BELLARMINE BASKETBALL 2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE TELEVISION/RADIO CHART Braydon Hobbs Jeremy Kendle Chris Dowe Corbin Maynard Garett Ross 6-5 • Guard 6-2 • Guard 6-3 • Guard 5-10 • Guard 6-3 • Guard 3 Sr. • New Albany, IN 4 Jr. • Jeffersonville, IN 5 Jr. • Louisville, KY 10 Fr. • Louisville, KY 11R-Fr. • Corydon, IN Aaron Robison Jeff Whitton Richie Phares Kris Carree Stephen Asihene 6-6 • Forward 6-3 • Forward 6-8 • Fwd/Ctr 6-1 • Guard 6-7 • Center 12 Sr. • Louisville, KY 14 Fr.•Winchester, KY 15 So. • Georgetown, KY 20 Sr. • Louisville, KY 21 Fr. • Freehold, NJ Keisten Jones Ryan Burton Gentry Parker Luke Sprague Jelani Johnson 6-3 • Guard 6-8 • Forward 6-2 • Guard 6-8 • Fwd/Ctr 6-4 • Forward 23So. • Louisville, KY 24 Fr. • Bedford, IN 25 Fr.•Indianapolis, IN 31 Sr. • Newburgh, IN 32 Jr. • Aurora, IL Alpahbetical Roster PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 21 Stephen Asihene 33 Stevie Loveless Bellarmine: 24 Ryan Burton 10 Corbin Maynard bell-UHR-men 20 Kris Carree 25 Gentry Parker Asihene: as-uh-HE-nee 5 Chris Dowe 15 Richie Phares Carree: cuh-REE Dowe: DOW 3 Braydon Hobbs 12 Aaron Robison Robison: ROB-eh-son 32 Jelani Johnson 11 Garett Ross Keisten: KEY-stun Phares: FAIR-us 23 Keisten Jones 31 Luke Sprague Sprague: SPRAIG Stevie Loveless Scott Davenport 6-6 • Forward Head Coach, 7th season 4 Jeremy Kendle 14 Jeff Whitton So. • Frankfort, IN 33 125-58 (.683) TABLE OF CONTENTS BELLARMINE FAST FACTS Bellarmine Fast Facts 1 Name: Bellarmine University Location: Louisville, KY 2010-11 Season Review 2 Founded: 1950 2011-12 Season Preview 3 Enrollment: 3,350 (Fall 2011) President: Dr. Joseph J. McGowan Coaching Staff 4 Director of Athletics: Scott Wiegandt Roster 5 Nickname: Knights Colors: Player Profiles 6 Scarlet and Silver Affiliation: NCAA Division II 2010-11 Season Stats 16 Conference: Great Lakes Valley GLVC Information and Standings 17 Home Arena: Knights Hall Capacity: 2,400 2010-11 Opponents 18 Athletics Phone: 502-272-8380 Program Records 20 Athletics FAX line: 502-272-8450 Mailing Address: 2001 Newburg Road, Honor Roll 23 Louisville, KY 40205 All-Time Results 24 University Administration 30 Men’S basKetball Historical datA First Year of Men’s Basketball: 1950 Bellarmine Athletics Staff 31 Overall All-Time Record: 851-744 Athletics Facilities 32 NCAA Appearances: 12 Bellarmine University and Louisville, KY 33 Last NCAA Postseason Appearance: 2011 NCAA Tournament Record: 14-15 BELLARMINE ATHletics There are 19 varsity sports at Bellarmine, all competing at the NCAA NCAA National Championships: 1 (2011) Dvision II level, except men’s lacrosse, which plays at the NCAA Divsion I level in the Eastern College Athletic Conference. With the exception of women’s field hockey, which is independent, the remaining sports Men’S BasKetball teams compete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Those teams include: men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, CoacHing Staff Information tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), tennis, women’s volleyball, and softball and baseball. Head Coach: Scott Davenport MEDIA INFORMATION Alma Mater: University of Louisville For information regarding media passes and seating location School Record (Yrs.): 125-58 (6) for the media, please contact the sports information office at 502.272.8078. Interviews with coaches can be set up through Career Record (Yrs.): 125-58 (6) the sports information office or by calling the coaches directly. Office Phone: 502-272-8380 To arrange an interview with a student-athlete, media should contact the sports information office to set up a time. Email: [email protected] Assistant Coaches: Drew Cooper, Carl White, Knights Hall is equipped with wireless capability. Data/Phone/FAX lines are available on request. and Michael Scott SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS: ON THE COVER: John Spugnardi, Chris Cooper, Bellarmine seniors Braydon Hobbs, Aaron Robison, Luke Sprague Sports Information Director Assistant S.I.D. and Kris Carree. Photo illustration combines artistically-altered [email protected] [email protected] photo of the NCAA Midwest Regional Final with photo of 2012 cell: 502-905-0922 office: 502-272-8464 senior class. office: 502-272-8078 cell: 502-494-6753 2010-2011 SEASON REVIEW 2010-11: A Championship Season in Review Entering the 2010-11 season, the claimed an 84-70 Knights were eager to show the victory. basketball world they deserved their spot in the national spot- In the second light. After opening with a pub- round, Bellarm- lic scrimmage against Kentucky ine squared off State, Bellarmine made a bold against Northern statement by going into the Cin- Kentucky--also tas Center in Cincinnati and com- for the third ing away with a 63-61 exhibition time of the sea- victory over the Musketeers of son. Again, the Xavier University. Although just Knights and Norse waged a mighty battle with BU coming out on top 87-82. an exhibition, the victory was significant because the Musketeers were coming off two straight NCAA The regional final provided the Knights relief from GLVC teams. Ferris Div. 1 Sweet 16 appearances and hadn’t lost in Cintas in 24 games, State and Midwest Regional Player of the Year Justin Keenan awaited which at the time was the third-longest streak in Division I. Bellarmine in the finals to fight for a berth into the NCAA Elite 8. The Bulldogs came out and claimed a 39-37 halftime lead. After the break, Bellarmine’s regular season opener also was something of a state- however, the Knights came out--obviously on a mission--and outscored ment game as the Knights avenged a 2009-10 double overtime loss FSU by 21 in the second half to claim the 85-66 victory and the regional to Wayne State by breezing past the Warriors by 20 points in crown. In that second period, the partisan home crowd was their Knights Hall and regular season debut. The Knights then so enthusiastic that FSU coach Bill Sall said, “It was the loud- went on the road collecting two victories in West Virginia est game I’ve ever been a part of.” before getting a rare road sweep of Kentucky Wesleyan and Southern Indiana to open GLVC play. Bellarmine returned In the opening round of the Elite 8 (the national quarter- to Knights Hall and picked up three wins and went into the finals), Bellarmine faced a Midwestern State squad that Christmas break 8-0 and with the No. 1 ranking in the na- proved more athletic than the Knights. Just as they did tional poll. throughout the regular season, however, the Bellarmine squad just proved too resilient for their competition and Last season marked the first time that NCAA DII schools gutted out a 70-64 win to advance to the final four. had a mandated 7-day vacation as part of the holiday break, and upon their return, the Knights stumbled Awaiting the Knights in the semifinals was Minnesota against a talented NAIA opponent, dropping a 79-74 deci- State-Mankato, which owned a 28-4 record. Again sion to St. Catharine in the Bill Joergens Classic at South- the Knights faced a tough challenge, and neither team ern Indiana. Bellarmine rebounded quickly, however, and owned more than a 6-point lead until the Knights finally came right back the next day to beat Harris-Stowe by 24, stretched it out in the final minute of the game and won which started a win streak of a school record 16 games. by seven, 81-74. As the calendar hit January, the Knights entered GLVC Saturday afternoon’s final pitted Bellarmine against play exclusively and ran their league record to 17-0 BYU-Hawaii. Both the Knights and the Seasiders until falling in their last regular season game to Ken- opened a little tentatively before BU got hot and tucky Wesleyan as the Panthers’ Cardell McFarland opened up a 9-point bulge. Playing in front of na- set a Knights Hall record in scoring 47 points. tional TV audience, however, the Knights’ momen- tum seemed to be halted by back to back, lengthy Bellarmine rolled to 20-point victory in their opening media timeouts. BYU-Hawaii stormed back to go GLVC tourney game against up by six. Then the Knights again showed their trademark resiliency. Rockhurst, and then avenged With just six seconds remaining in the first half, Jeremy Kendle pulled their loss to KWC with an 86- up and hit a trey, and Braydon Hobbs stole the inbounds pass and hit 73 victory in the GLVC semi- Justin Benedetti for a layup to give the Knights a 47-43 halftime lead. finals. In the championship Although the second period was a tense struggle, the Knights surren- game, the Knights faced a dered the lead just once at the 17:45 mark. Nick Holmes helped seal tough Southern Indiana team the victory for the Knights as he blocked a shot by BYU-Hawaii’s Jet and outlasted the Scream- Chang with three ticks left on the clock. He then gathered the rebound ing Eagles 87-81 in overtime. and hit one of two free throws to ice the championship for the Knights. (At left, Chris Dowe nails a 3-pointer with 1:37 left in OT In a record-setting to put BU up for good.) season, Bellarmine finished 33-2 and After capturing their won the school’s second straight GLVC title, first national Bellarmine won the right to host the NCAA Midwest Regional as the No. championship in 1 seed. The Knights again got a heavy dose of GLVC foes in the regional. any sport. Coach In the opener, Bellarmine faced Indianapolis for the third time.