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March 20, 2008

BELMONT NEWS


Belmont University Profiled in New York Times, Other Media
In an inventive article in Thursday's New York Times, reporter George Vecsey offers a lengthy profile of Belmont University that features the men's basketball team's third visit to the NCAA Tournament while also highlighting legendary alumna Sarah Cannon (Minnie Pearl).

Vecsey tells a story about Ms. Cannon that he first learned earlier this week in an interview with Belmont Music Business Professor Don Cusic, who is quoted in the article. Vecsey also writes, "I’m rooting for Belmont against the Dookies because I used hang out in Nashville, and I got to meet Belmont’s most popular alum — the Grand Ole Opry character with the moniker Minnie Pearl. The school might prefer to be known for its consistent grade-point average of over 3.0 for athletes — including the basketball team, which only a handful of teams in the final 64 could claim."

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Belmont has appeared in a number of other major media outlets this week as well in response to the NCAA tournament. Click the links below to see additional coverage.

MSNBC
Baltimore Sun
ESPN.com
WSMV
The Tennessean: 'Bruins Stare at History'
The Tennessean: 'Belmont coach shows off press conference comedy'
The Tennessean: 'Belmont Star Picks Hospitals Over Hoops'
Sporting News

InsideHigherEd.com Puts Belmont in Top 2 of Its NCAA Bracket
Teams standings determined by athletes' academic performance
FullColorBruinlogo.jpgInsideHigherEd.com—an online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education—recently released its own picks for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket and selected Belmont University to make it all the way to the Championship Game. InsideHigherEd.com based its selections in each round by awarding wins to the team with the strongest academic performance using the athletes’ academic standing, enrollment continuity and graduation rates as key factors. Belmont finished this tournament bracket second, behind only Davidson, outscoring such academic power players as Duke, Xavier and Cornell along the way.

Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher said, "This is what I really love about Belmont’s athletic program: No matter what the scoreboard shows at the end of a competitive contest, we know that we’ve 'won' by playing with class, giving our very best, exhibiting good sportsmanship and doing all of this with scholar-athletes who will leave Belmont and make significant contributions to meeting the needs of the world.”

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