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Vanderbilt Commodores 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Game Notes Vanderbilt Media Relations, 2601 Jess Neely Dr., Nashville, TN 37212 Basketball SID: Andy Boggs Phone: (615) 343-1847 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: (615) 343-7064 Website: VUCommodores.com 2007-08 Basketball Schedule Game At A Glance Date Opponent Site Time #16/16 Vanderbilt (25-5, 10-5 SEC) vs. Alabama (15-15, 4-11 SEC) - November - 5 Tusculum+ Nashville W, 80-79 Saturday * March 8, 2008 * 1 p.m. CST 10 Austin Peay* (CSS) Nashville W, 81-67 Coleman Coliseum (15,316) 13 at Toledo Toledo, Ohio W, 77-70 20 Valparaiso* Nashville W, 87-78 TV: Raycom Sports 23 vs. Utah State*-1 (CSTV) South Padre Island, Texas W, 77-56 24 vs. Bradley South Padre Island, Texas W, 95-86 Series Info: Alabama leads the all-time series, 63-61. Alabama leads 42-18 in Tusca- 29 South Alabama (CSS) Nashville W, 91-88 2OT - December - loosa; Vanderbilt leads 38-18 in Nashville; Vanderbilt leads 5-3 on neutral floors. 1 Georgia Tech (FSN) Nashville W, 92-79 Last Meeting: Mississippi State won 83-70 in Starkville on Feb. 21, 2007. 5 Wake Forest (FSN) Nashville W, 83-80 Coaches: Kevin Stallings is in his ninth year at Vanderbilt (169-113) and his 15th 8 Lipscomb (CSS) Nashville W, 90-67 overall (292-176). Mark Gottfried is in his 13th season overall (264-146) and 11th with 12 at DePaul (ESPN Classic) Chicago, Ill. W, 91-85 OT 22 Tennessee State^ (CSS) Nashville W, 83-74 Alabama (196-122). 29 Tennessee-Martin Nashville W, 92-85 Radio: Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network (WGFX - 104.5 FM) 31 Iona Nashville W, 97-73 Satellite Radio: Sirius (Channel 161) - January - Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher (10th year) Color: Tim Thompson (7th year) 3 Rice Nashville W, 76-58 5 Massachusetts (CSS) Nashville W, 97-88 TV: Raycom Sports 9 South Carolina Nashville W, 80-73 Play-by-Play: Tom Hammond Color: Joe Dean 12 at Kentucky (CBS) Lexington, Ky. L, 73-79 2OT Producer: David Barringer 17 at Tennessee (ESPN) Knoxville L, 60-80 19 LSU (Raycom) Nashville W, 92-76 27 at Florida (Raycom) Gainesville, Fla. L, 64-86 30 at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. L, 58-74 #16/16 Vanderbilt Closes Out Regular Season With Trip - February - To Alabama 2 Auburn (FSN) Nashville W, 78-71 The 16th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores will end their regular season Saturday when 6 at Georgia Athens, Ga. W, 67-59 9 at South Carolina (FSN) Columbia, S.C. W, 66-65 they travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for an interdivisional matchup with the Alabama Crimson 12 Kentucky (ESPN) Nashville W, 93-52 Tide. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. CST, and the game will be televised by Raycom Sports. 16 Florida (Raycom) Nashville W, 61-58 Tom Hammond and Joe Dean will handle the call for Raycom, while Joe Fisher and Tim 23 Georgia (Raycom) Nashville W, 86-74 26 Tennessee (ESPN) Nashville W, 72-69 Thompson will call the action on the Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network. - March - Saturday’s game with the Crimson Tide comes on the heels of Vanderbilt’s stunning, 1 at Arkansas (Raycom) Fayetteville, Ark. L, 73-78 86-85 win over Mississippi State on Wednesday night at Memorial Gym, a victory that 5 Mississippi State Nashville W, 86-85 OT pushed the Commodores to a perfect 19-0 this season at home and a school-record tying 8 at Alabama (Raycom) Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1 p.m. 13-16 SEC Tournament-2 Atlanta, Ga. TBA 25 regular season wins. Only the 1992-93 squad has posted as many regular season wins 20-23 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA as this year’s team. First & Second Rounds Vanderbilt led in the game against the Bulldogs for only a mere 37 seconds in the 27-30 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA Regional Semis and Finals Commodores’ fourth overtime tilt of the season Wednesday night, but the group of four - April - seniors, led by Shan Foster, would not allow VU to lose in the home season finale. Foster, 5 & 7 NCAA Final Four San Antonio, Texas TBA the Commodores’ all-time leading scorer, poured in an SEC-single-season best 42 points against the Bulldogs, including a game-tying three in regulation and the game-winning Notes: (^) Doubleheader with Vanderbilt women; (+) Exhibition; (*) - South Padre Island Invitational contest; 1 - South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, three with 2.7 seconds to go in overtime. The 6’6 senior wing made nine consecutive Texas; 2- Georgia Dome, Altanta, Ga.; CSS - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast; FSN threes after missing his first six three-point attempts, and scored the most points in a game - Fox Sports Net; SUN - Sun Sports;Raycom - Raycom Sports; CSTV - College Sports for a Vanderbilt player since Tom Hagan tallied a school-best 44 points against Mississippi Television; Dates and times are subject to change. All times Central. State on March 8, 1969. It tied Bo Wyenandt for the second-best single-game scoring Today’s Probable Starting Lineups Vanderbilt Alabama # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG A/B/S Hometown # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG A/B/S Hometown 0 Jermaine Beal G 6’3 210 So. 7.9 2.2 4.7a DeSoto, Texas 1 Mykal Riley G 6’6 185 Sr. 14.1 5.1 1.5s Pine Bluff, Ark. Dished out seven assists vs. MSU; leads league in A-TO ratio (2.96, all games; 3.52, SEC only) 3 Alex Gordon G 6’0 170 Sr. 10.8 2.5 3.2a Pensacola, Fla. 11 Rico Pickett G 6’3 178 Fr. 5.8 1.1 1.3a Decatur, Ala. Scored 14 pts vs. MSU; tied a season-best with seven assists at Arkansas; 38 pts away from 1,000 in career. 4 A.J. Ogilvy C 6’11 250 Fr. 16.7 6.7 1.4b Sydney, Australia 12 Alonzo Gee G 6’6 219 Jr. 14.5 7.0 1.4s Riviera Beach, Fla. 3-time SEC Freshman of the Week; scored 20 points at Arkansas and 16 points vs. Miss. State in last two games. 32 Shan Foster G/F 6’6 205 Sr. 20.6 5.0 1.7a Kenner, La. 23 Demetrius Jemison F 6’7 234 So. 5.7 5.0 1.1a Birmingham, Ala. Scored 42 pts and made last nine 3-pt attempts vs. Miss. St. - best single-game scoring output in SEC this year. 41 Ross Neltner F 6’9 240 Sr. 8.2 5.7 2.1a Fort Thomas, Ky. 35 Richard Hendrix F 6’9 255 Jr. 17.9 10.0 2.0b Athens, Ala. Scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds at Arkansas; tied a career-best with 11 boards vs. Miss. State. Vanderbilt at Alabama 2007-08 Commodore Basketball output in Vanderbilt history; Wyenandt scored 42 points against Alabama on February 20, 1967. Last Meeting SEC Preseason Polls The 19 wins at Memorial Gym is a new school record, and it marked the sixth time Vanderbilt has gone Jan. 17, 2007 Vanderbilt was picked to finish fourth in the SEC undefeated in a season at home. The Commodores also No. 10 Alabama .........................73 East by a select group of 30 media members in a poll had perfect records at home in 1955-56, 1960-61, 1964-65, released by the league prior to the SEC Basketball 1966-67, and 1992-93. at Vanderbilt ..............................94 Media Days October 24-25 in Birmingham. Vanderbilt has also now won 10 conference games for Nashville, Tenn. (Memorial Gym) The Commodores received 98 points in the poll the second-straight year for the first time since the 1987-88 to finish behind Tennessee (180), Kentucky (142), and Florida (103). Georgia was chosen fifth (69), and and 1988-89 seasons. Shan Foster scored 27 points and Vanderbilt beat Vanderbilt and Alabama will meet for the 125th time on No. 10 Alabama 94-73 with its best shooting game this South Carolina was chosen sixth (38). season. Arkansas was chosen to win the SEC West with Saturday, with the Crimson Tide holding a 63-61 advantage The Commodores hit a season-high 15 3-pointers in the series. Alabama leads 42-18 all-time in matchups in 28 attempts and shot 58 percent overall in pulling 168 votes, 20 votes better than Mississippi State. off their second home upset of a ranked team in eight Tennessee received 28 out of the 30 votes to win in Tuscaloosa. The Commodores won the last meeting days. They beat then-No. 16 Tennessee 82-81 on Jan. between the two schools, 94-73, in Nashville on January 10. the SEC Championship. Mississippi State received Vandy (12-6, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) never let the other two votes. 17, 2007. Alabama (14-3, 1-2) get close after the opening minutes Commodore head coach Kevin Stallings is 6-4 all- in handing the Tide a ninth straight loss in Nashville. Vanderbilt’s Shan Foster was chosen to the Alabama hasn’t won in Memorial Gym since 1990 media and the coaches’ first team. time against Alabama and has posted a 1-3 record in under coach Wimp Sanderson. Tuscaloosa, with the only win coming on February 18, The Tide missed its first four shots and last led 14- 12 after a basket by Richard Hendrix. That was it as 2006-07 Results 2004, when the Commodores won, 70-67. Vanderbilt just kept hitting shots in taking a 54-37 half- time lead and the Commodores were up by as many as Team Poll SEC Overall Eastern Division Scouting Alabama 25 points in the final minutes.