<P> The Louisville Cardinals ( also known as the Cards ) teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference , beginning in the 2014 season . While playing in the Big East Conference from 2005 through 2013 , the Cardinals captured 17 regular season Big East titles and 33 Big East Tournament titles totaling 50 Big East Championships across all sports . With their 2013 Sugar Bowl appearance against the Florida Gators , the Cardinals football team became the only football team in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to have appeared in and won two Bowl Championship Series bowls , having defeated Wake Forest 24 -- 13 in the 2007 Orange Bowl and Florida 33 -- 23 in the 2013 Sugar Bowl . On November 28 , 2012 , Louisville received and accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and became a participating member in all sports in 2014 . </P>
<P> The Louisville Cardinals ( also known as the Cards ) teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference , beginning in the 2014 season . While playing in the Big East Conference from 2005 through 2013 , the Cardinals captured 17 regular season Big East titles and 33 Big East Tournament titles totaling 50 Big East Championships across all sports . With their 2013 Sugar Bowl appearance against the Florida Gators , the Cardinals football team became the only football team in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to have appeared in and won two Bowl Championship Series bowls , having defeated Wake Forest 24 -- 13 in the 2007 Orange Bowl and Florida 33 -- 23 in the 2013 Sugar Bowl . On November 28 , 2012 , Louisville received and accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and became a participating member in all sports in 2014 . </P>
what conference was louisville in before the acc
what conference was louisville in before the acc
Big East Conference
Big East Conference