IHTIT: Tennessee Vols vs. Louisville Cardinals Basketball Infographic
It's Hoops Time in Tennessee // Dec. 16 2025
Tennessee is 9-12 all-time against Louisville
UT won last year at Louisville 77-55
The Cardinals have won 12 of the last 15 in the series
Former UT head coach Wade Houston is a Louisville alum and was an assistant for the Cards before coming to Knoxville in 1989
Of course, Wade’s son Alan Houston is UT’s all-time leading scorer with 2,801 points
VFL Ernie Grunfeld is also a Louisville native, and along with Houston, the only two Vols to earn All-SEC honors all four years at UT
Louisville is Tennessee’s sixth straight Power Five non-conference opponent, and
fifth straight ranked opponent(edit: 4th out of the last 5 have been ranked—Syracuse was not)
