2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Belmont Bruins Belmont Bruins wordmark.svg 250 Ohio Valley Conference East Division OVC 26–10 14–2 Rick Byrd 28th Brian Ayers James Strong Mark Price Curb Event Center Ohio Valley East Division Champions NIT Quarterfinals vs. Clemson L 68–73 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 Belmont Bruins y Drew Windler 1 F 6 9 215 SR yes South Milwaukee, Wisconsin Blake Jenkins 2 F 6 8 220 SR yes Knoxville, Tennessee Austin Luke 3 G 6 3 185 FR Rowlett, Texas y Holden Mobley 4 G 6 3 204 JR yes Nashville, Tennessee Caleb Chowbay 5 G 6 2 175 FR yes Mt. Juliet, Tennessee Spencer Turner 11 G 6 3 190 JR Bloomington, Indiana Nick Smith 12 G 6 8 210 FR Bentonville, Arkansas Chad Lang 13 C 6 11 285 JR yes Marietta, Georgia Taylor Barnette 20 G 6 3 185 SO Lexington, Kentucky Burton Sampson 21 G 6 4 195 FR Knoxville, Tennessee Reece Chamberlain 22 G 6 1 180 JR yes Goodlettsville, Tennessee Craig Bradshaw 23 G 6 3 210 SO Franklin, Tennessee J. J. Mann y 24 G/F 6 6 214 SR Smyrna, Georgia Josh Lester 31 F 6 5 220 FR Antioch, Tennessee Evan Bradds y 35 F 6 6 200 FR yes Jamestown, Ohio Brandon Baker 41 F 6 10 235 FR Cincinnati Jeff Laidig 43 F 6 4 210 SO Mishawaka, Indiana Rick Byrd (Tennessee) Brian Ayers (Lipscomb) James Strong (Vanderbilt) Mark Price (Samford) http://www.belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2012-13/roster?sort=last_name 2013-9-17 Schedule http://www.belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/schedule 2013-14 Belmont Men's Basketball Schedule - Belmont Bruins September 17, 2013 October 1, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131001010818/http://belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/schedule dead 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#cf142b;"| Regular season 11/08/2013 6:00 pm yes yes Lipscomb Allen Arena Nashville, Tennessee Battle of the Boulevard 4,982 ESPN3 87–83 1–0 11/11/2013 7:00 pm yes yes Richmond Robins Center Richmond, Virginia Hall of Fame Tip Off 4,125 61–69 1–1 11/14/2013 7:00 pm yes Indiana State Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 2,613 OVC Digital Network 96–95 2–1 11/17/2013 3:00 pm yes yes North Carolina 12 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hall of Fame Tip Off 15,205 ESPNU 83–80 3–1 11/20/2013 7:00 pm yes Lipscomb Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee Battle of the Boulevard 4,054 OVC Digital Network 94–64 4–1 11/23/2013 6:30 pm yes yes Holy Cross Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut Hall of Fame Tip Off 2,073 81–70 5–1 11/24/2013 7:30 pm yes yes Hofstra Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut Hall of Fame Tip Off 1,506 85–75 6–1 11/26/2013 7:00 pm yes Brescia Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 1,322 OVC Digital Network 102–68 7–1 12/01/2013 4:00 pm yes VCU 24 Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee OVC Digital Network 4,811 68–81 7–2 12/03/2013 7:00 pm yes yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee 7,307 OVC Digital Network 70–58 8–2 12/11/2013 7:00 pm yes Fairfield Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee   Postponed* 12/14/2013 4:00 pm yes yes South Dakota State Frost Arena Brookings, South Dakota 2,037 72–85 8–3 12/17/2013 9:00 pm yes yes Denver Magness Arena Denver, Colorado 1,003 62–90 8–4 12/21/2013 11:00 am yes yes Kentucky 19 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky 24,224 ESPNU 80–93 8–5 12/28/2013 12:00 pm yes yes Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana 4,837 73–85 8–6 01/02/2014 7:00 pm Jacksonville State Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 1,790 OVC Digital Network 78–67 9–6 (1–0) 01/04/2014 4:00 pm Tennessee Tech Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 2,520 OVC Digital Network 64–62 10–6 (2–0) 01/09/2014 7:00 pm yes Southeast Missouri State Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, Missouri 2,168 OVC Digital Network 107–94 11–6 (3–0) 01/11/2014 4:00 pm yes UT Martin Skyhawk Arena Martin, Tennessee 2,914 OVC Digital Network 87–72 12–6 (4–0) 01/16/2014 6:00 pm yes Eastern Kentucky McBrayer Arena Richmond, Kentucky 5,200 OVC Digital Network 63–74 12–7 (4–1) 01/18/2014 7:30 pm yes Tennessee State Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 2,132 OVC Digital Network 79–65 13–7 (5–1) 01/20/2014 2:30 pm yes Fairfield * Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 1,582 OVC Digital Network 62–53 14–7 01/23/2014 7:00 pm Morehead State Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 2,468 OVC Digital Network 80–66 15–7 (6–1) 01/25/2014 7:00 pm Eastern Kentucky Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 3,182 OVC Digital Network 84–81 16–7 (7–1) 01/29/2014 8:00 pm yes Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, Kentucky 3,823 OVC Digital Network 76–73 17–7 (8–1) 02/01/2014 7:30 pm yes Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, Tennessee 3,277 OVC Digital Network 76–81 17–8 (8–2) 02/06/2014 8:00 pm Murray State Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 3,104 OVC Digital Network 99–96 18–8 (9–2) 02/08/2014 4:00 pm Austin Peay Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 3,702 OVC Digital Network 93–68 19–8 (10–2) 02/13/2014 8:00 pm Tennessee State Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 2,007 OVC Digital Network 73–71 20–8 (11–2) 02/20/2014 7:00 pm Eastern Illinois Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 2,345 OVC Digital Network 82–63 21–8 (12–2) 02/26/2014 7:00 pm yes SIU Edwardsville Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, Illinois 1,644 OVC Digital Network 94–75 22–8 (13–2) 03/01/2014 4:30 pm yes Jacksonville State Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, Alabama 1,806 OVC Digital Network 76–53 23–8 (14–2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#cf142b;"| Ohio Valley tournament 03/07/2014 6:30 pm yes Morehead State Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Semifinals 3,650 ESPNU 86–63 24–8 03/08/2014 6:00 pm yes Eastern Kentucky Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Championship 2,979 ESPN2 73–79 24–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#cf142b;"| NIT 03/18/2014 7:15 pm yes yes (5) (4) Green Bay Resch Center Green Bay, Wisconsin First round 2,770 ESPN3 80–65 25–9 03/21/2014 8:30 pm yes (5) (8) Robert Morris Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee Second round 2,567 ESPNU 82–71 26–9 03/25/2014 6:00 pm yes yes (5) (3) Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Quarterfinals 10,000 ESPN 68–73 26–10 AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region 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.Belmont Bruins game postponed https://web.archive.org/web/20131213052137/http://blog.ctnews.com/elsberry/2013/12/10/fairfield-bb-game-at-belmont-postponed/ 2013-12-13 CT News. December 10, 2013 References Category:Belmont Bruins men's basketball seasons Belmont Belmont Category:2013 in Nashville, Tennessee Category:2014 in Nashville, Tennessee