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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Louisville wants an ‘elite’ coach. Who are they? (March 2018)

Posted on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 by Eric Crawford

This column originally appeared at WDRB.com on March 22, 2018. On Wednesday, Louisville interim athletic director Vince Tyra said on more than one occasion that the university needs an “elite coach.” With a search under way for the next coach of the University of Louisville basketball team, that begs the question – what is an…

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LOUISVILLE COACHING SEARCH: Candidate Hot Board, 2.0

Posted on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 by Eric Crawford

When the clock hit 0:00 on the University of Louisville men’s basketball season in a 51-50 ACC Tournament loss to Virginia just before midnight on Wednesday, a chapter for the program closed. Mike Pegues, the interim coach who stepped in twice for Chris Mack, will soon be off the clock. And interim athletics director Josh…

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Why Bellarmine isn’t eligible for the NCAA Tournament, and why that rule might be changing

Posted on March 10, 2022March 12, 2022 by Eric Crawford

The rule is what it is, and if anything is drilled into the heads of Bellarmine men’s players from the day they get to campus, it’s this: You play by the rules. But the rule that a reclassifying program must wait four years to become eligible for the NCAA Tournament is a particularly tough one…

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Louisville’s worst (modern) season ends with ACC Tourney loss to Virginia

Posted on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 by Eric Crawford

Let’s put it this way. We’ve seen a lot better Louisville teams play a lot worse against Virginia. Though, I should add, we probably haven’t seen many worse Virginia teams lately than the one that beat Louisville 51-50 on Wednesday night in the second round of the ACC Tournament in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn….

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The ASUN shines bright — Bellarmine brings home its first Division I championship

Posted on March 9, 2022March 12, 2022 by Eric Crawford

With Bellarmine, it’s not the pregame speech that’s fiery. It’s the postgame that gets you. The locker room was calm before Tuesday’s ASUN Tournament championship game against Jacksonville in Freedom Hall. Coach Scott Davenport just repeats the team goals. “We win the war rebounding, we win the game,” he tells them. “Attack with great purpose,”…

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VIDEO | ‘Bring the heat, Father.’ Bellarmine’s ASUN pregame locker room

Posted on March 9, 2022March 12, 2022 by Eric Crawford

Bellarmine Coach Scott Davenport speaks to his team before its ASUN Tournament championship game against Jacksonville, and Father Dale Cieslik delivers a pregame prayer.

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Churchill Downs lights Twin Spires maroon to honor Bellarmine men’s basketball

Posted on March 9, 2022March 12, 2022 by Eric Crawford
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One Shining Moment? Bellarmine looking for another one in ASUN championship

Posted on March 8, 2022March 12, 2022 by Eric Crawford

Someday, a group of Bellarmine players will gather after the NCAA Tournament championship game, settle in for the “One Shining Moment” video, and wait to see themselves. That won’t happen this year. The Knights’ aren’t eligible for NCAA Tournament play because of reclassification rules, even if the second-year NCAA Division I program does beat Jacksonville…

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Five Louisville women’s basketball stats you should not miss

Posted on February 12, 2022March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz was conducting the team’s normal pregame shootaround at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday when he got the call that Virginia wouldn’t be showing up for the teams’ scheduled 7 p.m. basketball game that night at the KFC Yum! Center. A thousand things run through your head at that point. What about…

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Russ Smith: Louisville’s most unlikely hero

Posted on January 21, 2022March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

By Eric Crawford, WDRB This column originally appeared at WDRB.com after Louisville’s 2013 NCAA Championship, as part of Eric Crawford’s e-book commemorating the title, “The Run.” It was an easy moment to miss, but in some ways, it was a defining Russ Smith moment. With two seconds left in the NCAA championship game, the University…

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