# 2022–23 Bellarmine Knights men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Bellarmine Knights men's basketball team represented Bellarmine University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights, led by 18th-year head coach Scott Davenport, played their home games at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). The Knights finished the season 15–18, 9–9 ASUN play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the ASUN tournament, they defeated North Florida before losing to Liberty in the quarterfinals.
The Knights were in the third year of a four-year transition from Division II to Division I meaning that they were ineligible for the NCAA tournament.

## Previous season

The Knights finished the 2021–22 season 20–13, 11–5 in ASUN play, to finish in second place in the West division. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast, Liberty and Jacksonville to win the ASUN tournament championship. Because the Knights were in the second year of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I, they were not eligible for NCAA postseason play. As a result, the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament went to regular-season champion Jacksonville State.

## Preseason

In the conference's preseason polls, the Knights were picked to finish fifth (media) and sixth (coaches) in the ASUN.

## Schedule and results

In a story on the NCAA's official website, Knights head coach Scott Davenport commented on the team's late-November schedule:
   Perhaps you're not aware of this ... Only four schools in the history of college basketball have played in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Pauley Pavilion and Rupp Arena. It's North Carolina, Notre Dame, St. John's and Louisville. Only four. The closest anyone ever did it was over two seasons, 333 days, from December to the following November. We are going to do that in nine days.
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 27, 2022* 11:00 a.m. | | Centre | W 71–34 | | Freedom Hall (6,600) Louisville, KY |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2022* 9:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Louisville | W 67–66 | 1–0 | KFC Yum! Center (14,865) Louisville, KY |
| November 12, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Morehead State | L 55–62 | 1–1 | Ellis Johnson Arena (2,166) Morehead, KY |
| November 14, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Campbellsville-Harrodsburg | W 86–46 | 2–1 | Knights Hall (1,696) Louisville, KY |
| November 18, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Clemson | L 66–76 | 2–2 | Littlejohn Coliseum (6,137) Clemson, SC |
| November 21, 2022* 8:30 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 8 Duke | L 57–74 | 2–3 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC |
| November 25, 2022* 3:00 p.m., WCC Network | | at Loyola Marymount | L 59–80 | 2–4 | Gersten Pavilion (634) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 27, 2022* 7:00 p.m., P12N | | at No. 19 UCLA | L 60–81 | 2–5 | Pauley Pavilion (6,001) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 29, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at No. 19 Kentucky | L 41–60 | 2–6 | Rupp Arena (19,092) Lexington, KY |
| December 4, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Alice Lloyd | W 110–38 | 3–6 | Freedom Hall (1,273) Louisville, KY |
| December 6, 2022* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Wabash | W 86–45 | 4–6 | Freedom Hall (1,262) Louisville, KY |
| December 10, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Murray State | W 69–58 | 5–6 | Freedom Hall (2,853) Louisville, KY |
| December 17, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Miami (OH) | L 67–71 | 5–7 | Freedom Hall (2,692) Louisville, KY |
| December 21, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Evansville | L 61–73 | 5–8 | Ford Center (4,603) Evansville, IN |
| ASUN regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Liberty | L 53–70 | 5–9 (0–1) | Freedom Hall (2,805) Louisville, KY |
| January 2, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at North Alabama | W 69–65 | 6–9 (1–1) | Flowers Hall (612) Florence, AL |
| January 5, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Queens | L 74–75 | 6–10 (1–2) | Freedom Hall (1,743) Louisville, KY |
| January 7, 2023 9:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville State | W 75–62 | 7–10 (2–2) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (2,165) Jacksonville, AL |
| January 12, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Stetson | L 51–80 | 7–11 (2–3) | Freedom Hall (1,942) Louisville, KY |
| January 14, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Florida Gulf Coast | W 61–41 | 8–11 (3–3) | Freedom Hall (3,299) Louisville, KY |
| January 19, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Austin Peay | W 56–45 | 9–11 (4–3) | Dunn Center (1,523) Clarksville, TN |
| January 21, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Lipscomb | L 49–69 | 9–12 (4–4) | Allen Arena (1,939) Nashville, TN |
| January 26, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Kentucky | W 72–71 | 10–12 (5–4) | Freedom Hall (3,842) Louisville, KY |
| January 28, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Eastern Kentucky | L 63–73 | 10–13 (5–5) | Baptist Health Arena (4,025) Richmond, KY |
| February 2, 2023 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Kennesaw State | L 84–90 $^{2OT}$ | 10–14 (5–6) | Freedom Hall (1,649) Louisville, KY |
| February 4, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Jacksonville State | W 71–64 | 11–14 (6–6) | Freedom Hall (2,738) Louisville, KY |
| February 9, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Liberty | L 50–70 | 11–15 (6–7) | Liberty Arena (3,149) Lynchburg, VA |
| February 11, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Queens | W 88–84 | 12–15 (7–7) | Curry Arena (607) Charlotte, NC |
| February 16, 2023 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | North Alabama | L 57–70 | 12–16 (7–8) | Freedom Hall (1,648) Louisville, KY |
| February 19, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Central Arkansas | W 68–67 | 13–16 (8–8) | Freedom Hall (3,056) Louisville, KY |
| February 22, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Jacksonville | W 63–61 | 14–16 (9–8) | Swisher Gymnasium (1,073) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 24, 2023 7:00 p.m. | | at North Florida | L 67–79 | 14–17 (9–9) | UNF Arena (1,889) Jacksonville, FL |
| ASUN tournament ||||||
| February 27, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (8) | vs. (7) North Florida First round | W 76–74 | 15–17 | Liberty Arena (135) Lynchburg, VA |
| February 28, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (8) | at (2) Liberty Quarterfinals | L 56–76 | 15–18 | Liberty Arena (3,407) Lynchburg, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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