page_title: Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
section_title: Freedom Hall (1956–2010)
hierarchical_section_title: Louisville Cardinals men's basketball / Facilities / Home courts / Freedom Hall (1956–2010)
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky. Roadwork is being taken place.
context_page_description: The Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program representing the University of Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I. The Cardinals have officially won two NCAA championships in 1980 and 1986; and have officially been to 8 Final Fours in 38 official NCAA tournament appearances while compiling 61 tournament wins.
  Due to an FBI criminal investigation into illegal benefits and actions by college basketball coaches, financial advisers, and others, on September 27, 2017, head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were placed on administrative leave and were later fired. Two days later, assistant David Padgett, a former star player under Pitino at Louisville, was named as acting head coach. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated the 2013 NCAA title. On March 27, 2018, it was announced that the University of Louisville signed Chris Mack to a seven-year contract as head coach.
context_section_description: From 1956 to the completion of the KFC Yum! Center in 2010, the Cardinals played their home games at Freedom Hall. Louisville had a 664–136 record in 54 seasons in Freedom Hall (.83 winning percentage). Freedom Hall has been the site of six NCAA Final Fours, four additional NCAA events and 10 conference tournaments. ESPN College Basketball magazine once named Freedom Hall as the nation's "Best Playing Floor."
  Louisville ranked among the top 10 nationally in average home attendance at Freedom Hall for 31 years, including the last 28 in the nation's top five (19,397 in 2009–10, third in the nation). In 2010, a new Freedom Hall attendance record was set when 20,135 fans witnessed the Cardinals defeat the #1 ranked Syracuse Orange in the final University of Louisville game in the arena.
caption: Jefferson County Armory as it was September 5, 2007 now named the Louisville Gardens
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