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Mar 31
1 min

Nick Muszynski to play in Reese’s Division I All-Star Game in New Orleans

Belmont University graduate student Nick Muszynski has one final opportunity to showcase his talent and represent the Bruins on the national stage. The 6-foot-11 center, known as “Moose” among Belmont fans, has been selected to play in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Reese’s Division 1 College All-Star game. The game will take place in New Orleans on Friday, ahead of the NCAA Final Four over the weekend. Muszynski will star for the West team, along with other t

Belmont basketball’s JaCobi Wood enters transfer portal, follows Richard

Sarah Maninger

Mar 30
1 min

Belmont basketball’s JaCobi Wood enters transfer portal, follows Richard

Sophomore guard JaCobi Wood announced his entrance into the NCAA transfer portal on Wednesday, making him the second player eyeing a departure this semester. With five graduating players leaving the team and freshman guard Will Richard also confirming his intent to transfer March 22, Wood’s exit leaves seven vacancies on the Belmont roster. The Tennessee native announced his intent to leave Belmont in an Instagram statement Wednesday afternoon. “After hours and hours of praye

SEASON PREVIEW: Men’s basketball faces highly competitive play this season, opening with Ohio Univer

Landen Secrest

Nov 8, 2021
3 min

SEASON PREVIEW: Men’s basketball faces highly competitive play this season, opening with Ohio Univer

It’s no secret the Bruins are entering a tough season against high-profile opponents, but it’s something the players and coaches are looking forward to. “We have a challenging schedule,” said head coach Casey Alexander, who is going into his third year with the Bruins. “It will be a fun experience for our players and it will prepare us well for OVC play and hopefully an NCAA tournament appearance.” After banking a 26-4 record and narrowly missing NCAA tournament territory in

SEASON PREVIEW: Women’s basketball will shoot higher than ever in final OVC season

AJ Wuest

Nov 7, 2021
4 min

SEASON PREVIEW: Women’s basketball will shoot higher than ever in final OVC season

The wait is over, and college ball is back. Belmont women’s basketball will begin regular season play Tuesday, facing the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on the road before traveling to the University of Mississippi to take on the Rebels two days later. Although Belmont is heavily favored to win the Ohio Valley Conferenc title in the 2021-22 season — its last go-around before switching to the Missouri Valley Conference — there is some challenging play in store, and the

Lillie Burke

Dec 2, 2014
1 min

VIDEO: Bruin Blitz Nov. 25-Dec. 2

It’s a finals edition of Bruin Blitz. Before you start studying for those finals, catch up on all the news in Belmont Athletics you may have missed over Thanksgiving Break. From Craig Bradshaw’s record-breaking performance to the soccer teams earning academic recognition, Bruin Blitz covers it all. This is the final episode of the fall semester but new episodes will return in January with sports editor Emily Proud. #womenssoccer #SierraJones #NCAAera #NCAA #gpa #AlisonAlcott

Lillie Burke

Oct 23, 2013
2 min

Cross country program ready for OVC championships

For their second year in the Ohio Valley Conference, the Belmont men’s and women’s cross-country teams expect to be improve on last year’s successes in the OVC regional championships in November. Ashley Casavant, assistant distance coach to the cross-country and track teams, has been working with Belmont’s cross-country program for four years. “They’re going to be prepped and ready come November, and that’s what we’re shooting for,” Casavant said, “I think big things can happ

Lillie Burke

Apr 18, 2013
3 min

Transfer U: Dozens of student-athletes come to campus, don’t leave

Redshirt sophomore Katherine Zander thought she had found her dream school when she entered college. When she received a scholarship to play women’s basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, she was certain she would spend four years playing Big 12 basketball in the plains of Norman, Okla. But after discovering her dream school wasn’t all she thought it would be, Zander had officially decided to come to Nashville and play for the Bruins’ women’s basketball team – a squad where she

Lillie Burke

Mar 21, 2013
2 min

Bruins outplayed in season-ending loss

SALT LAKE CITY – For Belmont coach Rick Byrd, Thursday night’s 81-64 loss to the Arizona Wildcats was “all pretty simple.” “Arizona was the better team.” The much-hyped senior backcourt duo of Kerron Johnson and Ian Clark combined for 43 points on the night, but the Belmont Bruins still fell by 15 points to the sixth-seeded Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 64 in Salt Lake City. “We really struggled offensively, and I think their defensive game plan was really good.

“Go Bruins go”: Fans get spirited at send off party

Lillie Burke

Mar 21, 2013
1 min

“Go Bruins go”: Fans get spirited at send off party

Fans gather to send off the Belmont Bruins prior to the team’s first game of the NCAA tournament. #SaltLakeCity #NCAA #NCAATournament #Belmontbasketball #Pepband #BelmontBruins

Battle: Bout continues, business as usual, after hiatus

Lillie Burke

Dec 4, 2012
3 min

Battle: Bout continues, business as usual, after hiatus

It has been said that all good things must come to an end. But in the case of the Battle of the Boulevard between Belmont and Lipscomb, sometimes that end only means a short break. For several years, the NAIA’s District 24 played host to a constant battle for supremacy between the Nashville rivals. But that record-breaking match-up took an eight year hiatus following Belmont’s jump to NCAA Division I in 1997. That year, the Bruins and Lipscomb both made it to the NAIA semifin

Lillie Burke

Mar 15, 2012
2 min

Bruins prep for NCAA matchup

It’s time. Belmont has been here before. After four times at the “big dance,” the Bruins are looking for their elusive first NCAA tournament win against the Georgetown Hoyas Friday in Columbus, Ohio. “Last year, people were happy to get here, and this year it isn’t the same. We’ve got a lot of guys on the team who have been here before, a lot of guys are ready to take that next step and get this win,” said junior guard Ian Clark. The Bruins will enter Friday’s contest fifth i

Lillie Burke

Nov 29, 2011
2 min

Bruins in shape for academic rule changes

While many Belmont fans recognize the Bruins’ performance on the field, many people don’t know how well Belmont athletes perform in the classroom. For Spring 2011, Belmont student-athletes boasted a 3.318 grade point average, the highest since Belmont joined the ranks of Division I athletics in 1997. Men’s basketball, women’s golf, and men’s and women’s soccer were all recognized on the NCAA Academic Progress Rate Public Recognition list for standing in the academic top 10 pe

Lillie Burke

Jun 2, 2011
2 min

Big hopes for Belmont’s post-season

After an impressive late-season comeback and the A-Sun tournament championship, Belmont is continuing its hot post-season on the big stage. Coach Dave Jarvis and his Bruins hope to continue their streak. at their first NCAA regional Friday night at Hawkins Field in Nashville. The Bruins, winners of 19 of their last 26, will face the region host and #6 seed overall Vanderbilt Commodores in their first ever NCAA tournament appearance. The Music City showdown is just the latest

Lillie Burke

Mar 31, 2011
4 min

Real life … on a bus ride in Tucson

It was the day of the big game. I scurried around my hotel room, quickly gathering everything I needed to properly cover Belmont and Wisconsin. Laptop, charger, pen, notepad, wallet, press pass. Check, check, check … I walked out into the dry heat of Tucson to wait for the bus. The Belmont contingency was staying at a hotel near the airport. The bus was my only cheap ticket into town, even though I’d arrived with more than a hundred fellow students, athletes and staff on a ch

Lillie Burke

Mar 5, 2011
2 min

Dancing again! Bruins return to NCAA Tournament

Storify from Belmont’s A-Sun Championship Game It’s been 1,080 days since the last time Belmont played in the NCAA tournament. Since then, 1.5 million minutes have passed—that’s 93,312,000 seconds. After a record-setting victory over the University of North Florida in the Atlantic Sun championship game, the Bruins are back. “I appreciate this one more than the second one and the third one,” Belmont head coach Rick Byrd said. “It sort of feels like the first one, again.” Belmo