The 2025–26 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by ninth-year head coach Bart Brooks, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Previous season The Bruins finished the 2024–25 season 26–13, 15–5 in MVC play, to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Northern Iowa, and Missouri State, before falling to top-seeded Murray State in the MVC tournament championship game. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT, where they would defeat Middle Tennessee in the first round, Northern Arizona in the second round, James Madison in the quarterfinals, and Villanova in the semifinals, before falling to Minnesota in the championship game.
Preseason On October 22, 2025, the Missouri Valley Conference released their preseason poll. Belmont was picked to finish atop the conference, receiving 25 out of a 44 possible first-place votes. Only the top 4 vote getters were released.
Preseason rankings +MVC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 Belmont 446 (25) 2 436 (13) 3 387 (2) 4 371 (4)
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MVC "Players to Watch" MVC "Players to Watch"PlayerYearPositionJailyn BanksJuniorGuardTuti JonesGraduate StudentEmily La ChapellSeniorAvery StricklandGraduate Student Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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