Articles By: Pierce Greenberg

Bruins get it right with Ezell hire

The Vince Gill room was alive with buzz on April 19, as just about everyone close to the women’s basketball program—and media—was invited to meet new head coach Brittney Ezell. After an exhaustive search, there were probably a few sighs of relief, as well. Within a few minutes of meeting her, though,...

April 30th, 2010 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

Ezell hired to lead Lady Bruins basketball

After searching for more than a month, and sifting through 110 applications, Belmont athletics announced today that they hired Montevallo University head coach Brittney Ezell to lead the Lady Bruins. Ezell is 79-61 in her head coaching career which includes a three year stint at Okaloosa-Walton Junior...

April 19th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Show me the money

In a capitalist society, money drives everything. The need for profit trumps all else. Unfortunately, that mentality has seeped into the NCAA and the college basketball world. The NCAA isn’t even shy about masking the fact that consideration of NCAA tournament expansion is all about the dollar signs. “The...

March 25th, 2010 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

March Madness: Change on the horizon

How could NCAA tournament expansion affect Belmont and the Atlantic Sun? The biggest money-making, most exciting, and fundamentally American event in all of college sports is at a crossroads. This time of year, hoards of people spend hours agonizing over their national title picks. Yet, more than five...

March 24th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Cross resigns after 26 years

On March 16, Belmont women’s basketball head coach Tony Cross announced his resignation after more than 26 years at the helm of Lady Bruins basketball. Cross, who played basketball at Belmont from 1970-1974, finished his coaching career with a record of 544-255. Those wins rank him in the Top 20 of...

March 24th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Cross resigns after 26 years with women’s basketball

Belmont women’s basketball head coach Tony Cross has resigned after 26 seasons of leading the Lady Bruins. This year Belmont was 15-15. Cross, a 1974 graduate of Belmont, returned to his alma mater to coach in 1985 after serving as a graduate assistant for Pat Summit at the University of Tennessee. ...

March 16th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Lady Bruins eliminated in A-Sun semifinals, 77-63

Despite a solid showing in the first half against ETSU, the Lady Bruins failed to carry momentum into the second half and fell to the Lady Bucs, 77-63. It looked like ETSU, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, would run away with it early in the game as the Lady Bucs jumped out to a quick 11-0 lead. But...

March 5th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Belmont falls to Mercer in first round, 87-81

With 4:10 left, Mercer guard Jeff Smith hit a long three-pointer to give the Bears their first lead of the game, 71-68. Mercer rode the momentum—and their home crowd—through the end of the game and into the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun tournament, eliminating Belmont 87-81. The Bruins started...

March 4th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Belmont starts A-Sun tourney against Mercer

History repeats itself—especially if lessons aren’t learned from the past. Take the Britannic. Everyone remembers it’s sister ship—the Titanic—an unfortunate vessel that in 1912 hit an iceberg and sank tragically (sans frozen Leonardo DiCaprio, contrary to some interpretations). The Britannic...

March 3rd, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Belmont Vision picks the All-Atlantic Sun team

Well, the Atlantic Sun has finished up another crazy year with an astounding FOUR co-champions. Lipscomb, won the tiebreaker and will be the No. 1 seed going into the A-Sun tournament. Jacksonville and Belmont follow close behind at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively, and Campbell—who came into the weekend...

February 28th, 2010 | Sports | Read More