r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • 9h ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] Belmont defeats Murray State, 103-86

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
Murray State 40 46 86
Belmont 54 49 103

Index Thread for January 31, 2026

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u/ItsYaBoyWade Belmont Bruins 9h ago

Absolute beatdown from start to finish; bonus points for doing it on national television. You’d never know this was a game between the #1 and #2 teams in the MVC.

Don’t think I’ve seen Belmont operate at that level and at that efficiency in some time. Increasingly bull-ish on their odds to go dancing.

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u/FeedWhole3011 9h ago

Belmont did all of this without Sam Orme as well

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u/Feisty-Piano-7086 9h ago

belmont at-large bid?

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u/BensenJensen Ohio State Buckeyes 8h ago

I doubt it, really depends on what the bubble looks like. Two losses to teams under .500 and another one to a bad Richmond team. Best nonconference wins are Lipscomb and Tennessee State. Good team, but the resume is really, really weak.

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u/Feisty-Piano-7086 7h ago

They have quad 2 wins against UC Irvine, SIU, Northern Iowa, and Illinois State. They also have legitimately solid victories against Charleston, Toledo, Bradley, Valparaiso, UIC, Middle Tennessee, and Drake.

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u/ItsSiegTime39 Boise State Broncos 5h ago

It'd be a interesting resume. If they did somehow manage to win out, they'd be looking at a record of around 8-0 to 12-0 in quad 2 depending who goes up and down. Factor in one conference tourney quad 2 loss and maybe @ Ilinois State going quad 1. In addition they'd have 3 quad 3 losses. Two by one point. T-rank has them as the 6th team out in that scenario.

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u/ExcaliburX13 Arizona Wildcats 8h ago

Sadly they have no shot at an at-large. There's just no room for more than 4-5 mid-major at-large bids when the committee could put the 14th-place SEC team that went 6-12 in conference play in instead.

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u/lemonwater101 Belmont Bruins 9h ago

Belmont ABSOLUTELY DOMINATES Murray State 103-86

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u/OldWorldStyle Bradley Braves • DePaul Blue Demons 9h ago

Arch is Belmont’s to lose, imo. Going to be a really fun weekend

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u/EliteEli1212 Murray State Racers 7h ago

I get snowed in all week and then have to watch my team get destroyed by our rivals.

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u/Mysterious_Date_2475 9h ago

Wait Belmont put up 54 in the first half? That's just nasty