First Horizon Park after the game. (Reece Leddy) The most common sound at First Horizon Park Wednesday night was not the cracks of Bruin bats, but rather the PA announcer calling out another pitching change. Belmont baseball lost 7-2 to Western Kentucky in the home of the Nashville Sounds: First Horizon Park. The game started out with graduate pitcher Sam Heyman on the mound. The former Southeast Missouri Redhawk got off to a rocky start, hitting three batters and only striki

Evan Bradds holding the 2016-17 Ohio Valley Conference Championship trophy. (Belmont Athletics) Belmont is hiring men's basketball's all-time leading scorer as the team's next head coach, according to reports. The former Bruins star is an assistant coach at Duke University, and will finish coaching the No. 1 seeded team through the remainder of the team's NCAA Tournament run. He spent time as an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics and Utah Jazz organizations before joinin

Kerron Johnson after men's basketball's MVC Tournament loss. (Nick Rampe) Belmont Hall of Famer Kerron Johnson is expected to follow former Bruins head coach Casey Alexander to Kansas State, as first reported by Joe Tipton of On3. Johnson had been on Alexander’s coaching staff for four years after a playing career at Belmont from 2009 to 2013. The former Bruins point guard was credited with developing former Belmont guards Carter Whitt of the Nurnberg Falcons in German

Win Miller. (Nick Rampe) Guard Win Miller is the third Belmont men's basketball player to announce plans to enter the transfer portal when it officially opens April 7. "I'm incredible thankful for my teammates, coaches and the opportunities Belmont has given me over the past three years," he said in a social media post. "I've built relationships and memories that will last a lifetime." Miller had the most playing time of his Belmont career this season. The junior guard averag

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Nick Rampe) More men have walked on the moon than have coached Belmont men’s basketball. After seven seasons with Casey Alexander, the team will look for a new head coach for the first time since 2019 and just the 11th coach in program history. Here are some of the rumored names and how they might fit in at Belmont: Evan Bradds – Assistant Coach, Duke University Bradds’ connection to Belmont is simple; he’s the team’s all-time leading scor

Drew Scharnowski. (Nick Rampe) First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference player Drew Scharnowski has decided to enter the transfer portal, according to a post from his social media. “To Belmont University, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of such a special program. I want to thank coach Alexander and his staff for believing in a kid from Burlington and for the time and energy they poured into my development,” Scharnowski said in the post, “I’m forever proud

Tyler Lundblade. (Nick Rampe) The Missouri Valley Conference player of the year is planning to enter the transfer portal, according to his agency ProMondo Sports. Tyler Lundblade led the nation in 3-point percentage two seasons ago and led the Bruins in scoring this year with 15.6 points per game. The 6-foot-5-inch 3-point specialist is the first player to announce plans to enter the portal since the departure of Casey Alexander. His agency said Lundblade will evaluate all of

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Zach Watkins) A Bruin does not lie, cheat or steal and does not tolerate those acts. I have been lied to, cheated and my heart has been stolen. After a disappointing performance by the men’s basketball team there was only one thing to sort of look forward to. With speculative reports from Sports Illustrated and On3 linking Casey Alexander for the head coach position at Kansas State, It seemed like my final chance to ask for his next move. It might

Casey Alexander yells in the Belmont huddle. (Nick Rampe) After seven seasons as the Belmont men’s basketball head coach, Casey Alexander is leaving Nashville for Kansas State University on a five-year deal worth $3.4 million annually. He’s had a successful tenure at Belmont. His accomplishments include: Named MVC coach of the year for this season At least 20 wins in all seven seasons Two Ohio Valley Conference regular season championships One Ohio Valley Conference Tou

Courtesy Of Curb College Instagram Belmont students were welcomed back after spring break by a panel of organization members within the Nashville Stars, the group attempting to bring a Major League Baseball team to Nashville. MLB has not been shy in its intentions to increase the number of teams from 30 to 32, and it is the Stars’ mission to present Nashville as an attractive option for one of those expansion teams. “The Nashville Stars have been working to bring Major

Belmont men's basketball head coach Casey Alexander questions a referees call. (Nick Rampe) Belmont’s men’s basketball team caught a case of the St. Louis blues in its opening round upset loss to the Drake University Bulldogs, 100-79. The Bulldogs, winners of 11 straight Missouri Valley Conference Tournament games and three consecutive MVC Tournaments, became the first nine-seed to beat a one-seed in the history of the tournament. “We were ready to play. We were very

Brigham Rogers backs down Evansville defender. (Ava Gorney) Men’s Basketball played Evansville for the final time in Curb Event Center this season, closing out on a record-breaking game Wednesday. The clock hardly ran before the first score. Only 16 seconds in, graduate guard Tyler Lundblade scored his first three-pointer of the game. Evansville was able to quickly follow up with a good jumper in the paint by senior forward AJ Casey. The Purple Aces attempted to keep the game

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Zach Watkins) Belmont baseball traveled to face Lipscomb in Tuesday’s first Battle of the Boulevard matchup of the season, falling 8-2 to the Bisons. Freshman Cole Kenyon made his first career start in this rivalry game for the Bruins, and the offense gave him some early run support. In the top of the first, graduate third baseman Landon Godsey gave Belmont a 1-0 lead after working a one-out walk and scoring on sophomore first baseman Jake Mad

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Zach Watkins) While Belmont baseball opened its home schedule last Tuesday, victory did not come against Bellarmine. Instead, the Bruins earned their first home win of the season during opening weekend, defeating Central Michigan in the second game of the series at E.S. Rose Park. In the series opener, the Bruins struggled to capitalize offensively, recording 13 hits but failing to consistently find home plate. With a quiet dugout and inconsistenci

Belmont men's basketball celebrates with the cheer team and the M.O.B. (Nick Rampe) Belmont secured the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship Saturday night, defeating Indiana State at the Curb Event Center. Before tipoff, the university honored its senior players Tyler Lundblade, Nic McClain, Aidan Noyes, Jake Dykstra and Keith Robbins during senior night ceremonies. The game opened with Belmont scoring the first three baskets. Despite Belmont’s quick start,

Belmont third baseman Landon Godsey waits on deck. (Nick Rampe) Belmont baseball returned to E.S. Rose Park, but the Bruins’ home opener was spoiled by an 11-4 loss to Bellarmine. Junior right-handed pitcher Zane Brown took the loss in his first start of the season for Belmont, which lasted just two innings. Despite beginning the game with a three-up, three-down first inning, the Knights batted around in the second inning and put six runs on the board. Brown gave up

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Zach Watkins) Belmont took Valparaiso apart in a dominant performance, defeating the Beacons 77-37 Sunday afternoon at the Curb Event Center. Belmont’s offense started strong, scoring seven points within the 2 1/2 minutes before allowing the Beacons to get their first bucket in the paint. The Bruins never let off the gas, finishing the first quarter with 21 points compared to Valparaiso’s 10. “Every game has a life of its own, so any given day anyo

Jabez Jenkins goes up for a layup. (Luke Bergman) Men’s basketball head coach Casey Alexander secured his 300th career victory in Belmont’s 91-86 win over the University of Northern Iowa, with former player Ben Sheppard in attendance. Sheppard, who starred for the Bruins from 2019 to 2023, was selected as the 26th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers and is still with the team. With the NBA All-Star break starting for the Pacers, Sheppard took advant

Belmont Vision MultiMedia. (Nick Rampe) Dear 2025-26 Belmont men’s basketball team, I’m sorry. “We’re doing the bare minimum; that’s all. The Bruin minimum,” I said Nov. 12 on the “Sideline Vision” podcast. I said it in response to the team’s admittedly underwhelming 87-79 win over Tennessee State University in the second game of the season. But that wasn’t the only thing I said early in the season. “There just still feels like there’s a lot to be desired from thi

Drew Scharnowski dunks on Isaiah Carr. (Nick Rampe) Coming off a 103-point explosion against Murray State, Belmont’s men’s basketball team matched that total in its 103-90 win over Drake University The win over Drake makes it eight straight for the Bruins. That streak includes a 25-point comeback victory over Drake that set a new program record for Belmont. Belmont’s win over Drake and Murray State marks the first time that the Bruins have scored 100 or more points in