Sports teams are nicknamed the Bisons, and there is a large statue of the
namesake animal centrally located on the campus. At one time the school was a
small-college sports powerhouse, notably in baseball and basketball in the NAIA; now it is a new member of NCAA Division I and competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference.The university has an ongoing sports rivalry with Belmont
University, just 3 miles down the road from Lipscomb. Traditionally basketball games between the two schools are called the
Battle of the Boulevard.