Belmont Bruins
Ohio Valley (26-5, 16-2)
Big Wins: 11/15 at Lipscomb (87-83), 12/15 at UCLA (74-72), 1/24 at Murray State (79-66)
Bad Losses: 12/1 at Green Bay (92-100), 1/3 Jacksonville State (73-83), 1/17 at Jacksonville State (80-91)
Coach: Robert Jones
Probable Starters:
Kevin McClain, Senior, Guard, 16.3 ppg, 4.1 apg, 3.5 rpg
Grayson Murphy, Freshman, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 6.6 apg, 4.5 rpg
Dylan Windler, Senior, Guard/Forward, 21.4 ppg, 10.7 rpg
Caleb Hollander, Freshman, Forward, 7.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Nick Muszynski, Freshman, Center, 14.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.2 bpg
Key Role Players:
Nick Hopkins, Sophomore, Guard, 6.8 ppg
Seth Adelsperger, Junior, Center, 4.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Michael Benkert, Junior, Guard, 4.3 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 87.4 (2nd in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 73.9 (242, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.9 (5, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.5 (97, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.5 (12, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.3 (45, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.8 (72, 4)
Rebound Margin: 3.8 (59, 2)
Assists Per Game: 19.9 (1, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.6 (60, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2017 | NIT | First Round win over Georgia |
| 2017 | NIT | Second Round loss to Georgia Tech |
| 2016 | NIT | First Round loss to Georgia |
| 2015 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Virginia |
| 2014 | NIT | First Round win over Green Bay |
| 2014 | NIT | Second Round win over Robert Morris |
| 2014 | NIT | Regional Final loss to Clemson |
| 2013 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Arizona |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Georgetown |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Wisconsin |
| 2009 | CIT | First Round win over Evansville |
| 2009 | CIT | Second Round loss to Old Dominion |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Duke |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Georgetown |
| 2006 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to UCLA |
*all team stats through 3/10
