2016–17_Belmont_Bruins_men's_basketball_team
2016–17 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2016–17 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 31st-year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference in the East Division. They finished the season 23–7, 15–1 in OVC play to win the regular season championship. In the OVC tournament, they lost in the semifinals to Jacksonville State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament title, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Georgia in the first round before losing to Georgia Tech.
| 2016–17 Belmont Bruins men's basketball | |
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OVC regular season champions OVC East Division champions | |
NIT, Second Round | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Division | East Division |
| Record | 23–7 (15–1 OVC) |
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| Home arena | Curb Event Center |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belmont | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State † | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri St. | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2017 OVC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Bruins finished the 2015–16 season 20–12, 12–4 in OVC play to win the East Division and the overall OVC regular season. 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.
In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Belmont was picked to finish as regular season champions of the OVC for the third time in the last four years.[1] Reigning OVC Player of the Year, Evan Bradds, was named OVC Preseason Player of the Year for the 2016–17 season.[1] Taylor Barnette was also selected to the All-OVC Preseason Team.
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| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/15/2016* 8:00 pm, SECN |
at Vanderbilt | L 66–80 | 0–1 |
Memorial Gymnasium (9,116) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 11/19/2016* 7:00 pm |
WKU | W 90–69 | 1–1 |
Curb Event Center (3,319) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 11/21/2016* 6:00 pm, SECN |
vs. Florida AdvoCare Invitational Opening Round |
L 61–78 | 1–2 |
Amalie Arena (6,650) Tampa, FL | |||||||
| 11/25/2016* 6:00 pm |
at No. 23 Rhode Island | L 73–82 | 1–3 |
Ryan Center (4,626) Kingston, RI | |||||||
| 11/29/2016* 7:00 pm |
Lipscomb Battle of the Boulevard |
W 64–62 | 2–3 |
Curb Event Center (2,863) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/03/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Pepperdine | W 85–77 | 3–3 |
Firestone Fieldhouse (1,340) Malibu, CA | |||||||
| 12/06/2016* 6:30 pm |
at Lipscomb Battle of the Boulevard |
W 78–76 OT | 4–3 |
Allen Arena (2,908) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/14/2016* 7:00 pm |
Middle Tennessee | L 66–79 | 4–4 |
Curb Event Center (2,469) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/17/2016* 4:30 pm |
at Green Bay Postponed (snow),no makeup date announced[3] |
Resch Center Green Bay, WI | |||||||||
| 12/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Milwaukee | W 62–56 | 5–4 |
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,127) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 12/22/2016* 7:00 pm |
Cleveland State | W 88–61 | 6–4 |
Curb Event Center (2,024) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/31/2016 2:30 pm |
at Austin Peay | W 82–77 | 7–4 (1–0) |
Dunn Center (1,757) Clarksville, TN | |||||||
| 01/05/2017 6:00 pm |
UT Martin | W 83–67 | 8–4 (2–0) |
Curb Event Center (1,746) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/07/2017 7:00 pm |
Southeast Missouri State | W 87–75 | 9–4 (3–0) |
Curb Event Center (2,017) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/12/2017 6:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Morehead State | W 84–78 | 10–4 (4–0) |
Ellis Johnson Arena (3,244) Morehead, KY | |||||||
| 01/14/2017 6:00 pm |
at Eastern Kentucky | W 72–59 | 11–4 (5–0) |
McBrayer Arena (2,300) Richmond, KY | |||||||
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm |
Jacksonville State | W 77–60 | 12–4 (6–0) |
Curb Event Center (1,680) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/21/2017 11:00 am, ASN |
Tennessee Tech | W 82–70 | 13–4 (7–0) |
Curb Event Center (2,061) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm |
at Eastern Illinois | W 77–64 | 14–4 (8–0) |
Lantz Arena (1,333) Charleston, IL | |||||||
| 01/28/2017 7:30 pm |
at Tennessee State | W 93–76 | 15–4 (9–0) |
Gentry Complex (7,103) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/30/2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN |
SIU Edwardsville | W 92–69 | 16–4 (10–0) |
Curb Event Center (1,230) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/02/2017 8:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Murray State | W 81–69 | 17–4 (11–0) |
CFSB Center (5,041) Murray, KY | |||||||
| 02/09/2017 6:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Jacksonville State | W 66–53 | 18–4 (12–0) |
Pete Mathews Coliseum (2,370) Jacksonville, AL | |||||||
| 02/11/2017 7:30 pm |
at Tennessee Tech | L 70–83 | 18–5 (12–1) |
Eblen Center (3,879) Cookeville, TN | |||||||
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm |
Eastern Kentucky | W 76–72 | 19–5 (13–1) |
Curb Event Center (2,705) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/18/2017 4:00 pm |
Morehead State | W 89–73 | 20–5 (14–1) |
Curb Event Center (2,825) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/21/2017* 7:00 pm |
Trevecca Nazarene | W 96–45 | 21–5 |
Curb Event Center (1,804) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/25/2017 5:00 pm |
Tennessee State | W 68–63 | 22–5 (15–1) |
Curb Event Center (4,458) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| Ohio Valley Conference tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/03/2017 6:30 pm, ESPNU |
(1) | vs. (4) Jacksonville State Semifinals |
L 59–65 | 22–6 |
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (2,355) Nashville, TN | ||||||
| NIT | |||||||||||
| 03/15/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(7) | at (2) Georgia First Round – Syracuse Bracket |
W 78–69 | 23–6 |
Stegeman Coliseum (2,904) Athens, GA | ||||||
| 03/19/2017* 11:00 am, ESPN |
(7) | at (6) Georgia Tech Second Round – Syracuse Bracket |
L 57–71 | 23–7 |
Hank McCamish Pavilion (7,176) Atlanta, GA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
- "Belmont Picked As 2016-17 OVC Men's Basketball Favorites; Bruins' Bradds Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved October 27, 2016.