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BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS

Bellarmine UniversityFAST FACTS
Location: Louisville, Ky. 
Enrollment: 2,834
Colors:  Scarlet and Silver 
Head Coach: Scott Davenport
Years at School: 4 
Coaches Record: 67-46
Conference: Great Lakes Valley Conference  
2008-09 Record: 24-6
Away Record: 14-6
Years in Tournament: 9
Regional Tournament Record: 6-12
Last Regional Appearance: 1991
Elite Eight Appearances: 0
Best Tournament Finish (Year): Regional runner-up (1989)

TEAM INFORMATION
Probable Starters

No Name Ht Cl Pos Hometown
3 Braydon Hobbs 6-5 Fr G New Albany, Indiana
10 Chartrael Hall 6-2 Sr G Louisville, Kentucky
15 Justin Benedetti 6-6 So G New Albany, Indiana
24 Nick Holmes 6-6 So F Cincinnati, Ohio
33 Oladapo Fagbenle 6-9 Sr C London, England
Top Reserves        
No Name Ht Cl Pos Hometown
5 Forrest Smallwood 6-4 So G Louisville, Kentucky
14 Kevin Allen 5-10 Jr G Goshen, Kentucky
25 Andrew Patterson 6-6 Jr F Hartford, Connecticut
32 Mark Veith 6-6 Jr F Cincinnati, Ohio

SEASON SUMMARY
Bellarmine, which was picked in the preseason conference poll to finish fourth in their division,  won their first 14 games and rose to a school-record No. 2 national ranking, before dropping a couple of road conference games.  They finished the regular season 22-5 (second in the GLVC East division) and lost to Northern Kentucky in the finals of the GLVC tournament.

Bellarmine has played seven teams in the field of 64, compiling an 8-3 record against those teams.

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