Small school finally able to sing new song - USA Today
USA Today features Belmont on its front page today, with a look at how Belmont's first NCAA men's basketball appearance "validates the bold and expensive step the 4,300-student private institution took in 1996, when it jumped from the low-profile NAIA to the NCAA." [MORE]
Belmont Men's Basketball in NCAA Tournament
Belmont's opponent in the the opening round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament was announced Sunday. The Belmont Bruins (20-10, 15-5 Atlantic Sun) - winners of the Atlantic Sun Championship - received a 15 seed in the Oakland regional, and will play the Pac-10 Champion Bruins in San Diego Thursday. The Tennessean covers the scene at Curb Event Center when the announcement was made and also has more here on the coach leading the Bruins to their first-ever NCAA tournament. The Nashville City Paper has coverage too. Bruins Online will have updates and ticket information.
Women to Face Tennessee Tech in NIT First Round Wednesday
Belmont's women's basketball team, winners of the Atlantic-Sun Conference regular season title, has been invited to be one of the 40 teams to play in the Women's NIT. The team will travel to Cookeville to face Tennessee Tech in the first round. The game will be at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday. Tennessee Tech holds a 19-12 advantage in the all-time series, but the teams have not met since 1984.
Belmont Alumni Receive 12 ACM Award Nominations
Belmont University alumni received a total 12 awards nominations yesterday when the Academy of Country Music Award nominations were announced - including 10 of the 58 nominations given in the major categories that will be part of the televised awards show. Brad Paisley ('95) led all nominees with six nominations, including Top Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year for his album Time Well Wasted. The ACM Awards will be broadcast life on Tues., May 23, 2006, at 7 p.m. CST on CBS. [MORE]
Maddox Foundation Continues Generous Support of Belmont
The Maddox Foundation, founded by the late Dan and Margaret Maddox, has continued its generous support of Belmont University with two recent gifts totaling $456,880, including a $350,000 installment of the total $5.5 million that the foundation pledged to help build the Maddox Grand Atrium that connects the Beaman Student Life Center and Curb Event Center on the Belmont campus. The foundation also gave Belmont $106,880 to continue funding Belmont's Presidential Scholars Program and the Rasmussen Foreign Studies Program. [MORE]