2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team will represent the University of Louisville in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Cards, coached by Jeff Walz, are playing their final season at Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2010–11, the Cardinals women's team will join the school's men's team at the new KFC Yum! Center in Downtown Louisville. The Cardinals are a member of the Big East Conference and will attempt to be as worse as the other sports teams that uL has.

2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
Caribbean Challenge co-champions
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
2009–10 record6-4 ( Big East)
Head coach
  • Jeff Walz
Assistant coaches
  • Stephanie Norman
  • Michelle Clark-Heard
  • Bethann Shapiro Ord
Home arenaFreedom Hall (Capacity: 18,865)

Offseason

  • April 21, 2009 : Freshman forward Gwen Rucker will play volleyball during the 2009 season while redshirting during the 2009–10 women's basketball season. Rucker was a starter for both the Louisville volleyball and women's basketball teams this past season, helping lead both to NCAA tournament play. Rucker saw action in 32 games for the Cardinals, starting in the final 27 games. She finished the year averaging three points and 2.1 rebounds per game.[1]
  • April 28, 2009: The University of Louisville women's basketball team will serve as Honorary Grand Marshals of the Pegasus Parade. The Cardinals advanced to the 2009 NCAA Championship game. The 54th annual Parade will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 30.[2]
  • April 29, 2009: BasketballScoop.com and ONS PerformanceTM announced that Louisville women's basketball assistant coach Stephanie Norman was named a finalist for their "Coaches of the Year" awards focusing on the "Rising Stars" of the college basketball coaching profession. The finalists were nominated by their peers, and were the 10 leading vote getters in our online voting. Norman joined Walz on the Louisville staff two years ago when he took over the program.[3]
  • May 5, 2009 : Freshman guards Mary Jackson and Tiera Stephen will not return to the University of Louisville women's basketball team for the 2009–10 season. Jackson and Stephen are currently exploring other options to continue their playing careers.[4]

Exhibition

DateLocationOpponentScoreLeading scorerRecord
Nov. 1Freedom HallNorthern Kentucky79-54[5]Keshia Hines, 221-0

Regular season

Roster

NumberNameHeightPositionClass

Schedule

DateLocationOpponentScoreLeading scorerRecord
Nov. 15Dayton, OhioDayton65-63Monique Reid, 18[6]1-0
Nov. 17Hartford, ConnecticutHartford50-62[7]Becky Burke, 151-1
Nov. 22Freedom HallTennessee Tech84-54Becky Burke, 16[8]2-1
Nov. 27Cancún, Mexico3-1
Nov. 28Cancún, Mexico4-1
Dec. 2Mt. Pleasant, MichiganCentral Michigan75-84Becky Burke, 18[9]4-2
Dec. 6Freedom HallUtah60-55[10]Becky Burke, 205-2
Dec. 9Freedom HallMiddle Tennessee State5-3
Dec. 13Freedom Hall6-3
Dec. 16KnoxvilleTennessee56-86Becky Burke, 23[11]6-4
Dec. 20LexingtonKentucky
Dec. 22Durham, New HampshireNew Hampshire
Dec. 29
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Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

Postseason

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club

See also

References


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