The 2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented

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during the

2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2013 and ended with the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, whose Final Four was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on April 5,& ...

. The Bruins, led by 28th year head coach

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, played their home games at the Curb Event Center and were members of the

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in the East Division. They finished the season 26–10, 14–2 in OVC play to be champions of the East Division and overall regular season OVC champions. They advanced to the championship game of the OVC tournament where they lost to Eastern Kentucky. As regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the

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where they defeated Green Bay and Robert Morris to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Clemson.

Roster

Schedule

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CT News. December 10, 2013

References

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