Men's Basketball Well-Represented on OVC 75th Anniversary Team

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - 10 members of Belmont University men's basketball were selected to the Ohio Valley Conference 75^th Anniversary Team, the league announced.
 
Former players Evan Bradds, Craig Bradshaw, Ian Clark, Kerron Johnson, Austin Luke, J.J. Mann, Grayson Murphy, Nick Muszynski and Dylan Windler were honored, as was legendary head coach Rick Byrd.
 
Bradds, a two-time Associated Press All-American and two-time OVC Player of the Year, ranks among the most efficient scorers in college basketball history. He ranks sixth all-time in NCAA Division I career field goal percentage (.667) and is Belmont's NCAA Division I era career scoring leader with 1,921 points.
 
Bradshaw was a three-time All-OVC selection in helping Belmont to three conference regular season championships and two conference tournament championships. Sixth on Belmont's NCAA Division I era career scoring list with 1,698 points, Bradshaw's electrifying performance vs. Virginia in the 2015 NCAA Tournament ranks among the most memorable in program history.
 
Clark, a six-year NBA veteran and 2017 NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors, became Belmont's first player to earn all-conference honors in four consecutive seasons. The 2013 OVC co-Player of the Year posted 1,920 career points and 340 3-point field goals.
 
Johnson is among an exclusive list of players in college basketball history to earn conference tournament Most Valuable Player honors in two different leagues. His game-tying and game-winning shots in the 2013 OVC Championship victory over Murray State are forever woven into Belmont history.
 
Luke was a two-time All-OVC selection who graduated third all-time in OVC history with 681 assists. The 2018 OVC All-Tournament team selection just finished his fifth season playing professionally.
 
Mann, the 2014 OVC Player of the Year and 10-year professional, set a number of Belmont NCAA era program records, including games played (139), victories (109), steals (208), single-season scoring (660 points, 2014), home court win streak (23 games), and overall home court winning percentage (50-2, .962).
 
Murphy stands as the OVC all-time career leader in assists (775) and steals (281). He was the only player in college basketball over the last 30 seasons to put up over 1,000 points, 800 rebounds, 700 assists and 250 steals.
 
Muszynski, a central figure in Belmont's NCAA Tournament victory over Temple, was a three-time Lou Henson All-American selection and was one of only nine players over the last 30 years in college basketball with at least 1,800 points, 700 rebounds, 250 assists and 200 blocked shots.

Windler joined future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant as one of two players in NCAA Division I history to average 20.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and at least two made 3-point field goals per game in a single season. He graduated 18th in college basketball history in effective field goal percentage (.640).

Byrd retired 12th all-time among NCAA Division I head coaches with 805 career victories. The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and John R. Wooden Award Legends of Coaching recipient ranks second all-time in career conference winning percentage of .797 (447-114), behind only Mark Few of Gonzaga.
 
Belmont season tickets – which include the entire men's and women's basketball home schedule – are on sale now at belmontbruins.com/tickets. 
 
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Belmont University men's basketball has been a postseason fixture the last two decades, including nine berths to the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins have won 20 conference championships since 2006 - third-most nationally over that span (Gonzaga, Kansas). Belmont has won 20 or more games in 13 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, Oregon) and 19 or game games in 18 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, San Diego State). Belmont is among select programs with two or more first-round selections in the NBA Draft over the last five years (Ben Sheppard, Dylan Windler). Belmont University men's basketball boasts an NCAA-leading 19 CoSIDA Academic All-America selections since 2001 and is the only NCAA Division I program to make the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Honor Roll every year of existence