The 2012–13 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented
Belmont University
Belmont University is a Private university, private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporate ...
during the
2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 2012 with the Empire Classic, 2K Sports Classic and ended with the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four on April 6, 2013 and 2013 NCAA Divis ...
. The Bruins, led by 27th-year head coach
Rick Byrd
Richard F. Byrd (born April 30, 1953) is a retired American college basketball coach who served as the head coach of the Belmont Bruins men's basketball team from 1986-2019. On February 16, 2017, with the Bruins win over Eastern Kentucky, Byrd ...
, played their home games at the
Curb Event Center and were first year members of the
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in partnership with ...
in the East Division. They finished the season 26–7, 14–2 in OVC play to be champions of the West Division. They were also champions of the
OVC tournament, winning the championship game in overtime over Murray State, to earn their third consecutive trip to the
NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Arizona.
Roster
Schedule
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2013 OVC Basketball tournament
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2013 NCAA tournament
References
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