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Bellarmine wins Atlantic Sun tournament but is ineligible for March Madness
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Bellarmine might have gained the Atlantic Solar Convention Match on Tuesday, however the Knights will likely be unable to go dancing on account of NCAA guidelines.
Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 77-72 however is ineligible for the event as a result of NCAA guidelines state reclassification from Division II to Division I’ll take 4 years. The Knights gained the Division II championship in 2011.
Bellarmine guard CJ Fleming (25) drives previous Jacksonville guard Jordan Davis (11) in the course of the second half of an NCAA faculty basketball for the championship sport on the Atlantic Solar Convention males’s event in Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Bellarmine gained 77-72.
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It was the Knights’ second season in Division I.
“We have made it some extent to manage what we will management, and that is it,” Bellarmine guard Juston Betz stated after the sport. “We’ll proceed to be within the second and by no means take without any consideration the place we’re.”
Jacksonville, the Atlantic Solar’s regular-season champion, will likely be again within the event. The Gamecocks moved to the A-Solar from the Ohio Valley Convention and will likely be within the Large Dance for the primary time since 2017. The workforce was the No. 15 and misplaced within the first spherical.
Bellarmine guard CJ Fleming hugs his fiancee, Lexy Hoffman, after Bellarmine’s 77-72 victory over Jacksonville in an NCAA faculty basketball sport for the championship within the Atlantic Solar Convention event in Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
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Bellarmine’s C.J. Fleming scored a career-high 27 factors and teammate Dylan Penn scored 22 factors.
Penn was named event MVP.
“It is sort of surreal. It seems like we’re in a film. We weren’t purported to be competing at such a excessive stage this early,” Penn added.
Bellarmine completed the 2021-22 season with 20 wins.
Bellarmine coach Scott Davenport shouts directions to the workforce in the course of the first half of an NCAA faculty basketball towards Jacksonville for the championship of the Atlantic Solar Convention event in Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
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“I do not know the way any coach at any stage of any sport could possibly be extra proud than I’m,” Bellarmine coach Scott Davenport stated. “My spotlight of this journey is seeing this workforce rejoice one another. That locker room was one of many highlights of my life.”
Choice Sunday is ready for March 13.
The Related Press contributed to this report.