On Tuesday evening, Bellarmine hosted Jacksonville at Freedom Hall for the ASUN championship. If the Dolphins won, Jordan Mincy’s program was heading to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1986 in his first year as head coach.
The same could not be said for the Bellarmine Knights.
Scotty Davenport’s basketball program is in the middle of a Division I transition after years spent as a Division II powerhouse. Under the former Rick Pitino assistant coach at the University of Louisville, Bellarmine won a national championship in 2011 to go along with six conference titles in D-II.