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Vanderbilt basketball made quick work of High Point in the first round of the 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament on March 21 at Memorial Gymnasium.The second-seeded Commodores’ 102-61 victory secured them a second-round game on March 23 (6 p.m., ESPN2) against No. 7 Illinois (22-11), a 66-57 winner against Colorado.Mikayla Blakes led the Commodores (28-4) with 30 points and broke Vanderbilt’s single-season scoring record of 855 points in the process. She pushed her season total to 867.Vanderbilt will attempt to advance past the second round of March Madness for the first time since the 2012-13 season when it fell to UConn.…
Nebraska men’s basketball faced Vanderbilt in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.Almost time Nebraska vs Vanderbilt for a trip to the Sweet 16 pic.twitter.com/PsG8i106KTThe team was playing for a little bit more than just its second March Madness win in school history. It was Sam and Charlie Hoiberg’s birthday!It’s Sam and Charlie Hoiberg’s birthday…Best gift?A trip to the Sweet 16 🎁🏀 @KETV pic.twitter.com/1M200PwF3sHusker Nation was out in full force in Oklahoma City.Husker Power chants drowning out the Vandy introductions @ketvNebraska got off to a quick start thanks to Rienk Mast.Quick start for Huskers – 3-4 from three…
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Vanderbilt women’s basketball star Mikayla Blakes celebrated teammate Sacha Washington’s record more than her own record in the No. 2 seed Commodores’ 102-61 rout of No. 15 seed High Point in the Women’s NCAA Tournament first round on March 21 at Memorial Gymnasium.Blakes broke the Vanderbilt single-season scoring record with 30 points, which gave her 867 for the 2025-26 season. Washington tied the program’s March Madness single-game rebounding record with 17.Blakes was animated a couple of minutes later when told about Washington tying the rebounds record set in 1987 by Karen Booker against James Madison.”There you go! It was a…
None of Mikayla Blakes’ Vanderbilt women’s basketball teammates really notice anymore when she puts up a 30-point performance.Not even when that performance comes during March Madness.Blakes had to be informed that she put up her 13th 30-point game of the season as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt basketball defeated No. 15 seed High Point, 102-61, in the first round of the Women’s NCAA Tournament on March 21 at Memorial Gymnasium. She didn’t know that she’d set the school’s single-season scoring record, either.Blakes scored her 30 points on 11-for-16 shooting, plus 6-for-6 from the free-throw line, and also put up three rebounds…
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY – It was a night that Vanderbilt and its fans want to forget, but won’t. The Commodores were a halfcourt shot away from advancing to the Sweet 16. Instead, Vanderbilt’s 2025-2026 season comes to a close in a heartbreaking 74-72 loss to Nebraska.It is a season that will go down in history in the eyes of Vanderbilt fans. A season where one perhaps wonders when the next time will be to get back to tonight. But that will have to be answered at a different time. For now, Vanderbilt head coach Mark Byington spoke to the…
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY—Only a few moments had passed since Tyler Tanner experienced the heartbreak of his life when he popped out from the locker room, plopped down in a chair and shook his head in pure, unadulterated disbelief.Tanner was brave enough to distribute a hug to a Vanderbilt manager as he entered the eerily silent hallway, but human nature trumped any desire for Tanner to put on a brave face. Seeing a seemingly immortal like Tanner in such a catastrophic state was jarring, it was heartbreaking. Nobody should’ve expected anything different after a moment like Tanner just endured, though. Classic…
Vanderbilt women’s basketball’s second-round game time has been announced in the 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament.The No. 2 seed Commodores (28-4) will face No. 7 seed Illinois (22-11) as it advanced in March Madness with a first-round win March 21 over No. 15 seed High Point 102-61 at Memorial Gymnasium. The second-round game will be on March 23 at Memorial Gymnasium at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2, according to a program spokesperson.Illinois defeated No. 10 seed Colorado 66-57.The winner of the game will advance to the Sweet Sixteen in Fort Worth, Texas.Vanderbilt is in the same region as UConn, and Mikayla…
Nebraska men’s basketball, for the first time in program history, reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers faced Vanderbilt for the second round on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. CT on TNT.Nebraska pulled off the win, scoring late to take the 74-72 victory and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history. Vanderbilt held the lead for part of the second after the Huskers allowed the Commodores to get back into the game.But Nebraska fought back, taking the lead with seconds left. Braden Frager landed the game-winning shot, finishing the night with 15 points. He led…
OKLAHOMA CITY — — Tyler Tanner nearly sent Nebraska’s boisterous fans home in stunned silence. Braden Frager made a driving layup with 2.2 seconds left to put Nebraska in front, and Tanner’s heave from beyond half court rimmed out at the buzzer as the Cornhuskers outlasted Vanderbilt 74-72 Saturday night in a scintillating second-round NCAA Tournament game and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time. March Madness, indeed. “I just froze for two seconds,” Frager said. “I thought it went in. I didn’t know how to react. I was, just — everybody started celebrating. I was like, he…