The 2025–26 Bellarmine Knights men's basketball team represented Bellarmine University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights, led by first year head coach Doug Davenport, played their home games at Knights Hall located in Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Previous season The Knights finished the 2024–25 season 5–26, 2–16 in ASUN play to finish in 12th place, failing to qualify for the ASUN tournament.
On March 9, 2025, head coach Scott Davenport announced his retirement. The school announced that Scott's son, assistant coach Doug Davenport, would be the team's new head coach.
Preseason On October 17, 2025, the ASUN released their preseason polls. Bellarmine was picked to finish tenth in the coaches and media poll.
Preseason rankings
+ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll Place Team Votes 1 136 (6) 2 117 3 111 (2) 4 98 (2) 5 94 (1) 6 88 7 77 8 57 9 56 10 Bellarmine 36 11 34 (1) 12 32
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+ASUN Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 519 (18) 2 495 (3) 3 468 (9) 4 465 (12) 5 408 (9) 6 381 7 357 8 243 9 192 10 Bellarmine 189 11 174 12 126
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Preseason All-ASUN Team No players were named to the All-ASUN team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
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