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Vanderbilt basketball has secured the No. 4 seed and the double-bye in the SEC Tournament and will play at Bridgestone Arena on March 13 at approximately 3 p.m. CT.The 22nd-ranked Commodores (24-7, 11-7 SEC) clinched the double-bye with the 86-82 win over No. 25 Tennessee March 7 in Knoxville, coupled with Florida’s victory over Kentucky.Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and the Vols finished tied for fourth in the league with 11-7 records.In a three-team tiebreaker, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record among all tied teams. Tennessee and Vanderbilt both went 2-1 against the other two, while Texas A&M is 0-2. That would…

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Knoxville, TN – The Tennessee men’s basketball team dropped an 86-82 decision Saturday afternoon to No. 24/22 Vanderbilt to conclude the 2025-26 regular season.No. 23/25 Tennessee (21-10, 11-7 SEC) played without freshman forward Nate Ament, its leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, for the second game in a row. Freshman guard Amari Evans paced the team with a career-high 24 points at Food City Center.Vanderbilt (24-7, 11-7 SEC) started 7-of-11 from the floor—it scored the first six points and then, after allowing a basket, went a 9-0 run in 3:28—to claim a 15-2 lead at the 13:33 mark, with the Volunteers…

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In this story:Vanderbilt women’s basketball’s run for a SEC Tournament Championship may be over, but its season is not. After losing to Ole Miss in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Tournament, the Commodores now look toward the NCAA Tournament where they will make a run at the National Championship.Vanderbilt is going to be a host site barring something extremely unforeseen happening when the tournament bracket is released. The question is where will Vanderbilt be seeded and who will it play.ESPN women’s college basketball bracketologist Charlie Creme updated his bracket projection following Vanderbilt’s loss Friday night. In the projection, Creme…

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Tennessee basketball will be the No. 5 seed in the SEC Tournament.The Vols landed in the fifth-spot following their 86-82 loss to Vanderbilt, which squandered the opportunity to have a double-bye in Nashville as a top-four seed. The Vols (21-10, 11-7 SEC) will play on Thursday against the winner of the first-round game between the No. 12 Auburn and No. 13 Mississippi State on Wednesday.UT will play in the second game in the early session Thursday. The tournament starts Wednesday. The championship game is on Sunday prior the NCAA Tournament selection show. Tennessee won the SEC Tournament in 2022, its…

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The Tennessee Vols basketball team had a Senior Day to forget after a heartbreaking loss to Vanderbilt 86-82. This puts Tennessee at 21-10 on the year, capping off an up and down season for the Vols. Rick Barnes has done a good job with this team for the most part, but some of the same issues have lingered all season. Not having Nate Ament has really hurt, as the Vols didn't have much of an inside presence today. The good news is the Vols one the first meeting, so they will end up splitting with Vandy. Tennessee did a really…

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No. 2-seeded Vanderbilt falls to No. 7 Ole Miss, 89-78, in the quarterfinals of the 2025-26 SEC TournamentGREENVILLE, S.C. – The No. 2-seeded Vanderbilt women’s basketball team could not overcome a slow start in the quarterfinals at the 2026 SEC Tournament, as the Commodores fell to No. 7-seed Ole Miss, 89-78, Friday night at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.With the loss, the No. 5/5-ranked Dores move to 27-4 overall on the year. Vanderbilt now waits to find out its draw for the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Selection Sunday is set for March 15 and airs live on ESPN at 7 p.m. CT.For…

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