Belmont Bruins men's basketball

Belmont Bruins
2011–12 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team
University	Belmont University
Conference	Atlantic Sun
Location	Nashville, TN
Head coach	Rick Byrd (24th year)
Arena	Curb Event Center (Capacity: 5,000)
Nickname	Bruins
Colors	Navy blue and Red
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA Tournament appearances
2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
Conference tournament champions
2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
Conference regular season champions
2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

The Belmont Bruins men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Belmont currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference, but will move to the Ohio Valley Conference in July 2012. The Bruins will make their fifth appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2012. The Bruins are currently coached by Rick Byrd.

NCAA Tournament Results

The Bruins have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 0-4.

In 2006, their first NCAA Tournament appearance ever, the Bruins lost against UCLA.

In 2007 they lost to Georgetown University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

In the 2008 tournament, the #15 seeded Bruins, playing in the West Region, played an exciting, hard-fought first round game with a perennial powerhouse, the #2 seeded Duke Blue Devils. The Bruins came up one point short of the upset, losing the game 71-70 after Justin Hare's desperation three point attempt barely went wide left of the net. The Bruins rallied from 9 point and 7 point deficits in the second half to take a 70-69 lead late in the game, before Duke scored what proved to be the game's final basket with under a minute left to play.

In 2009 The Bruins won their first post-season game against the University of Evansville in the CIT.

In 2010 Belmont University won the Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship for the third time in four years. However, due to the Atlantic Sun Tie breaker the Bruins did not receive a bid to the NIT after losing in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament.

In 2011 Belmont University won the Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship and the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. The Bruins finished 30-4 overall (marking their first 30 win season in the NCAA era) and 19-1 in confeence play. By doing this they received their highest seed in their history, a #13. They faced the #4 seed Wisconsin Badgers in the second round of the Southeast Region, where they lost 72-58.

Year	Result
2006	First Round (UCLA 78-44)
2007	First Round (Georgetown 80-55)
2008	First Round (Duke 71-70)
2011	Second Round (Wisconsin 72-58)