The 2021–22 Bellarmine Knights men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The Knights, led by 17th-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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as members West division of the

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. They finished the season 20–13, 11–5 in ASUN play, to finish in second place in the West division. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast,

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, and

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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.

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing

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, the

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finished the 2020–21 season 14–8, 10–3 in ASUN play, to finish in second place. The season marked Bellarmine's first year of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. They lost in the first round of the ASUN tournament to

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. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational tournament where they defeated

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in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Pepperdine.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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