15. Dwayne Morton
A native of Louisville, Morton arrived on campus at Louisville in 1991 and was one of Crum’s better shooters in the back end of his coaching career. Morton was a 6’7 small forward who was a potent scorer and certainly holds his own in Cardinals history.
He averaged 13.6 points per game as a sophomore, his first season of collegiate ball, and was the leading scorer for the Cardinals. As a junior, he made 53% of his 3-pointers and led the Metro Conference In points and field goal percentage. By the end of his three-year career, he had averaged 15.0 points per game, made 46% of his long-range attempts, and played on a pair of teams that won Metro titles and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.
Fav Denny Crum story? UL won the NCAA, I am new, I go to media day…walk on the court, no one is talking to Denny….Introduce myself as the new Sports Director at WLEX-TV, shake his hand and he says….”ARE YOU LOST”…….We both laughed !!!!! Great man, great coach !! RIP
— alan cutler (@cutler18) May 10, 2023
With his collegiate career finished, Morton played briefly at the professional level and was a late second-round draft pick by the Golden State Warriors. He played just 41 games in his lone season in the NBA and spent a number of years playing professionally overseas. Even three decades later, he remains one of Louisville’s all-time greatest shooters and sits 1st in program history in true shooting percentage.