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In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY—It’s not ominous around Vanderbilt basketball’s locker room as it exits the most spacious one it’s been in all season and settles in the hallway around a few neon stretch bands that have been set up for its players, but it could be. Regardless of how this all finishes–in joy or extraordinary pain–Vanderbilt is in its end times. This is the last chance that this particular group will ever have–and it knows it. Vanderbilt forward Devin McGlockton knows it. Tyler Nickel knows it. AK Okereke knows it. So does Duke Miles. And Jalen Washington. And Miles Keeffe. For most…
Vanderbilt begins its run against No. 12 McNeese ThursdayNo. 5 Vanderbilt (26-8, 11-7 SEC) vs. No. 12 McNeese (28-5, 19-3 SLC) Thursday, March 19 • 2:15 p.m. CTPaycom Center • Oklahoma City, Okla. TruTV • 102.5 The Game • Game NotesNASHVILLE, Tenn. — No. 5 Vanderbilt opens the 2026 NCAA Tournament against No. 12 McNeese on Thursday in a 2:15 p.m. tipoff in Oklahoma City. The first round matchup will air on TruTV with Brandon Gaudin, Chris Webber and Andy Katz on the call.Fans in Nashville can also tune in on 102.5 The Game to listen to Kevin Ingram’s and Tim…
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Vanderbilt head coach Mark Byington took to the podium Wednesday afternoon to preview Thursday’s Round of 64 matchup against McNeese. The Commodores and Cowboys square off in a No. 5 and No. 12 matchup where both teams come in playing some of their best basketball of the season.Vanderbilt has won three of its last four going into the opening round and finishing as the runners-up at the SEC Tournament while the Southland Conference Champions are riding on a 10-game win streak looking to pull off an upset.Byington spoke to the media Wednesday ahead of…
Luke Kornet talks about the uniqueness behind the Vanderbilt University benches: “The court is kind of like a stage” Basketball Networksource
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY—-Time for Vanderbilt basketball to put on its dancing shoes and pioneer a magical run unlike what this program has in recent memory. Now, it's time to deal with being the hunted as No. 12 seed McNeese runs up on the Commodores believing that it can win. Vanderbilt knows what McNeese has, too, and isn't overlooking it. They're a really good team,” Vanderbilt big man Jalen Washington told Vandy on SI. “Once you get to this point, you're just facing high level teams, right? There's no more easy games. And so with them, they play really hard, they…
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Vanderbilt big man AK Okereke jogged out of the western-most tunnel out onto the court at the Paycom Center. The arena that is usually home to the defending NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder is the host to eight teams in this season’s NCAA Tournament with orange stripes cutting across both the home and away sidelines of the court.For a lot of college basketball players at power conference programs, making the NCAA Tournament is something that they can get used to and thus take for granted. But not for Okereke. Okereke has seen the lowest…
Vanderbilt gearing up for NCAA basketball tournament WKRN News 2source
OKLAHOMA CITY — This wasn’t the real practice. Vanderbilt basketball treated it like one, though.That’s how coach Mark Byington explained it when he gathered his Commodores at midcourt of Paycom Center on March 18. As they stood on the “March Madness” lettering, where they’d tip off their NCAA Tournament about 24 hours later, Byington said simply: “Same energy. Same court. Same feel.”He meant that, too.Every team “practices” in the venue before an NCAA Tournament first-round game, though it’s usually not much of a practice. It’s about 40 minutes. The arena is open to the public. The bands are playing. Cheerleaders…