Nashville, TN - Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings has announced the signing of 6’10 forward Luke Kornet, of Argyle, Texas, to a National Letter of Intent. Kornet will be eligible to compete for the Commodores in the fall of 2013.
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March 9, 2013 |
Nashville, TN - The Vanderbilt Commodore men’s basketball team will end their regular season Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gym when they face off against South Carolina in their second meeting of the season. The game will tip at 12:47pm CT and will be televised regionally on the SEC Network, with the game also being heard on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network in middle Tennessee and online at vucommodores.com.
Kevin Bright-Vanderbilt-(Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
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March 5, 2013 |
Nashville, TN - Vanderbilt heads to Gainesville Florida to take on the Florida Gators at the O’Connell Center for a 7:00pm SEC basketball game. Vanderbilt leads the all-time series with the Gators, 64-60. Coach Kevin Stallings is 8-21 all-time against Florida.
Florida enters the game Wednesday night with a 23-5 overall record and a 13-3 mark in SEC play. Four players average double figures for the Gators – Mike Rosario (12.9), Kenny Boynton (12.5), Erik Murphy (12.4), and Patric Young (10.4).
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March 2, 2013 |
Auburn, Ala. – The Vanderbilt Commodores, winners of three of their last four games, return to the road for their second matchup of the season with the Auburn Tigers. The game will tip at 8:00pm CT, Saturday, from Auburn Arena, and televised nationally on ESPN2, with the game also being heard on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network in middle Tennessee and online at vucommodores.com.
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February 28, 2013 |
Nashville, TN – Kevin Bright nailed a pull-up jumper with 0.8 seconds on the clock that rattled around the rim and backboard before falling through to complete a Commodore rally and beat Georgia 63-62 at Memorial Gym in Nashville. Having seen so many games get away from them their SEC schedule, it was time for a lucky bounce.
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February 26, 2013 |
Nashville, TN – The Vanderbilt Commodores return home for the first time in three games Wednesday night when they host Georgia at Memorial Gym. The game will tip at 8:00pmCT, and will be televised on FSN, and heard on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network.
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February 16, 2013 |
Nashville,TN - Texas A&M was not thinking Vanderbilt’s Dai-Jon Parker was going to be much of a perimeter threat, but he’s been putting in a little extra practice and it showed tonight with five three pointers for the Dores and a career high 17 points to lift Vanderbilt to a 63-56 victory
.”It probably wasn’t on their scouting report,” Parker said with a wide grin. “I had to pull it out of my bag of tricks tonight. I had to come through for my team.” «Read the rest of this article»
February 15, 2013 |
Nashville, TN – The Vanderbilt Commodores welcome Texas A&M to Memorial Gymnasium Saturday afternoon at 5:30pm. Vandy will close out a three game home stand with their SEC opponent.
The Commodores dropped a 58-46 decision to Tennessee on Wednesday night at Memorial Gym in their last time out. Kedren Johnson led all Vanderbilt players with 11 points, and freshman guard Kevin Bright was one rebound shy of his career high with 11. «Read the rest of this article»
February 12, 2013 |
Nashville, TN – The Vanderbilt Commodores play host to their in-state rivals, theTennessee Vols on Wednesday night at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville. The game promises to be a typical match-up between the two teams as Vanderbilt fans are encouraged to wear white to support “White Out.”
The first 1,000 fans to enter the gates will receive a free t-shirt. Gates open at 5:30pm. «Read the rest of this article»
Tennessee Tech standout Kevin Murphy was taken with the 47th overall pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft.
On a night where the University of Kentucky saw a record six players taken in the NBA Draft, the state of Tennessee also fared pretty well as five players who played college ball in the Volunteer State had their name called, including Tennessee Tech standout Kevin Murphy.
Vanderbilt shooting guard John Jenkins became the first Commodore chosen in the first round since Will Perdue in 1988 when he was taken No. 23 overall by the Atlanta Hawks.
Jenkins, who left Vanderbilt after his junior season, was the SEC’s leading scorer the past two seasons and is considered the best shooter in this year’s draft class by many draft experts.
Seven picks later, Vandy center Festus Ezeli was chosen by the Golden State Warriors with the final selection in the first round.
Ezeli, a 6-foot-11, 255-pound Nigerian native, recorded 204 blocked shots during his four-year college career, shattering the school record previously held by Perdue.
Despite battling injuries for nearly the first third of the season, Ezeli averaged 10.1 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last year for the Commodores.
With the selection, Ezeli and Jenkins became the first duo of Vanderbilt players taken in the first round in school history.
One pick later, Vanderbilt small forward Jeffery Taylor heard his name called when he was selected No. 31 overall by the Charlotte Bobcats.
Taylor, who grew up in Sweden, moved to the United States in 2006 before committing to the Commodores and head coach Kevin Stallings in 2008.
Taylor averaged 14.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game last season for the Commodores.
Regarded as perhaps the most complete prospect of the three Commodores, Taylor will look to help rebuild a Bobcats franchise that won just seven games in 2011-2012.
Memphis shooting guard Will Barton was taken by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 10th pick in the second round (No. 40 overall).
Barton, a 6-6, 174-pound Baltimore native, left after just two seasons in Memphis, but averaged 18.1 points and 8.1 rebounds en route to being named the Conference USA Player of the Year in 2012.
Initially projected as a first-round selection, Barton joins a Blazers squad that drafted Weber State point guard and Illinois center Meyers Leonard with the team’s first-round selections Thursday night.
Seven picks later, Murphy became the second Ohio Valley Conference player to be drafted in as many years when he was taken by the Utah Jazz.
Murphy, a 6-foot-6, 194-pound shooting guard from Atlanta, scored 20.6 points per game in 2012 – tops in the OVC and 10th nationally.
Already on scout’s draft boards, Murphy boosted his draft stock thanks to his 50-point performance against SIU-Edwardsville on January 30, the most points scored in a game by any DI player last year.
Murphy was the only draft selection of the Jazz, who finished 36-30 last year and made the playoffs as the Western Conference’s No. 8 seed.
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