NCAA Tournament March Madness
#6 Vanderbilt
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Projected seed: 1
Vanderbilt’s resume pairs eye-popping offensive outbursts against lesser opposition with resume-building neutral-site wins and a tangible road victory at UCF, which together show a team that can score and win away from home. The most reassuring moments are the convincing neutral wins over VCU and Saint Mary’s of California and the comfortable home showing against SMU, while the routs of Lipscomb and Eastern Kentucky highlight an elite scoring ceiling that carries limited committee value. What tempers the shine is a relative shortage of marquee road scalps against top league opponents so far and the need to prove it can grind out wins in hostile conference environments. Upcoming tests — including trips to Texas and Kentucky, hostile stops at Arkansas and Tennessee, and marquee home dates with Alabama and Florida — offer clear chances to replace questions with signature results. How Vanderbilt performs in those venues will determine whether the early offensive fireworks hold up under Southeastern pressure.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Lipscomb | 159 | W105-61 |
| 11/8 | @UCF | 58 | W105-93 |
| 11/12 | E Kentucky | 267 | W92-62 |
| 11/15 | Ark Pine Bluff | 357 | W104-75 |
| 11/20 | TX Southern | 314 | W109-74 |
| 11/26 | (N)WKU | 127 | W83-78 |
| 11/27 | (N)VCU | 40 | W89-74 |
| 11/28 | (N)St Mary's CA | 35 | W96-71 |
| 12/3 | SMU | 42 | W88-69 |
| 12/13 | Cent Arkansas | 250 | 99% |
| 12/17 | @Memphis | 73 | 78% |
| 12/21 | @Wake Forest | 54 | 73% |
| 12/29 | New Haven | 351 | 100% |
| 1/3 | @South Carolina | 92 | 84% |
| 1/6 | Alabama | 12 | 66% |
| 1/10 | LSU | 25 | 78% |
| 1/13 | @Texas | 55 | 73% |
| 1/14 | @Texas | 55 | 73% |
| 1/17 | Florida | 13 | 67% |
| 1/20 | @Arkansas | 31 | 61% |
| 1/24 | @Mississippi St | 78 | 80% |
| 1/27 | Kentucky | 19 | 76% |
| 1/31 | @Mississippi | 51 | 72% |
| 2/7 | Oklahoma | 46 | 85% |
| 2/10 | @Auburn | 20 | 57% |
| 2/14 | Texas A&M | 45 | 85% |
| 2/18 | @Missouri | 37 | 64% |
| 2/21 | Tennessee | 15 | 69% |
| 2/25 | Georgia | 22 | 78% |
| 2/28 | @Kentucky | 19 | 56% |
| 3/4 | Mississippi | 51 | 87% |
| 3/7 | @Tennessee | 15 | 48% |