What makes the Battle of the Boulevard so special, and why it is a rivalry you should care about

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NASHVILLE, TN - The last time that Belmont and Lipscomb played at Memorial Gymnasium -- the home of the Vanderbilt Commodores, a fellow Nashvillian institution of higher learning -- they not only packed the house with 16,000 fans, they had to lock out ticket-holders in order to prevent the fire marshall from shutting down the game.

That was all the way back in 1990.
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#BIAHRoadTrip The Diary, Part III: The Battle of the Boulevard, and why I know what Ke$ha's grandpa does for a living

12:15 pm Day 3
Bluegrass Parkway
30 miles outside Lexington, KY
Total Miles: 844

Road Trip Part-I
Road Trip Part-II


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Friday was dedicated completely to the Battle of the Boulevard.

So after checking in at the Holiday Inn Express Nashville Downtown -- which couldn't be in a more perfect spot; it is five blocks from the strip on Broadway with all the famous Honky Tonks and it took us longer to walk those five blocks than it did to drive to Belmont University -- we made are way over to Belmont's beautiful campus and spent the day hanging out with Danny Forcella, Greg Sage and John Langdon, who all work in the school's athletic department.
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Belmont's struggling, but still has the pieces to win a tournament game

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NASHVILLE, TN - Belmont's chances of getting an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament died a long time ago. If it wasn't when the Bruins came up short in their upset bids at Duke and at Memphis, then it was when they had a stretch of three losses in four games against the likes of Marshall, Miami OH and Middle Tennessee State.

When you play in a conference like the Atlantic Sun, you can't lose three games to teams that have no shot of getting an at-large bid and still expect the committee to call your name come Selection Sunday without your league's auto-bid. You just can't.
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