News Category: Vanderbilt Commodores

Arkansas faces Vanderbilt in SEC tourney to wrap disappointing season

There’s no denying that this season has been a major disappointment for Arkansas. The 12th-seeded Razorbacks were a Top 25 team early in the season but have skidded to a 15-16 record. They will have to win five games in five days to take the Southeastern Conference tournament title and an NCAA berth, starting with Wednesday night’s game against No. 13 seed Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. That’s part of coach Eric Musselman is blending preparation

Florida closes out regular season vs. lowly Vanderbilt

Florida is assured of at least the sixth seed in next week’s Southeastern Conference tournament and has an outside chance at moving up in the 14-team field as it goes into Saturday afternoon’s matchup with Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. A lot of chaos would have to ensue among the top five teams during the final weekend of the regular season, but crazier things have happened, and the unranked Gators (21-9, 11-6 SEC) are playing well

Antonio Reeves, No. 15 Kentucky take on Vanderbilt

Kentucky has revved up the offense and will aim for its seventh 100-point outing of the season when it faces Vanderbilt in Southeastern Conference play on Wednesday night at Lexington, Ky. The No. 15 Wildcats have exceeded the century mark in two of their past three games. They also did so earlier this season against the Commodores when they prevailed 109-77 on Feb. 6 at Nashville, Tenn. Kentucky (21-8, 11-5) is averaging 106.3 points while

LSU begins pivotal stretch with road game at Vanderbilt

The margin of error is very thin for LSU with a week to go before the Southeastern Conference tournament, just like its recent margin of victories. Still trying to climb in the NET rankings and SEC standings, LSU begins its critical three-game stretch to end the regular season Saturday afternoon when it visits Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. The Tigers (15-13, 7-8 SEC) are 3-1 in their past four games but still own a NET ranking

Arkansas aims to make late tourney run, faces lowly Vanderbilt

Is it too late for Arkansas to live up to its preseason Top 25 ranking and make a run toward an NCAA Tournament berth? The Razorbacks’ record of 14-13 overall and 5-9 in the Southeastern Conference suggests no. The schedule’s remainder says something else, however, particularly if Arkansas takes care of business Tuesday night in Fayetteville when it hosts SEC foe Vanderbilt (7-20, 2-12). Beating the Commodores would set Arkansas up for a stretch run

No. 24 Florida faces Vandy with Jerry Stackhouse fighting for job

No. 24 Florida continues pushing for a top four finish in the Southeastern Conference when the Gators roll out the welcome mats for struggling Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon in Gainesville. The Gators (18-8, 8-5 SEC) couldn’t hold onto a late lead in regulation and then missed the attempted game-tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds of their 98-93 overtime loss to No. 13 Alabama Wednesday night. Florida is tied with Kentucky for fifth place in the standings

Facing Vanderbilt, Georgia tries to halt 6-game slide

When Georgia and Vanderbilt meet Wednesday for the first time this season, the two slumping Southeastern Conference squads are facing the possibility of playing again in three weeks in the conference tournament. With both schools in the SEC’s bottom four, there’s a good chance they could square off in Nashville — the site of Wednesday’s game on the Vanderbilt campus — when the conference tournament opens on March 13 in the Music City’s famed downtown.

Jonas Aidoo, No. 8 Tennessee shoot for sweep of Vandy

Dalton Knecht owns the highest scoring average for a Tennessee player in eight years. Zakai Zeigler might be the team’s inspirational leader, and Josiah-Jordan James is the glue guy. However, the case can be made that 6-foot-11 Jonas Aidoo is becoming its true X factor. On nights when he plays well, the No. 8 Volunteers are just about unstoppable. Tennessee hopes Aidoo will be a key contributor again on Saturday during a Southeastern Conference home

Texas A&M puts improving offense up against lowly Vanderbilt

Texas A&M, winners of three straight for the first time since November, will tangle with a cold-shooting Vanderbilt team on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn. A month ago, the Aggies scored 53 and 55 points against LSU and Auburn, respectively, in a pair of losses to open SEC play. But last week, Texas A&M (15-8, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) went to last-place Missouri and scored a 79-60 win. It returned home Saturday for an 85-69 blasting of

No. 15 South Carolina earning respect entering clash vs. Vandy

No. 15 South Carolina began its season fighting for respect. With that earned around the Southeastern Conference, the Gamecocks enter the final eight games of the regular season playing for bigger stakes when they host Vanderbilt in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday. Coach Lamont Paris was publicly offended when the SEC media picked South Carolina (20-3, 8-2 SEC) last in the league’s preseason media poll. “I take it personal, and I take it personal for a