NCAA Tournament March Madness

#11 Vanderbilt

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Projected seed: 3

Vanderbilt’s resume pairs headline wins with a few ugly setbacks, a mix that fits the committee’s view of a near-top seed. Big neutral victories over VCU and St. Mary’s and true road wins at Wake Forest and Memphis prove this team can win away from home, and home triumphs over Alabama and Kentucky show they can beat marquee conference rivals in front of their crowd. The damage comes from a lopsided loss at Arkansas and a clear defeat at Texas plus painful home setbacks to Florida and a tight loss to Oklahoma, results that keep them from vaulting higher. With remaining chances at Missouri, home tests against Georgia and Tennessee and road trips to Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, Vanderbilt has multiple opportunities to erase those blemishes and lock in the standing their best wins have earned.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Lipscomb171W105-61
11/8@UCF49W105-93
11/12E Kentucky271W92-62
11/15Ark Pine Bluff295W104-75
11/20TX Southern309W109-74
11/26(N)WKU175W83-78
11/27(N)VCU46W89-74
11/28(N)St Mary's CA32W96-71
12/3SMU37W88-69
12/13Cent Arkansas163W83-72
12/17@Memphis99W77-70
12/21@Wake Forest72W98-67
12/29New Haven334W96-53
1/3@South Carolina98W83-71
1/7Alabama16W96-90
1/10LSU54W84-73
1/14@Texas34L80-64
1/17Florida5L98-94
1/20@Arkansas18L93-68
1/24@Mississippi St91W88-56
1/27Kentucky28W80-55
1/31Mississippi71W71-68
2/7Oklahoma57L92-91
2/10@Auburn31W84-76
2/14Texas A&M36W82-69
2/18@Missouri5370%
2/21Tennessee1967%
2/25Georgia3980%
2/28@Kentucky2854%
3/4@Mississippi7178%
3/7@Tennessee1945%