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Abundant sunshine. High 73F. Winds light and variable.. A few passing clouds. Low 48F. Winds light and variable. Updated: March 3, 2026 @ 2:26 pmVanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes (1) drives against Tennessee guard Nya Robertson (1) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Knoxville, Tenn, Sunday, March 1, 2026.Michigan guard Olivia Olson (1) drives to the basket between UCLA defenders Angela Dugalić, left, and Gianna Kneepkens, right, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes (1) drives against Tennessee guard Nya Robertson (1)…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – For just the sixth time in SEC history, the league’s coach of the year, player of the year and freshman of the year come from the same team.This year, that team is Vanderbilt.Mikayla Blakes has been named SEC Player of the Year and Aubrey Galvan was selected as SEC Freshman of the Year.Blakes becomes the school’s second SEC Player of the Year winner, joining Chantelle Anderson, who won the award in 2001-02. Galvan is the fourth Dore to be named SEC Freshman of the Year, as she is the second-straight Vandy player to win the award.In…
In this story:Vanderbilt basketball really needs to get right on Tuesday night against Ole Miss, but that doesn’t diminish the body of work that it’s built to this point. The Commodores took the floor on Saturday as the No. 25 team in the AP Top with a top 15 offense in KenPom as well as the No. 20 defense before losing to Kentucky. Prior to that outing, Vanderbilt won against Georgia on senior night. It’s still waiting on its best performance, though. That didn’t look like the same Vanderbilt team that went up by as much as 28 points on their way…
Aubrey Galvan (left) and Mikayla Blakes during Vanderbilt’s game against Alabama at Memorial Gymnasium, Feb. 26, 2026Staff ReporterAubrey Galvan (left) and Mikayla Blakes during Vanderbilt’s game against Alabama at Memorial Gymnasium, Feb. 26, 2026Vanderbilt women’s basketball spent the past decade at the bottom of the SEC. After a free fall down the conference standings throughout the 2010s, the school’s storied women’s program notched last-place finishes in 2019 and 2021, around when then-new athletic director Candace Storey Lee made a call to UConn’s star assistant coach Shea Ralph.The school’s athletic director — the first Black woman to hold the position in the…
POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The Associated Press announced its national players of the week in men’s and women’s basketball for Week 17 of the season. On the men’s basketball side:The 6-foot-4 freshman guard is the first player to earn AP national player of the week honors twice this season after a stellar two-game stretch. Burries led the Wildcats to at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title by averaging 22.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. He scored 24 points with four assists in an 87-80 win at Baylor. He followed up with 20 points, 12 rebounds, five…
Shea Ralph has won at every level.From her playing days at Terry Sanford, where she was named National High School Player of the Year in 1996 after rewriting the NCHSAA record book with the highest-scoring girls basketball season ever, to an All-American career as a national champion at UConn as it became a burgeoning basketball dynasty, and now all the way to the highest coaching ranks in the SEC where she’s led Vanderbilt to the winningest regular season in program history.In women’s basketball’s most high-profile conference among headline-grabbing coaches like Kim Mulkey and Dawn Staley, Ralph has established herself.Her Commodores…
The Ole Miss Rebels (12-17, 4-12 SEC) will look to stop a five-game home losing streak when they take on the No. 24 Vanderbilt Commodores (22-7, 9-7 SEC) on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss. The game airs at 9 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.Odds provided by BetMGM.This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. Restrictions may apply. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or…
Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes, left, drives against Tennessee guard Nya Robertson, right, during a game in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday.Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.Sorry, an error occurred.Already Subscribed!Cancel anytimeAccount processing issue – the email address may already existSign up withThank you .Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in.Check your email for details.Invalid password or account does not existSign in withSubmitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password.An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email…
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Josh Pate has long lobbied to become College Football's first official commissioner. While his choice of podcast guests has soured many on him being in the public eye at all, his latest conference realignment proposal might win some of those fans back. Just none of them will be coming from the SEC.Pate's proposal would be to shrink the SEC to 10 teams: the Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, and Tennessee Volunteers.That'd take the Arkansas Razorbacks, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas…