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
OVC Tournament
2017 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team