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by zemek
Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:39 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-OLE MISS -- LAST-CHANCE GULCH
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VANDERBILT-OLE MISS -- LAST-CHANCE GULCH

Information and analysis on Ole Miss' notable players includes contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese. The excitement surrounding Vanderbilt basketball's 2018-2019 season is considerable, but anyone who follows college sports and understands their rhythms...
by zemek
Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:42 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-MISSOURI -- TAKE FLIGHT ON SENIOR NIGHT
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VANDERBILT-MISSOURI -- TAKE FLIGHT ON SENIOR NIGHT

Information and analysis on Missouri players includes contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese. The Vanderbilt Commodores can't do anything about their 0-for-the-road donut until Saturday in Oxford against Ole Miss. Tuesday night against the Missouri Tigers...
by zemek
Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:45 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-TEXAS A&M -- MYSTERY THEATER AND A MOVIE RERUN
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Views: 6765

VANDERBILT-TEXAS A&M -- MYSTERY THEATER AND A MOVIE RERUN

Information and analysis on Texas A&M's notable players includes contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese. The Arkansas Razorbacks. The Florida Gators. The Kentucky Wildcats. Nearly every 2018 SEC men's basketball team is a mystery, but some of the myst...
by zemek
Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:04 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-LSU PART II -- MAKE IT ONE FOR MY BABY
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VANDERBILT-LSU PART II -- MAKE IT ONE FOR MY BABY

Frank Sinatra and other crooners throughout the decades have sung about last drinks and sad stories in bars late at night, "One For My Baby" being a foremost example. The Vanderbilt men's basketball team needs to complete the most recognizable stanza from that song. Similarly, the Commodor...
by zemek
Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:13 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-FLORIDA PART II -- A FOOT IN THE DORE
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Views: 6811

VANDERBILT-FLORIDA PART II -- A FOOT IN THE DORE

A word about the foci of this season's basketball columns, before digging into Vanderbilt's home date with Florida on Saturday: Readers who have followed this column through the season have noticed that columns have focused on Vanderbilt opponents -- not in terms of the game keys or category-based n...
by zemek
Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:13 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-FLORIDA PART II -- A FOOT IN THE DORE
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Views: 6865

VANDERBILT-FLORIDA PART II -- A FOOT IN THE DORE

A word about the foci of this season's basketball columns, before digging into Vanderbilt's home date with Florida on Saturday: Readers who have followed this column through the season have noticed that columns have focused on Vanderbilt opponents -- not in terms of the game keys or category-based n...
by zemek
Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-MISSISSIPPI STATE PART II -- WHERE THEN, BEN?
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VANDERBILT-MISSISSIPPI STATE PART II -- WHERE THEN, BEN?

SEC basketball is no longer divided into East and West, but it remains the case that playing two games against what was formerly a cross-divisional foe is rare. It happens Wednesday when Vanderbilt hosts Mississippi State in the back end of a league home-and-home set. Part of the backdrop to this ga...
by zemek
Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:42 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-ARKANSAS -- WHEN PROSPERITY IS RELATIVE
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VANDERBILT-ARKANSAS -- WHEN PROSPERITY IS RELATIVE

Information and analysis on Arkansas players involves contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese. This story will touch on the situation at the University of Arkansas' basketball program, but the longer arc of hoops history at Vanderbilt in the 21st century fo...
by zemek
Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:22 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-GEORGIA -- DON'T DARE DOCK THE DORES DISMISSIVELY
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Views: 6537

VANDERBILT-GEORGIA -- DON'T DARE DOCK THE DORES DISMISSIVELY

Information and analysis of Georgia includes contributions from college basketball freelance researcher and writer Nathan Giese. The Vanderbilt men's basketball team didn't have what one could call a "fun" night in Auburn this past Saturday, but at a time when Tennessee is blowing teams o...
by zemek
Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:14 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-AUBURN -- A PEARL OF WISDOM
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Views: 6702

VANDERBILT-AUBURN -- A PEARL OF WISDOM

Information and analysis on Auburn's players contain contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese. The Vanderbilt Commodores have to dust themselves off and mentally reset the dial after the gut-punchiest of gut-punch losses they have suffered in Rupp Arena ove...
by zemek
Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:29 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-KENTUCKY PART II -- HE IS THE ONE WHO KNOX
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VANDERBILT-KENTUCKY PART II -- HE IS THE ONE WHO KNOX

In this second meeting with the Kentucky Wildcats, Vanderbilt faces a team which suddenly has exponentially greater reason to believe in its capacities and talents. The good news for Vanderbilt: The Dores have more reason to trust themselves as well. The SEC exceeded expectations in the Big 12-SEC C...
by zemek
Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:07 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-TCU -- A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION
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VANDERBILT-TCU -- A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION

Information and analysis on TCU players involves contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese There are three main stories to consider as Vanderbilt prepares to face TCU in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. They all contain seeds of hope for VU -- a little bit in the p...
by zemek
Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:52 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-TENNESSEE PART II -- SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S LACHANCE?
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VANDERBILT-TENNESSEE PART II -- SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S LACHANCE?

It is a tale as old as the scriptures. When a teammate falls, other players have to pick him up. Vanderbilt, playing without Matthew Fisher-Davis, needed other Commodores to stand in the gap and compensate, building a bridge to a much-needed victory in SEC play. Riley LaChance gave Bryce Drew exactl...
by zemek
Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:41 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-LSU -- THIS SEEMS FAMILIAR TO VU
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VANDERBILT-LSU -- THIS SEEMS FAMILIAR TO VU

Information and analysis on LSU players includes contributions from college basketball freelance researcher and writer Nathan Giese. The LSU Tigers' 2017-2018 college basketball season should feel very familiar to Vanderbilt basketball fans. A former coach with NCAA Tournament appearances who gave ...
by zemek
Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:59 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-MISSISSIPPI STATE -- TWO QUESTS FOR VALIDATION
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VANDERBILT-MISSISSIPPI STATE -- TWO QUESTS FOR VALIDATION

Analysis and information on Mississippi State players includes contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese The Vanderbilt Commodores might have defeated the Kentucky Wildcats this past Saturday if Matthew Fisher-Davis had not gotten hurt. That's a perfectly re...
by zemek
Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:06 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-KENTUCKY -- THE WEIGHT OF IDENTITY
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Views: 2474

VANDERBILT-KENTUCKY -- THE WEIGHT OF IDENTITY

Information and analysis on Kentucky players includes contributions from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese. The Kentucky Wildcats are not the best team in the SEC... even in a year in which Texas A&M has tumbled and Arkansas has stumbled. Imagine saying that before...
by zemek
Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:26 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-TENNESSEE -- BARE-KNUCKLE TIME
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Views: 2543

VANDERBILT-TENNESSEE -- BARE-KNUCKLE TIME

Analysis and information on Tennessee players includes contributions from college basketball freelance researcher and writer Nathan Giese The Vanderbilt Commodores defeated Alabama a week ago. The result offered, for a moment, the hope of restructuring and renewal in this arduous SEC basketball sea...
by zemek
Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:55 am
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-SOUTH CAROLINA -- WILL HOPE FLOAT?
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VANDERBILT-SOUTH CAROLINA -- WILL HOPE FLOAT?

Information and analysis of South Carolina players come from college basketball freelance writer and researcher Nathan Giese The Vanderbilt Commodores got the memo on multiple levels Tuesday night against Alabama. Their 43-point first half more than doubled their dreary 20-point first half the prev...
by zemek
Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:38 pm
Forum: Commodore Command Center
Topic: VANDERBILT-ALABAMA -- MORE THAN COLLIN SEXTON
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Views: 2308

VANDERBILT-ALABAMA -- MORE THAN COLLIN SEXTON

Information and analysis on Alabama players provided by college basketball freelance researcher and writer Nathan Giese The Vanderbilt men's basketball team didn't get the familiar ending it hoped for this past Saturday, before the end of 2017. Vanderbilt chased down Florida on Senior Day, and it s...