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Game 24: Vanderbilt at Auburn
Vanderbilt is trying to shake off a 1-point loss at home to the worst team in the SEC, Oklahoma. Granted, getting it to one included Vanderbilt stageing a 19-point comeback in the last 3:24 of the game. Tonight, the Dores are at Auburn, who blew a game against Alabama and their now-ineligible Center Charles Bediako. […]
WBB Game 25: Oklahoma at Vanderbilt
17-5 (5-4) AP/Coaches: 11/11 Creme: 4-seed NET: 12 February 9, 2026 8:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium ESPN2 | Radio Call | Live Stats 22-2 (8-2) AP/Coaches: 7/8 Creme: 2-seed NET: 8 Alright. Back to our normally scheduled programming. Vanderbilt has only dropped 2 ranked games, back-to-back, against South Carolina and Ole Miss, but we rebounded […]
Game 23: Oklahoma Sooners at Vanderbilt Commodores
After a week off, Vanderbilt is back in action today at 2:30 PM as Oklahoma comes to town. The SEC office incorrectly considers this an SEC conference game when it is obviously part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
Game 24: Vanderbilt vs Kentucky
Sorry it has been inconsistent so far. Better late than never I think?
Game 22: Ole Miss Rebels at Vanderbilt Commodores
Well, Vanderbilt was supposed to be on the road this weekend, but thanks to the lingering effects of last weekend’s ice storm in Mississippi, Vanderbilt will play Ole Miss at home tonight at 5 PM CT on the SEC Network. As a result, the Commodores swapped a home game with Ole Miss in the last […]
WBB Game 22: Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss
Relocated to Birmingham due to weather, which means we are going to get a chance at top-20 Ole Miss on a neutral court. My site of choice for the women’s side seems to give about 6 points for home court and is currently giving the Brown Rebsharkqirrels a 3-point win over us before adjusting for […]
Vanderbilt Basketball Mailbag: Call for Submissions
Post VANDERBILT Basktball (Men’s and Women’s) questions in the comments here. I didn’t want to jinx anything while either the men’s or women’s teams were undefeated, but now that both have had their share of ups and downs, let’s open up the ol’ bag. Beyond that, I petitioned an Alabama judge to let our G […]
Vanderbilt whips Kentucky 80-55, improves to 18-3
The weeklong freakout about Vanderbilt’s three-game losing streak after starting the season 16-0 is officially over. After blowing out Mississippi State in Starkville over the weekend, the Vanderbilt Commodores came back to Memorial Gym and amidst Snowpocalypse easily handled Kentucky. This was a beatdown from start to finish, as the Commodores opened up a 7-0 […]
Game 21: Kentucky Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores
It sounds like this one will go on as scheduled. Vanderbilt, 17-3 on the season, snapped a three-game losing streak at Mississippi State on Saturday and is back at Memorial Gym to host Kentucky. Kentucky enters tonight on a five-game winning streak but has only gone up from 30 to 28 in KenPom during that […]
The blowback to the current state of affairs isn’t coming from courts, or Congress
Since we’re all snowed in today, and Vanderbilt doesn’t have a basketball game until tomorrow night — if that even happens, what with all of us still buried in snow and ice — I wanted to take stock of three separate and yet extremely related developments in college sports over the last week and change […]
WBB Game 21: Vanderbilt at South Carolina
We win? We’re the best team in the country. We lose?? We’re still one of the 5 best teams in the country. I am just excited to see what we do.
The Statistical: Vanderbilt 88, Mississippi State 56
This was a straight domination of the type we saw quite a bit in the nonconference portion of the schedule, but that hadn’t been seen for weeks. Interestingly, Vanderbilt only won two of the four factors: Mississippi State got to the foul line more often and grabbed more of their own misses, but Mississippi State […]
Vanderbilt gets right with 88-56 crushing of Mississippi State
The 11 AM tipoff and the threat of winter weather did nothing to restrain Vanderbilt in Saturday’s visit to Starkville, Mississippi, as the Commodores snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Mississippi State 88-56. This was never in doubt. AK Okereke opened the scoring with a bucket in the first minute and Vanderbilt never trailed, […]
Game 20: Vanderbilt Commodores at Mississippi State Bulldogs
Three-game losing streaks are not good. Three-game losing streaks that involve an embarrassing blowout loss at Arkansas are really not good. Vanderbilt has an early tip-off today at Mississippi State at 11 AM CT, moved up due to weather. Hopefully, uh, this goes better than the last three games. Thanks to the entire schedule getting […]
WBB Game 20: Auburn at Vanderbilt
The eye of the hurricane. We are coming off a top-10 win and are staring down the barrel of another, that one AT South Carolina. For now, we welcome Auburn to Nashville for what could be a trap game… but more likely the win that puts us at 20-and-zero.
Anchor Drop, January 22, 2026
Optional Musical Accompaniment (Am I bringing back the Anchor Drop solely because I wanted to post Ivan Mladek singing in front of what appears to be a nude outdoor concert? Yes, yes I did. Is “Anchor Drop with goofy foreign music videos” going to be a new feature at Anchor of Gold? Also yes.) Vanderbilt […]
Game 19: Vanderbilt Commodores at Arkansas Razorbacks
The most annoying arena in the SEC, where in addition to being a house of horrors, your senses will be overwhelmed with light shows and sound effects that make the viewing experience crap. Anyway, instead of a DJ playing rap music, I choose something much more refined.
Vanderbilt visits the House of Horrors at the exact worst time
Vanderbilt’s two-game losing streak after opening the season 16-0 doesn’t concern me. The Commodores had an uncharacteristic poor shooting night last Wednesday night in Austin, which doesn’t concern me for the simple reason that “sometimes, the shots don’t fall.” They then got jobbed by the refs in a four-point loss to Florida over the weekend. […]
WBB Game 19: Vanderbilt vs. Michigan
We gotta prove it here. We don’t get a slip up if we want to stay in the hunt for a 1-seed.
The Stupidest Betting Scandal Hits College Basketball
Hello, a new college basketball point-shaving scandal just dropped. This might be the stupidest scheme I have ever heard of, and remember what I do for a living. So basically: some gamblers decided that they’d go fix some college basketball games, bribed players at the low end of Division I (and DePaul, apparently) to go […]
WBB Game 18-0: Vanderbilt beats Mississippi State
School record! We are more winninging than we’ve ever wonned! I may still be without a laptop and my phone may still be broken but at least Vandy basketball is here to bring me joy!
Game 17: Vanderbilt Commodores at Texas Longhorns
So far, the SEC hasn’t been able to slow down Vanderbilt, either. Vanderbilt extended its record to 16-0 against LSU on Saturday, an 84-73 result that wasn’t really as close as that score made it look: the Commodores got up by 20 in the first half and coasted, with LSU never getting the score closer […]
WBB Game 17: Vanderbilt at Texas A&M
We just keep right on winning! We beat LSU in a back-and-forth contest that caused many a childish eruption from Kim Mulkey, then followed it up with a beatdown of Missouri where we learned that this team looks good even when Blakes is playing badly (yes, she ended the game with 20, but 12 of […]
Game 16: LSU Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt still hasn’t lost a basketball game this season, still true after Wednesday night’s game against Alabama when many trolls from other SEC schools thought Vanderbilt would be exposed as frauds. Relatively speaking, today’s game against LSU is a breather. LSU is 12-3, but has opened SEC play 0-2 including a 10-point home loss to […]
Game 15: Alabama Crimson Tide at Vanderbilt Commodores
So, this game seems big, doesn’t it? The “Vandy hasn’t played anybody” line should have been put to rest this week with UCF and SMU both entering the top 25. Beating Alabama… well, that would cement it. It would also put Vandy at 15-0. Let’s do it.
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