I am a huge Rutgers fan and have been attending games since 1971 and have only missed a few home games since the RAC opened in 1977. My Alma Mater though is Bellarmine University a small Catholic Franciscan University in Louisville. Bellarmine is also the Knights and I feel very proud tonight. They just defeated Louisville from the ACC on their home court, the Yum Center 67-66. Bellarmine is a member of the the Atlantic Sun Conference and last year in only their second year of being Division I won their league tournament but were ineligible to go to the NCAA Tournament because they must be a member of the NCAA for four years because of an old outdated rule. My twin brother, Rich and I earned four varsity letters at Bellarmine in Cross Country and were co captains of the team for two years. We also kept the shooting charts, rebounds, assists steals and every other major statistics for the basketball team when we attended Bellarmine. Needless to say I am so very proud of them tonight. I live and die with Rutgers basketball but I still root for my Bellarmine Knights as well. To take down U of L from the big ACC is so huge.
My Alma Mater, Bellarmine University just defeated Louisville 67-66.
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Congrats, thought they were gonna choke it away at the end there after being up 10 practically the entire game.
That "bouquet toss" play with a few seconds left cracked me up
That "bouquet toss" play with a few seconds left cracked me up
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I just realized your alma mater is the team I’ve seen featured on espn for the no dribble offense.
Maybe it’s not on the level of losing to Lafayette
I just realized your alma mater is the team I’ve seen featured on espn for the no dribble offense.
Maybe it’s not on the level of losing to Lafayette
Wow, that is great , thanks for sharing that story.
I was looking at the lines last night and wondered why louisville was only -8 against some team I never heard of . Seemed fishy Glad I didn’t lay the points !
I was looking at the lines last night and wondered why louisville was only -8 against some team I never heard of . Seemed fishy Glad I didn’t lay the points !
Zappa, Bellarmine won the D-2 NCAA Tournament in 2011 and made the Final Four in D-2 four times I think in 8 years before switching to D-I. They are a decent team and in OOC still must play Duke, Kentucky, UCLA, Clemson, Murray State (Top 25 the last two years) and Loyola Marymount all on the road. Last year their OOC schedule had Duke, Gonzaga, Purdue, Louisville and Murray State and a few others and had the # 1 or # 2 toughest rated OOC schedule in the nation.
Congratulations to Bellarmine!
That said, Louisville is in for a LONG season. They lost their exhibition game to Lenoir-Rhyne (who?) 57-47. They were picked 12th (that sounds familiar!) in the ACC preseason poll, only ahead of Boston College, Pitt, and Georgia Tech.
That said, Louisville is in for a LONG season. They lost their exhibition game to Lenoir-Rhyne (who?) 57-47. They were picked 12th (that sounds familiar!) in the ACC preseason poll, only ahead of Boston College, Pitt, and Georgia Tech.
Never heard of the school, but I’m happy they won.
I dislike Loserville.
This would be like RU losing to FDU?
I dislike Loserville.
This would be like RU losing to FDU?
I watched the end of the game and was cheering for Bellarmine — Great night for you and your school.
If you wanna nerd out on what makes Bellarmine special, here you go:
Great thread! As an aside, is it my imagination or are there a lot more D1 basketball programs these days? Why are so many schools I’ve never heard of in Division 1?
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