{"id":1366845,"date":"2022-03-09T06:56:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T11:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1366845"},"modified":"2022-03-09T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:00:56","slug":"bellarmine-wins-conference-championship-wont-be-heading-to-march-madness-due-to-ncaa-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bellarmine-wins-conference-championship-wont-be-heading-to-march-madness-due-to-ncaa-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellarmine Wins Conference Championship, Won\u2019t Be Heading To March Madness Due To NCAA Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbellarmine-wins-conference-championship-wont-be-heading-to-march-madness-due-to-ncaa-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1366845&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1236824340.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Bellarmine Knights did all they could to make the NCAA tournament, but they won\u2019t be getting an automatic bid to the Big Dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Knights defeated Jacksonville University 77-72 in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Tuesday night, but due to NCAA rules,\u00a0<\/span><span>regular season ASUN champions Jacksonville State will be heading to the NCAA tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bellarmine moved from Division II to Division I in 2020, meaning they are in the second year of a four-year period in which they are ineligible for postseason play. NCAA rules require a school reclassifying to Division I to wait four years before being eligible for the NCAA tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t know how any coach at any level of any sport could be more proud than I am,\u201d Bellarmine coach Scott Davenport <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/33456772\/division-newcomer-bellarmine-wins-atlantic-sun-championship-ineligible-ncaa-tournament\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cMy highlight of this journey is seeing this team celebrate each other. That locker room was one of the highlights of my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bellarmine went 17-13 in the regular season before defeating No. 1 seed Liberty University and Jacksonville to win the ASUN tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve made it a point to control what we can control,\u201d senior guard Juston Betz <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/sports\/college\/basketball\/2022\/03\/09\/bellarmine-ineligible-ncaa-tournament-despite-winning-asun-title\/9424617002\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a>,<span> according to The Courier Journal. \u201cAs exciting as Selection Sunday is, as exciting as it would be to see our names up on the screen, which we deserve, we\u2019re going to control whatever comes next. We\u2019re going to do it together, and we\u2019re going to have the right attitude about how we approach things. That\u2019s the reason we\u2019re here today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs badly as we would love to be able to have the chance to play in the NCAA Tournament, we\u2019re just going to enjoy and take in the last moments that we have together as a team,\u201d Betz continued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Five other teams secured an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The No. 1 team in the country, the Gonzaga Bulldogs, avenged their regular season loss to St. Mary\u2019s with a 82-69 victory in the West Coast Conference tournament final.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTheir offense is as good as any in the country,\u201d Saint Mary\u2019s coach Randy Bennett <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/recap?gameId=401403491\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> about Gonzaga. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of things you have to do right to have a chance and we did that for a while, but you have to do it for 40 minutes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bryant defeated Wagner 70-43 in the Northeast Conference Tournament to secure their first trip to the NCAA tournament. The game was overshadowed by a fight between the two fan bases during the second half, causing a delay of nearly 30 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI didn\u2019t see any of it \u2014 how any of that thing started. All I knew is we needed to finish the game in a first-class manner,\u201d Bryant Athletic Director Bill Smith <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/sports\/college\/basketball\/2022\/03\/08\/bryant-wagner-basketball-nec-championship-game-fans-fight\/9433733002\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> after the game. \u201cGet both teams back on the court, shake hands at the end and finish the game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnfortunately I don\u2019t think there was anything else we could have done that would have prevented what occurred,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just been an incredible night and we\u2019re going to move on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Delaware defeated UNC Wilmington in the CAA Championship, Wright State beat Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League final, and South Dakota State earned their 30th win of the season in a 75-69 win over North Dakota State in the Summit League Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bellarmine Knights did all they could to make the NCAA tournament, but they won\u2019t be getting an automatic bid to the Big Dance.\u00a0The Knights defeated Jacksonville University 77-72 in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}