coach with 600+ victories, joining Mike Krzyzewski (900), Jim Boeheim (856), Jim Calhoun (855), Bob Huggins (691), Roy Williams (643), Jerry Slocum (638), Bo Ryan (625), Cliff Ellis (614), Mike Montgomery (611), and Rick Byrd (610).

Pitino is the sixth active coach with 600 career wins and a winning percentage of .725 or better.

600 wins, .725 career winning percentage (active Division I coaches)
900-284 (.760) - Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
856-301 (.740) - Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
691-253 (.732) - Bob Huggins, West Virginia
643-163 (.798) - Roy Williams, North Carolina
625-194 (.763) - Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
600-224 (.728) - Rick Pitino, Louisville

Pitino becomes the fourth active BIG EAST coach with 600 wins, most for any of the nation's conferences.

Conference breakdown of active 600-win coaches
4 - BIG EAST (Jim Boeheim 856, Jim Calhoun 855, Bob Huggins 691, Rick Pitino 600)
2 - ACC (Mike Krzyzewski 900, Roy Williams 643)
1 - Atlantic Sun (Rick Byrd 610)
1 - Big South (Cliff Ellis 614)
1 - Big Ten (Bo Ryan 625)
1 - Horizon (Jerry Slocum 638)
1 - Pac-12 (Mike Montgomery 611)

Pitino is just the second coach to have wins at five different Division I schools among his first 600 victories. The other is the recently retired Tom Penders, who coached for 36 years at seven different schools, including six at the DI level (Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington, and Houston).

Rick Pitino, head coaching history

School     First year  Last year       W   L   Pct.

Hawaii 1975-76 1975-76 2 4 .333 Boston U. 1978-79 1982-83 91 51 .641 Providence 1985-86 1986-87 42 23 .646 Kentucky 1989-90 1996-97 219 50 .814 Louisville 2001-02 Present 246 96 .719 Total 600 224 .728

Tom Penders, head coaching history

School     First year  Last year       W   L   Pct.

Tufts 1971-72 1973-74 54 18 .750 Columbia 1974-75 1977-78 43 60 .417 Fordham 1978-79 1985-86 125 114 .523 Rhode Island 1986-87 1987-88 48 17 .738 Texas 1988-89 1997-98 209 109 .657 George Wash. 1998-99 2000-01 49 42 .538 Houston 2004-05 2009-10 121 77 .611 Total 649 437 .598

Pitino is the 11th coach to reach 600 wins in 27 seasons or fewer:

Coach           SeasonsRoy Williams        22Jerry Tarkanian     24Jim Boeheim     25Denny Crum        26Bob Huggins     26Mike Krzyzewski     26Dean Smith      26John Chaney     27Lute Olson      27John Wooden     27Rick Pitino       27

Pitino is the fourth coach to earn his 600th win in a season opener, joining coaching legends Phog Allen (1946-47), Jerry Tarkanian (1991-92), and Jim Calhoun (2001-02).

600th win in a season-opener, NCAA Division I history

Date       Coach, school       Score   Opponent

12.7.46 Phog Allen, Kansas 48-42 Emporia State 11.23.91 Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV 97-69 BYU-Hawaii 11.19.01 Jim Calhoun, UConn 84-71 Vanderbilt 11.11.11 Rick Pitino, Louisville 83-48 UT Martin

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