2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team

2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball
Ohio Valley East Division Champions
NIT Quarterfinals vs. Clemson, L 68–73
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record26–10 (14–2 OVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Ayers
  • James Strong
  • Mark Price
Home arenaCurb Event Center
Seasons
2013–14 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Belmont 14 2   .875 26 10   .722
Eastern Kentucky 11 5   .688 24 10   .706
Morehead State 10 6   .625 20 14   .588
Tennessee Tech 9 7   .563 17 16   .515
Jacksonville State 4 12   .250 10 21   .323
Tennessee State 4 12   .250 5 25   .167
West
Murray State 13 3   .813 23 11   .676
Southeast Missouri State 8 8   .500 18 14   .563
Eastern Illinois 7 9   .438 11 19   .367
SIU Edwardsville 7 9   .438 11 20   .355
Austin Peay 6 10   .375 12 18   .400
UT Martin 3 13   .188 8 23   .258
2014 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 28th year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center and were members of the Ohio Valley Conference in the East Division. They finished the season 26–10, 14–2 in OVC play to be champions of the East Division and overall regular season OVC champions. They advanced to the championship game of the OVC tournament where they lost to Eastern Kentucky. As regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Green Bay and Robert Morris to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Clemson.

Roster

2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 1 Drew Windler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Sr South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F 2 Blake Jenkins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Knoxville, Tennessee
G 3 Austin Luke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Rowlett, Texas
G 4 Holden Mobley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Nashville, Tennessee
G 5 Caleb Chowbay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
G 11 Spencer Turner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Bloomington, Indiana
G 12 Nick Smith 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Bentonville, Arkansas
C 13 Chad Lang 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 285 lb (129 kg) RS Jr Marietta, Georgia
G 20 Taylor Barnette 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Lexington, Kentucky
G 21 Burton Sampson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Knoxville, Tennessee
G 22 Reece Chamberlain 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Jr Goodlettsville, Tennessee
G 23 Craig Bradshaw 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Franklin, Tennessee
G/F 24 J. J. Mann 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Sr Smyrna, Georgia
F 31 Josh Lester 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Antioch, Tennessee
F 35 Evan Bradds 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Jamestown, Ohio
F 41 Brandon Baker 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Cincinnati
F 43 Jeff Laidig 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Mishawaka, Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2013-9-17

Schedule

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
11/08/2013*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Lipscomb
Battle of the Boulevard
W 87–83  1–0
Allen Arena (4,982)
Nashville, Tennessee
11/11/2013*
7:00 pm
at Richmond
Hall of Fame Tip Off
L 61–69  1–1
Robins Center (4,125)
Richmond, Virginia
11/14/2013*
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Indiana State W 96–95  2–1
Curb Event Center (2,613)
Nashville, Tennessee
11/17/2013*
3:00 pm, ESPNU
at No. 12 North Carolina
Hall of Fame Tip Off
W 83–80  3–1
Dean Smith Center (15,205)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
11/20/2013*
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Lipscomb
Battle of the Boulevard
W 94–64  4–1
Curb Event Center (4,054)
Nashville, Tennessee
11/23/2013*
6:30 pm
vs. Holy Cross
Hall of Fame Tip Off
W 81–70  5–1
Mohegan Sun Arena (2,073)
Uncasville, Connecticut
11/24/2013*
7:30 pm
vs. Hofstra
Hall of Fame Tip Off
W 85–75  6–1
Mohegan Sun Arena (1,506)
Uncasville, Connecticut
11/26/2013*
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Brescia W 102–68  7–1
Curb Event Center (1,322)
Nashville, Tennessee
12/01/2013*
4:00 pm
No. 24 VCU
OVC Digital Network
L 68–81  7–2
Curb Event Center (4,811)
Nashville, Tennessee
12/03/2013*
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
at Middle Tennessee W 70–58  8–2
Murphy Center (7,307)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
12/11/2013*
7:00 pm
Fairfield Curb Event Center 
Nashville, Tennessee
12/14/2013*
4:00 pm
at South Dakota State L 72–85  8–3
Frost Arena (2,037)
Brookings, South Dakota
12/17/2013*
9:00 pm
at Denver L 62–90  8–4
Magness Arena (1,003)
Denver, Colorado
12/21/2013*
11:00 am, ESPNU
at No. 19 Kentucky L 80–93  8–5
Rupp Arena (24,224)
Lexington, Kentucky
12/28/2013*
12:00 pm
at Indiana State L 73–85  8–6
Hulman Center (4,837)
Terre Haute, Indiana
01/02/2014
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Jacksonville State W 78–67  9–6 (1–0)
Curb Event Center (1,790)
Nashville, Tennessee
01/04/2014
4:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Tennessee Tech W 64–62  10–6 (2–0)
Curb Event Center (2,520)
Nashville, Tennessee
01/09/2014
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
at Southeast Missouri State W 107–94  11–6 (3–0)
Show Me Center (2,168)
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
01/11/2014
4:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
at UT Martin W 87–72  12–6 (4–0)
Skyhawk Arena (2,914)
Martin, Tennessee
01/16/2014
6:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
at Eastern Kentucky L 63–74  12–7 (4–1)
McBrayer Arena (5,200)
Richmond, Kentucky
01/18/2014
7:30 pm, OVC Digital Network
at Tennessee State W 79–65  13–7 (5–1)
Gentry Complex (2,132)
Nashville, Tennessee
01/20/2014*
2:30 pm, OVC Digital Network
Fairfield * W 62–53  14–7
Curb Event Center (1,582)
Nashville, Tennessee
01/23/2014
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Morehead State W 80–66  15–7 (6–1)
Curb Event Center (2,468)
Nashville, Tennessee
01/25/2014
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Eastern Kentucky W 84–81  16–7 (7–1)
Curb Event Center (3,182)
Nashville, Tennessee
01/29/2014
8:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
at Morehead State W 76–73  17–7 (8–1)
Ellis Johnson Arena (3,823)
Morehead, Kentucky
02/01/2014
7:30 pm, OVC Digital Network
at Tennessee Tech L 76–81  17–8 (8–2)
Eblen Center (3,277)
Cookeville, Tennessee
02/06/2014
8:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Murray State W 99–96  18–8 (9–2)
Curb Event Center (3,104)
Nashville, Tennessee
02/08/2014
4:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Austin Peay W 93–68  19–8 (10–2)
Curb Event Center (3,702)
Nashville, Tennessee
02/13/2014
8:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Tennessee State W 73–71  20–8 (11–2)
Curb Event Center (2,007)
Nashville, Tennessee
02/20/2014
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
Eastern Illinois W 82–63  21–8 (12–2)
Curb Event Center (2,345)
Nashville, Tennessee
02/26/2014
7:00 pm, OVC Digital Network
at SIU Edwardsville W 94–75  22–8 (13–2)
Vadalabene Center (1,644)
Edwardsville, Illinois
03/01/2014
4:30 pm, OVC Digital Network
at Jacksonville State W 76–53  23–8 (14–2)
Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,806)
Jacksonville, Alabama
Ohio Valley tournament
03/07/2014
6:30 pm, ESPNU
vs. Morehead State
Semifinals
W 86–63  24–8
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (3,650)
Nashville, Tennessee
03/08/2014
6:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. Eastern Kentucky
Championship
L 73–79  24–9
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (2,979)
Nashville, Tennessee
NIT
03/18/2014*
7:15 pm, ESPN3
No. (5) at (4) Green Bay
First round
W 80–65  25–9
Resch Center (2,770)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
03/21/2014*
8:30 pm, ESPNU
No. (5) (8) Robert Morris
Second round
W 82–71  26–9
Curb Event Center (2,567)
Nashville, Tennessee
03/25/2014*
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. (5) at (3) Clemson
Quarterfinals
L 68–73  26–10
Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000)
Clemson, South Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

* The December 11 game was postponed after Fairfield's flight to Nashville was cancelled to due inclement weather. The game was rescheduled for January 20.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2013-14 Belmont Men's Basketball Schedule - Belmont Bruins".
  2. ^ Belmont Bruins game postponed Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine CT News. December 10, 2013