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Preview: Vanderbilt: Southern Miss
I wanted to share a few things before talking about the Southern Miss game tomorrow. I wrote an article for VandyMania.com about how important the Mercer and Manhattan games were...
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Vanderbilt Basketball: Getting ready for 2010
With only a few games remaining before the start of SEC play, I wanted to take a quick look bad at the first 11 games of the season. With apologies to Sergio Leone, here is a list of the Good, Bad, and the Ugly of the young Vanderbilt season...
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SEC Basketball Power Rankings: Dec. 29, '09
I'll be posting SEC Basketball Power Rankings once a week from here on out. I'll try to make it every Tuesday. Please don't yell if you disagree. You can always read my blog at DorePosts.com...
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Tennessee College Basketball Rankings
The state rankings will appear every Tuesday/Wednesday throughout basketball season. This is an idea that I'm borrowing from ESPNChicago's Scott Powers. They have a weekly poll for the state of Illinois...
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Recap: Vanderbilt Commodores 99, Mercer Bears 59
A game like tonight has to examined in context. If you only look at tonight's game as a single entity, everything seems perfect...
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Recap: Vanderbilt Commodores 84, Tennessee State Tigers 71
Sometimes it's easy to convince yourself that your favorite team played a lot better than they did. As I was leaving Memorial Gym, I kept thinking how much fun Vanderbilt's 84-71 victory over Tennessee State was...
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SEC Basketball Power Rankings: Dec. 17, 2009
I'll be posting SEC Basketball Power Rankings every Thursday from here on out. Please don't yell if you disagree. 1. Kentucky (10-0) It's beginning to feel like 1996. The Wildcats are undefeated and have beaten some quality competition...
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Tennessee's College Basketball Rankings
The state rankings will appear every Tuesday throughout basketball season. This is an idea that I'm borrowing from ESPNChicago's Scott Powers. They have a weekly poll for the state of Illinois...
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Recap: Vanderbilt Commodores 69, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 76
Before I rant about Vanderbilt's issues, I wanted to congratulate WKU on their 76-69 victory tonight against Vanderbilt. The team brought a lively crowd down from Bowling Green. The Hilltoppers controlled the game from the tip to the final horn...
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Vanderbilt-Western Kentucky: Commodores Face Challenge Against Solid Hilltoppers
Tomorrow night's game against Western Kentucky will provide the last real challenge that Vanderbilt will face before the beginning of the SEC schedule...
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Recap: Vanderbilt Commodores 68, Illinois Fighting Illini 79
I am by no means a basketball expert. However, I've watched enough games to understand when it's not going to be a team's night. Sometimes it just seems destined that one team has no chance of winning...
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NCAA Basketball Tournament: 65 or 96 Teams?
When problems with the BCS are discussed, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is always used as an example of how champions should be decided. I stumbled across a really interesting article today...
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Vanderbilt Commodores-Illinois Fighting Illini Preview
It's tough to tell how good this Illinois team is. The Illini sport a 6-2 record with their only two losses coming in the Las Vegas Invitational. It seems as if their fanbase shares a lot in common with Commodore fans...
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Vanderbilt Commodores 67-Depaul Blue Devils 54
Kevin Stallings was asked about the small crowd at today's game and if it was because of the SEC Football Championship. “It was a pretty convenient start time," Stallings said. "There must have been a lot of people who wanted to watch football...
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Vanderbilt Commodores-DePaul Blue Demons Preview
Things are about the change dramatically for the Commodores. After successfully preparing for Missouri's up-tempo style of play, DePaul will try to bring things to a screeching halt...
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Vanderbilt and the Redistribution of SEC Wealth
In the past two weeks, Hofstra University and Northeastern University both decided to discontinue their football programs. Hofstra, which had fielded a team since 1937, has produced a number of NFL players...
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Recap: Vanderbilt Commodores 89, Missouri Tigers 83
There's a simple moment from tonight's game that best sums up the evening. A family of four sits in front of us. At about the six-minute mark in the second half, the father had to take his young son to the restroom...
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Thoughts before tonight's Vanderbilt - Missouri game
Below I'll post a couple links with a breakdown of tonight's game. I thought about trying to go in-depth, but I wanted to just share some thoughts before going to the game. I tend to think that sports for the most part are a result of momentum...
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Vanderbilt's Untouchable Coach: Bobby Johnson
I started this blog too late to dive into football, but I still watched the train wreck each and every chance that I could. I guess the low point for me was the debacle at Army...