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Women are a 2-seed: Hosting in Fort Worth 1
The women, who have been ranked in the top 7 the entire second half of the season, have finally learned where they slot into things. Here’s the rundown (Central Time; will update as I get more info): NASHVILLE March 20/21 @ TIME: 15 High Point March 22/23 @ TIME: 7 Illinois/10 Colorado FORT WORTH March […]
Sunday Game Thread vs. The Gumbo Bengals
3pm CT on ESPN2. Bring brooms. While Saturday’s game was certainly less of an emotional rollercoaster, it was also the Emily Dickinson Velociraptor this season has so needed. Hope, I’m talking. That feathered beast. It gave me hope for postseason baseball from this squad. Oh, and for those who don’t get the reference, or worse, […]
Game 34: SEC Championship: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Arkansas Razorbacks
Today at noon, Vanderbilt plays for the SEC basketball championship, tournament edition. This is actually only the third time Vanderbilt has ever made it to the championship game, and the Commodores have never lost — beating Kentucky in the final in both 1951 and 2012. So for the first time, Vanderbilt will play somebody other […]
March Madness 2026: Start time, TV schedule, live stream for Selection Sunday NCAA bracket release
Selection Sunday is here, and for the first time since probably 2012… we’re not sweating at all. Vanderbilt, with a 26-7 record, could of course make it academic by winning the SEC’s automatic bid this afternoon. But even if the Commodores fall into the at-large pool, the Bracket Matrix has us as a 4-seed as […]
Saturday Game Thread vs. The Gumbo Bengals
7pm CT on SEC Network. Yesterday’s game put us all in a glass case of emotion, as Vanderbilt pitchers tried their damnedest to walk, bean, and wild pitch their way out of a 10-4 lead, but Johnstone the Elder tanked a moonshot to walk us off into the win column 13-12. Today, we go for […]
Game 33: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Florida Gators
Vanderbilt has already matched the 2011-12 team with 25 wins this season and can make it 26 with a win today over Florida. That would tie the 2007-08 team for the second most wins in school history, behind only the 1992-93 team. Of course, Florida’s going to be tough. The Gators have won 12 in […]
Anchor Drop and Open Thread: Saturday, March 14, 2026
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Yesterday, Vanderbilt basketball finished off Tennessee 75-68 to beat them for the second time in a row, behind 30 points from Duke Miles. They’ll play Florida today at noon CT on ESPN. Joe Lunardi’s latest bracket, though, still has Vanderbilt as a 5-seed. Baseball beat LSU 13-12 on Logan Johnstone’s […]
Friday Game Thread vs. The Gumbo Bengals
6pm CT SECN+. Safe to say there haven’t been many years this century where the Diamond Dores and Gumbo Bengals had a combined 12 losses before the start of conference play, but both teams are noticeably weaker than normal as LSU (13-5) visits VU (11-7) this weekend to drink Nashville dry. Even stranger, the defending […]
Game 32: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores
Yesterday was torture, with Tennessee playing Auburn, between wanting Auburn to lose because I absolutely do not want a team with such a mediocre record to make the NCAA Tournament, and wanting Tennessee to lose because they’re Tennessee. Anyway, Auburn lit itself on fire midway through the second half with a 12-point lead and we […]
Anchor Drop and Open Thread: Friday, March 13, 2026
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Vanderbilt basketball opens SEC Tournament play today and the opponent will be Tennessee, for the third time this season and the first time since… last Saturday in the regular season finale. Tennessee was the beneficiary of Auburn lighting itself on fire yesterday afternoon, and now, the Vols and Commodores will […]
Anchor Drop and Open Thread: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Vanderbilt lacrosse lost 8-7 to Coastal Carolina on Wednesday at FirstBank Stadium, which… they’re playing at FirstBank Stadium now? Oh, yeah, but Vanderbilt also released renderings for the upgraded Soccer/Lacrosse Complex yesterday, as well as the new football center. Yesterday at the SEC Tournament: Kentucky, Auburn, Ole Miss, and Oklahoma […]
Anchor Drop and Open Thread: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Vanderbilt baseball stopped the bleeding a bit with a 14-6 win over Indiana State last night thanks to a six-run fifth inning, after falling behind the Sycamores 6-2. That improves Vanderbilt to 11-7 going into SEC play, which opens on Friday against LSU. Today’s SEC Tournament schedule, for those watching. […]
SEC Tournament Odds and Predictions
The SEC Tournament starts today, and there was a time in the not so distant past that Vanderbilt would be playing today in the first round. Not this year! Vanderbilt doesn’t play until Friday as the 4-seed. So what are the odds that Vanderbilt wins this thing? Well, let’s consult FanDuel for the SEC Tournament […]
Tuesday Game Thread vs. The Indiana State Fightin’ Larry Birds
6pm CT SECN+. With Sunday’s loss to a prior-to-Sunday one loss NDSU team, it’s understandable if you feel a bit deflated, and need a shot of confidence in the form of a victory over a usually tough mid-major before LSU comes to down and drinks Nashville dry. By you, I mean me, of course. Well, […]
Anchor Drop and Open Thread: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment All right, so I’m bringing back the Anchor Drop as a daily feature, and also because it’s Champ Week and just before March Madness, an open thread for all the sickos with an ESPN+ subscription amongst us. Tyler Tanner is the SEC Player of the Week and also First-Team All-SEC, […]
Sunday Game Thread vs. North Dakota State
1pm CT SECN+. Wyatt “Ice Town” Nadeau made his first Diamond Dore start (for the injured Austin Nye), and though Corbs decided to give the win to Adria Casoliba, Nadeau’s 4 scoreless innings were the story here. Though he frequently put some ducks on the pond (3 H and 4 BB), he kept them stranded, […]
Bracketology: Where Are the Shooty Dores Likely Seeded?
Fanduel’s sponsoring this one, ladies, but this post is only tangentially gambling-related. With a Bacon and Donut Sadness-esque regular season finale victory over THEM on that court to the East… …and the Jorts handling business in Wedding Jerseytown, the Shooty Dores are getting some well-earned rest in the form of the SEC Tourney double bye. […]
Saturday Game Thread vs. North Dakota State
7pm CT SECN+. Game One was a 14-2 run rule victory in the 7th. Thank you Dores, may we please have another. First, mea culpa. I had thought I remembered to schedule yesterday’s game thread, but must have hit the wrong button or something. As I had work and meetings all day, followed by a […]
Vanderbilt wins, gets double bye in SEC Tournament
Vanderbilt led wire-to-wire Saturday afternoon and beat Tennessee 86-82, completing its regular season with a 24-7 record, 11-7 in the SEC. The 24 regular season wins is the most for the Commodores since the 2007-08 team, which went into the SEC Tournament with a 25-6 record (let’s not talk about what happened after that.) And […]
Game 31: Vanderbilt Commodores at Tennessee Volunteers
So, here we are: Vanderbilt closes out the regular season today with a visit to Knoxville, where the hated orange team awaits. Two weeks ago in Nashville, Vanderbilt couldn’t seal the deal, and in the meantime some Vanderbilt fans decided that was the time to make excuses for Memorial Gym having a disgusting amount of […]
WBB Game 31: It-Just-Means-More-nament vs. Ole Miss
27-3 (13-3) AP/Coaches: 5/5 Creme: 7-seed NET:7
Game 30: Vanderbilt Commodores at Ole Miss Rebels
As we get to the end of the season, Vanderbilt seems to be firmly in the NCAA Tournament field. Seeding is a different matter, and losing to a 12-17 Ole Miss is the kind of thing that could easily drop Vanderbilt a seed line. So, don’t do that. As far as seeding for the SEC […]
Tuesday Game Thread vs. Central Arkansas
4:30pm CT SECN+ On the Mound Tuesday @ 4:30pm SECN+ Vanderbilt #77 Jr. RHP Alex “The Kranz” Kranzler (1-1; 13.50 ERA) vs. Central Arkansas #39 Jr. RHP Patrick “It’s Pat” Fernandez (1-1; 6.75 ERA) The Lineup See you in the comments
WBB Game 30: at THEM
16-11 (8-7) AP/Coaches: ORV/ORV (for some reason?) Creme: 7-seed NET:21
Saturday Game Thread vs. Oregon
Yeah… this weekend has been a nightmare. Can we salvage one today? On the Mound Sunday @ 1:00pm on Come On, You’re Not Watching This Vanderbilt #80 So. RHP Nate “Nasty Nate” Taylor (0-1; 2.16 ERA) vs. Oregon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Lineup *Will post when updated (actually, this is likely a lie, as I’m out shooting […]
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