2026–27 season
Belmont
Bruins · MVC
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Hero rating
- +3.7
- No. 93 in Division I
- Home
- Nashville, TN
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- WeaknessTurnover-proneTurnover rate: 22.0%11th
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 25.3%86th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Jack Smiley
- 21.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Vincent Neugebauer
- 7′1″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Eoin Dillon
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Jack SmileyGuard · Valparaiso, IN | 6′2″ | 180 | 2 | 3 | 32.7 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 44.0 | 100.0 | 29.5 |
| 5Eoin DillonForward · Peoria, IL | 6′9″ | 220 | 3 | 2 | 24.5 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 17.9 |
| 10Jabez JenkinsGuard · Covington, GA | 6′4″ | 200 | 3 | 3 | 23.7 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 22.8 |
| 9Vincent NeugebauerCenter · Oldenburg, Germany | 7′1″ | 240 | 1 | 3 | 23.7 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 21.3 |
| 0Ethan Sage · Weatherford, OK | 6′7″ | 205 | 1 | 3 | 21.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 9.8 |
| 3Isaiah WestGuard · Springfield, TN | 6′2″ | 195 | 2 | 3 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 11.6 |
| 4Aleksa RisticGuard · Nis, Serbia | 6′3″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 20.3 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 21.3 |
| 1Matthew ZobristGuard · Metamora, IL | 6′5″ | 205 | 1 | 3 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 14.4 |
| 11Kayden FishForward · Kansas City, MO | 6′6″ | 235 | 1 | 2 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 26.0 |
| 23Charlie Gersmehl · Cumming, GA | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 20.2 |
| 13Cooper HaynesGuard · Memphis, TN | 6′2″ | 200 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 24.2 |
| 22Cooper Knowles · Niota, IL | 6′10″ | 210 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| 33Graydon LemkeForward · Las Vegas, NV | 6′10″ | 210 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.7 |
| 8Eli Brown · Murfreesboro, TN | 6′2″ | 185 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.7 |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–1
ATS as favorite
1–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsSO Southern Indiana | W72–54 | -17.5 | 155.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 5 | vsCENCentre College | W75–45 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 10 | @LIPLipscomb | L75–88 | -3.5 | 156.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 14 | vsFURFurman13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | vsUNIUnion (KY) | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | NYALEYale | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | NAKRAkron12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NST St. Bonaventure | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | @WESWestern Kentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsMTSUMiddle Tennessee | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | @UABUAB | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 14 | vsCHACharleston14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | @BRABradley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 21 | @ILLIllinois State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vsUNINorthern Iowa | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 1 | vsUICUIC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | @DRADrake | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 8 | vsILLIllinois State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | @EVAEvansville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsS ISouthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | vsINDIndiana State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | @VALValparaiso | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 24 | @UICUIC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | vsDRADrake | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @S ISouthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @MURMurray State12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | vsBRABradley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 12 | vsEVAEvansville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 15 | @INDIndiana State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsMURMurray State12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsVALValparaiso | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 28 | @UNINorthern Iowa | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |