[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 48 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATING THE BELLARMINE KNIGHTS

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the best college 
basketball team not in a bracket this weekend. The Bellarmine Knights 
did what no team has done before, winning a Division I championship 
just 2 years removed from Division II, a title that should come with a 
big dance invitation.
  Instead, this Cinderella story was cut short by an NCAA which, as it 
often does, played wicked stepmother, upholding a bizarre rule 
preventing teams elevating too quickly from Division II to championship 
contender.
  Who they think they are serving, I don't know, but they cannot take 
away the Knights' extraordinary achievements or the pride they brought 
their school and hometown. They entered the season as afterthoughts and 
finished as ASUN champions and just the tenth team since 2007 to win 20 
games against a top-5 schedule.
  This incredible feat for the players is a triumph for Coach Scotty 
Davenport, who has won championships in Louisville for 35 years at 
every level and seems like he could for 35 more.
  Scotty noted that each season ends with just two teams left standing, 
the NCAA and NIT champs. This year, the season ends with three. Please 
join me in honoring the Bellarmine Knights, the first NCAA team to 
finish this basketball season as champions.

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