Vanderbilt basketball has a No. 8 or 9 seed in the latest March Madness bracketology after recent wins vs top 10 Tennessee and Kentucky
Vanderbilt fans storm court
In a weekend SEC showdown, the Vanderbilt Commodores (16-4, 4-3) hosted the Kentucky Wildcats (14-5, 3-3) for some high-energy, gym rattling basketball. The Wil
Vanderbilt basketball stormed the court for the second time in a week as it beat Kentucky, 74-69, at Memorial Gymnasium.
K entucky got back to it on Saturday after not having a mid-week game, facing the Vanderbilt Commodores, and it was a fast one that featured plenty of threes and turnovers, going
Saturday played out Vandy’s way. The Commodores forced 17 Kentucky turnovers while committing just five of their own. New coach Mark Byington’s team leads the nation in points off turnovers and, sure enough, Vandy doubled Kentucky in that department 14-7.
Tyler Nickel’s 3-pointer with 1:50 left put Vanderbilt ahead to stay as the Commodores upset a Top 10 team on their home court for a second straight Saturday by beating No. 9 Kentucky 74-69
The Kentucky Wildcats fought back from a double-digit deficit at halftime to make a game of it in the second half but still fell to the Vanderbilt Commodores 74-69.