NCAA Tournament March Madness

#12 Vanderbilt

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Projected seed: 4

Vanderbilt’s projection rests on a résumé that pairs eye-catching neutral-site victories over St. Mary’s, Tennessee and Florida with statement home wins against Alabama and Kentucky, which tells the committee this team can rise to big moments; those signature wins are offset by ugly road trips to Arkansas and Texas and tight setbacks at Oklahoma, Missouri and on the road at Kentucky that expose inconsistency away from Nashville. The Commodores have also shown they can win significant games away at Memphis, Wake Forest and Mississippi, which bolsters their case, but the pair of losses to Arkansas and a late neutral-site defeat leave a clear area of concern. The remaining path is straightforward: accumulate more wins away from Vanderbilt and in the conference environment to erase the bad losses and turn quality moments into an undeniable résumé.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Lipscomb200W105-61
11/8@UCF54W105-93
11/12E Kentucky297W92-62
11/15Ark Pine Bluff314W104-75
11/20TX Southern316W109-74
11/26(N)WKU170W83-78
11/27(N)VCU45W89-74
11/28(N)St Mary's CA24W96-71
12/3SMU42W88-69
12/13Cent Arkansas153W83-72
12/17@Memphis134W77-70
12/21@Wake Forest74W98-67
12/29New Haven328W96-53
1/3@South Carolina95W83-71
1/7Alabama18W96-90
1/10LSU60W84-73
1/14@Texas37L80-64
1/17Florida4L98-94
1/20@Arkansas15L93-68
1/24@Mississippi St100W88-56
1/27Kentucky28W80-55
1/31Mississippi65W71-68
2/7Oklahoma40L92-91
2/10@Auburn38W84-76
2/14Texas A&M39W82-69
2/18@Missouri52L81-80
2/21Tennessee16L69-65
2/25Georgia32W88-80
2/28@Kentucky28L91-77
3/3@Mississippi65W89-86
3/7@Tennessee16W86-82
3/13(N)Tennessee16W75-68
3/14(N)Florida4W91-74
3/15(N)Arkansas15L86-75