2015–16 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Belmont Bruins Belmont Bruins wordmark.svg 250 Ohio Valley Conference East Division OVC 20–12 12–4 Rick Byrd 30th Brian Ayers James Strong Mark Price Curb Event Center OVC regular season championsOVC East Division champions NIT First Round The 2015–16 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 30th 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 20–12, 12–4 in OVC play to be champions of the East Division and overall OVC regular season champions. They lost in the semifinals of the OVC tournament to Austin Peay. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Georgia. Roster 2015 Belmont Bruins y Alex Martin 0 G/F 6 6 185 FR yes Overland Park, Kansas W Austin Luke 1 G 6 3 200 SO yes Rowlett, Texas y Nick Smith 2 F 6 8 220 JR Bentonville, Arkansas Dylan Windler y 3 G/F 6 7 180 FR Indianapolis, Indiana Jeff Laidig 5 F 6 4 210 SR Mishawaka, Indiana Taylor Barnette 20 G 6 3 185 JR Lexington, Kentucky Burton Sampson 21 G 6 4 195 SO yes Knoxville, Tennessee W Craig Bradshaw 23 G 6 3 210 SR Ridgetop, Tennessee Micahel Benkert 24 G 6 4 195 FR Greenwood, Indiana Mack Mercer 25 F 6 9 225 SO Plymouth, Indiana Kevin McClain 30 G 6 2 180 FR Jennings, Florida y Josh Lester 31 F 6 6 225 SO yes Antioch, Tennessee W Amanze Egekeze y 32 F 6 8 220 SO Lake in the Hills, Illinois Evan Bradds y 35 F 6 7 205 JR yes Jamestown, Ohio Tyler Hadden 41 C 6 10 240 SO yes Cincinnati, Ohio Seth Adelsperger 50 C 6 11 215 FR Peru, Indiana Rick Byrd (Tennessee) Brian Ayers (Lipscomb) James Strong (Vanderbilt) Mark Price (Samford) http://www.belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/roster?sort=number Schedule http://www.belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/schedule 2015-16 Belmont Men's Basketball Schedule - Belmont Bruins November 10, 2015 October 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151002191048/http://belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/schedule dead 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Belmont Bruins| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Marquette BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI Legends Classic 12,628 FSN 83–80 1–0 11/16/2015 9:00 pm yes yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ Legends Classic 4,549 P12N 74–83 1–1 11/18/2015 6:00 pm yes WKU Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 3,253 ASN 90–85 2–1 11/21/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Evansville Ford Center Evansville, TN 4,227 ESPN3 88–93 2–2 11/23/2015 3:00 pm yes yes South Alabama KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA Legends Classic 1,262 98–85 3–2 11/24/2015 5:30 pm yes yes Kennesaw State KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA Legends Classic 812 80–55 4–2 11/28/2015 8:00 pm yes yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT 13,712 BYUtv 81–95 4–3 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes Lipscomb Curb Event Center Nashville, TN Battle of the Boulevard 3,094 105–89 5–3 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 3,379 57–61 5–4 12/07/2015 6:30 pm yes yes Lipscomb Allen Arena Nashville, TN Battle of the Boulevard 4,420 ESPN3 93–84 6–4 12/15/2015 7:00 pm yes Ouachita Baptist Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 1,124 80–54 7–4 12/17/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,555 ASN 62–83 7–5 12/19/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Cleveland State Wolstein Center Clelveland, OH   ESPN3 75–77 7–6 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Valparaiso Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 3,024 85–81 8–6 |- !colspan=9 style=Belmont Bruins| Ohio Valley Conference regular season 12/31/2015 12:00 pm yes Southeast Missouri State Show Me Center Cape Giraradeau, MO 1,135 92–82 9–6 1–0 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes SIU Edwardsville Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, IL 1,007 ASN 85–77 10–6 2–0 01/09/2016 2:00 pm Eastern Illinois Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 2,054 85–59 11–6 3–0 01/14/2016 8:00 pm Murray State Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 2,522 ESPNU 81–73 12–6 4–0 01/16/2016 7:00 pm Austin Peay Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 2,407 76–58 13–6 5–0 01/21/2016 7:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin Skyhawk Arena Martin, TN 3,598 ESPNU 82–72 14–6 6–0 01/23/2016 7:00 pm Tennessee State Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 2,213 103–95 15–6 7–0 01/28/2016 7:00 pm yes Jacksonville State Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL 2,488 72–63 16–6 8–0 01/30/2016 7:00 pm yes Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN 4,428 79–89 16–7 8–1 02/04/2016 7:00 pm Morehead State Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 1,559 73–67 17–7 9–1 02/06/2016 5:00 pm Eastern Kentucky Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 2,286 78–88 17–8 9–2 02/10/2016 7:30 pm Jacksonville State Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 1,828 81–73 18–8 10–2 02/13/2016 11:00 am yes Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, KY 3,845 CBSSN 77–78 18–9 10–3 02/18/2016 8:00 pm yes Eastern Kentucky McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY 4,200 ESPNU 86–78 19–9 11–3 02/20/2016 5:00 pm Tennessee Tech Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 5,074 95–86 20–9 12–3 02/28/2016 2:30 pm yes Tennessee State Gentry Complex Nashville, TN 6,845 72–87 20–10 12–4 |- !colspan=9 style=Belmont Bruins| Ohio Valley Conference tournament 03/04/2016 6:30 pm yes 1 Austin Peay 8 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Semifinals 2,167 ESPNU 96–97 OT 20–11 |- !colspan=9 style=Belmont Bruins| National Invitation tournament 03/16/2016 6:00 pm yes yes 6 3 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA First Round – Valparaiso Bracket 2,965 ESPN2 84–93 20–12 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Belmont Bruins men's basketball seasons Belmont Belmont Category:2015 in Nashville, Tennessee Category:2016 in Nashville, Tennessee