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Lady Vols basketball has a home matchup with its in-state rival on senior day to close out the regular season.Tennessee (16-11, 8-7 SEC) will play No. 5 Vanderbilt (26-3, 12-3) at Food City Center on March 1 (2 p.m. ET, ESPN). The Lady Vols have lost five straight games, and the Commodores have won two ranked matchups in a row over Kentucky and Alabama.Here’s what you need to know about the matchup.Mikayla Blakes has been one of the best players in the country this season, and she has a strong case for National Player of the Year.The sophomore guard averages 26.9 points,…
Eli Stowers meets with the media during the 2026 NFL Combine2026 © Copyright Vanderbilt University Privacy Policy / Terms and Conditions / DSAR Form source
Larry Brown SportsBrown Bag it, BabyVanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia does not seem too overly concerned about whether NFL teams are worried about his maturity level.Pavia was asked about such concerns at the NFL Combine on Friday, and he was content to make light of that narrative. He joked that Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea had always liked to tell his players that they weren’t finished developing mentally yet.“Coach Lea always pressed that your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed until you’re 25, and I just turned 24. So I’ve got like 365 days to go,” Pavia said, via Madelyn Burke of…
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There’s been a seismic change in the Southeastern Conference coaching landscape. Six programs have new head coaches in 2026. One coach held three programs hostage for a month while he decided which school to work for. The offseason upheaval has also changed the hierarchy of coaches salaries in the SEC.The biggest coaching change involved Lane Kiffin. Kiffin has revived the entire Ole Miss program over the past several years. The controversial coach was the top choice of two “bigger” programs in Florida and LSU. The drama lasted weeks as Kiffin milked every minute before finally landing in Baton Rouge becoming…
In this story:NASHVILLE—Time to get this thing rolling. This isn’t perfect–it’s almost assuredly not going to get Frankie Collins and Mason Nicholson back–but it’s as close as this group has been since the start of the new year. Everyone has a defined, fitting role. Miles is healthy and not fighting through significant pain. Tanner appears to be over his sickness and back to his normal self. Vanderbilt is coming off of a win, too. It's almost now or never for this team to turn the corner. “Now that we kind of have our guys, when we was at our peak, back…
Sophomore leads all high-major players with 67 stealsNASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt sophomore guard Tyler Tanner was named to the 2026 Naismith Men’s College Defensive Player of the Year Presented by MOLECULE Late-Season Team, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Friday.Tanner is among the 15 players vying for the award heading into the closing week of the season. The Brentwood native leads all high-major players with 67 steals on the year. The 67 takeaways are tied for sixth all-time at Vanderbilt and just 10 shy of the school record set by James Strong in 1998-99.The Commodore guard is still the only high-major…
Lacrosse head coach Beth Hewitt and student-athlete Kiera Runske met with the media following the Dores 22-10 win over Cincinnati2026 © Copyright Vanderbilt University Privacy Policy / Terms and Conditions / DSAR Form source
Vanderbilt’s Sacha Washington and Mikayla Blakes hug after the Commodores’ victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide on Feb. 26, 2026Staff ReporterVanderbilt’s Sacha Washington and Mikayla Blakes hug after the Commodores’ victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide on Feb. 26, 2026Huge cheers erupted late in the fourth quarter Thursday night, when Vanderbilt women’s basketball coach Shea Ralph rotated in her second unit, pulling out stars Sacha Washington, Mikayla Blakes and Aubrey Galvan. Ralph and Washington hugged at the half-court sideline, the 6-foot-2 forward lowering her head into Ralph’s shoulder. “ I just don’t want it to end,” Ralph told reporters later that evening…
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