VANDERBILT COMMODORES BASKETBALL

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April 07 Update -- Wow, I could hardly have been more wrong about Vanderbilt Commodores Basketball this year. What a great surprise they turned out to be. Coach Stallings should be coach of the year in the SEC. The men's team ended up in 2d place in the SEC East with a 10-6 conference record and 22-12 overall. They finished the regular season ranked 26th nationally. The Commodores won 2 games in the NCAA tournament and nearly a 3rd against Georgetown. In fact that game was lost after a very controversial no call on a Georgetown travel.

We actually were almost dead on with our predictions about the Vandy women (see below). They had a very solid year. They finished the regular season ranked 9th nationally and in 3rd place in the SEC with an 11-4 conference record. They went 28-6 overall and won the SEC tournament. In the NCAA tournament, the Lady Commodores were a bit of a disappointment as a second seed. They won their first game, but lost their second game to 7th seeded Bowling Green.

Below is what we predicted before the season started:

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Vanderbilt Commodores Basketball has a long and rich tradition of excellence. The basketball team has long been Vanderbilt's signature athletic team. That is changing. For two reasons. First, Vandy's football team is improving. Second, Vandy's basketball team is moving in the other direction.

Certainly they are not bad. But in the tough SEC, especially the SEC East, Vanderbilt University Commodores Basketball no longer competes for the top of the division.

I predict they come in last in the East. But, ahead of 3 SEC West teams: Auburn and the two Mississippi schools.

VANDY BASKETBALL INFORMATION

Head Coach: Kevin Stallings
Assistant Coaches: Brad Frederick, Dan Muller, King Rice, Tom Richardson
Arena: Memorial Gym, built in 1952, seats 14,168

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VANDERBILT COMMODORES BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (2006-2007)

Wed. Nov. 15 9:00 p.m. Georgetown
Tue. Nov. 21 9:00 p.m. at Wake Forest
Sat. Nov. 25 8:00 p.m. Elon
Tue. Nov. 28 8:00 p.m. Furman
Sat. Dec. 02 8:00 p.m. Toledo
Tue. Dec. 05 8:00 p.m. E Tennessee St
Thu. Dec. 07 8:00 p.m. Lipscomb
Sat. Dec. 09 5:00 p.m. Georgia Tech
Sat. Dec. 16 8:00 p.m. Nicholls State
Tue. Dec. 19 11:00 a.m. at PR-Mayaguez
Fri. Dec. 29 8:00 p.m. Alabama A&M
Tue. Jan. 02 8:05 p.m. at Rice
Sat. Jan. 06 6:30 p.m. at Auburn
Wed. Jan. 10 8:00 p.m. Tennessee
Sat. Jan. 13 4:00 p.m. at Georgia
Wed. Jan. 17 8:00 p.m. Alabama
Sat. Jan. 20 3:00 p.m. at Kentucky
Wed. Jan. 24 8:00 p.m. at Louisiana State
Sat. Jan. 27 1:00 p.m. Mississippi
Wed. Jan. 31 7:00 p.m. at Florida
Sat. Feb. 03 7:00 p.m. Georgia
Sat. Feb. 10 3:00 p.m. at Tennessee
Wed. Feb. 14 8:00 p.m. South Carolina
Sat. Feb. 17 1:00 p.m. Florida
Wed. Feb. 21 8:00 p.m. at Mississippi St
Sun. Feb. 25 2:00 p.m. Kentucky
Wed. Feb. 28 7:30 p.m. at South Carolina
Sat. Mar. 03 4:00 p.m. Arkansas

VANDERBILT COMMODORES BASKETBALL ROSTER (2006-2007)

# 0 Jermaine Beal FR G 6-3/205 DeSoto, TX

# 31 JeJuan Brown FR F 6-7/225 Biloxi, MS

# 4 Derrick Byars SR G/F 6-7/230 Memphis, TN

# 20 Dan Cage SR G 6-5/215 Indianapolis, IN

# 34 George Drake RS FR G 6-4/215 Calera, AL

# 32 Shan Foster JR G/F 6-6/200 Kenner, LA

# 3 Alex Gordon JR G 5-11/170 Pensacola, FL

# 14 Aubrey Hammond JR G 6-4/185 Charlottesville, VA

# 11 Alan Metcalfe JR F 6-9/260 St. Helens, England

# 41 Ross Neltner JR F 6-9/245 Fort Thomas, KY

Davis Nwankwo RS SO F 6-10/245 College Park, MD

# 54 Ted Skuchas SR C 6-11/250 Audubon, PA

VANDERBILT LADY COMMODORES BASKETBALL

The Vanderbilt Lady Commodores are a top-20 team. Dee Davis and Carla Thomas provide a good nucleus to build the team around. They will finish 4th in the SEC, go to the NCAA tournament. Lose in the second or third round. But, this is a good team.

VANDERBILT COMMODORES BASKETBALL (LADY COMMODORES)INFORMATION

Head Coach: Melanie Balcomb
Assistant Coaches: Lisa Cermignano, Stephanie Norman, and Vicky Picott
Director of Basketball Operations: Justin VanOrman
Arena: Memorial Gym, built in 1952, seats 14,168

VANDERBILT COMMODORES BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (Women's) (2006-2007) Nov 12 - at Colorado
Nov 16 - at Western Ky, 8:00 PM
Nov 18 - vs. Dartmouth, 2:00 PM
Nov 20 - vs. TX A&M-CC, 8:00 PM
Nov 24 - vs. Florida Atlantic, 1:00 PM
Nov 30 - at U-A-B, 8:00 PM
Dec 3 - vs. Clemson, 5:00 PM
Dec 7 - at Duke, 7:00 PM
Dec 17 - at South Florida, 3:00 PM
Dec 20 - vs. Lipscomb, 8:00 PM
Dec 30 - vs. Princeton, 3:00 PM
Jan 1 - vs. La Salle, 3:00 PM
Jan 4 - vs. Arkansas, 8:00 PM
Jan 7 - at Ole Miss, 3:30 PM
Jan 11 - at South Carolina, 7:00 PM
Jan 14 - vs. Florida, 3:00 PM
Jan 18 - at Georgia, 7:00 PM
Jan 21 - at Georgia Tech, 3:00 PM
Jan 25 - vs. Tennessee, 7:00 PM
Jan 28 - at Arkansas, 3:00 PM
Feb 1 - at Kentucky, 7:00 PM
Feb 4 - vs. Alabama, 3:00 PM
Feb 11 - vs. Auburn, 3:00 PM
Feb 15 - at Miss State, 8:00 PM
Feb 18 - vs. South Carolina, 3:00 PM
Feb 22 - vs. L-S-U, 8:00 PM
Feb 25 - at Tennessee, 1:00 PM