College Basketball Odds: Bellarmine vs. Louisville prediction, odds

Bellarmine Knights made a transition to Division I men's basketball last season. They went 11-5 in the regular season and won the Atlantic Sun Conference. Bellarmin is playing Louisville in a college basketball tournament.

Bellarmine upset Liberty to make the final of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament. Bellarmin won the tournament over Jacksonville. Jacksonville State finished higher than Bellarmin in the regular season standings and got the NCAA Tournament bid. The Knights are eligible for the NCAAs this season and they face Louisville in their opener.

Bellarmine moved into Division I play and the Atlantic Sun last season and got results. Bellarmin is a program with a good culture and a hunger to win.

Louisville lost a practice game to a smaller school. Kenny Payne is beginning his first season at Louisville. The team is not playing well.

Louisville lost practice games, but they might have gotten the bad basketball out of their system. Kenny Payne was hired as Chris Mack's replacement.

Louisville is playing its first game under Kenny Payne. Bellarmine is a good favorite.