2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 28th year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center and were members of the Ohio Valley Conference 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 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Green Bay and Robert Morris to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Clemson.

2013–14 Belmont Bruins men's basketball
Ohio Valley East Division Champions
NIT Quarterfinals vs. Clemson, L 68–73
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record26–10 (14–2 OVC)
Head coach
  • Rick Byrd (28th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Ayers
  • James Strong
  • Mark Price
Home arenaCurb Event Center
2013–14 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Belmont142 .8752610  .722
Eastern Kentucky115 .6882410  .706
Morehead State106 .6252014  .588
Tennessee Tech97 .5631716  .515
Jacksonville State412 .2501021  .323
Tennessee State412 .250525  .167
West
Murray State133 .8132311  .676
Southeast Missouri State88 .5001814  .563
Eastern Illinois79 .4381119  .367
SIU Edwardsville79 .4381120  .355
Austin Peay610 .3751218  .400
UT Martin313 .188823  .258
2014 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
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