Vanderbilt

[willie warrior]

Anybody know a lot about Vandy or seen them play?

I checked their web site and see they are 9-2 with a win against UNC. Their roster lists 15 players with 10 of them at 6'7" or better, so it looks like it could be a tough reboundung night for us. They also appear to be a good shooting team, 48% and 38% from three point.

Don't see us matching up too well for them, but does anybody have some good insight?

[Mr. Nielsen]

This would be a huge win for MU on the road. I watch Vandy off and on three times this year. I would think MU would be a 7 point dog in this game.

[APieperFan3]

Since theres a decent amount of downtime - MU bball wise - any chance we could get a "preview" from the CrackedSidewalks crew/Dr. Blackheart!?

(sorry to throw you guys under the bus, but i like reading your stuff - deal with it)

[MarquetteDano]

Only watched them for one half this year but I don't remember them being that good of an offensive rebounding team, which is good for us.  Looking at Pomeroy, they are ranked 122nd in offensive rebounding.  That is good news.

One thing I do remember is they like to shoot threes and do it pretty well.  That is bad news for our perimeter defense which hasn't been great this year with our rotations.  We are 260th in three point defense, according to Pomeroy.

[TallTitan34]

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                                2010-11 Vanderbilt Basketball
                    Vanderbilt Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 21, 2010)
                                           All games


RECORD:                OVERALL      HOME        AWAY       NEUTRAL
ALL GAMES...........   (9-2)       (6-0)       (1-1)       (2-1)
CONFERENCE..........   (0-0)       (0-0)       (0-0)       (0-0)
NON-CONFERENCE......   (9-2)       (6-0)       (1-1)       (2-1)


   DATE            OPPONENT                       W/L    SCORE  ATTEND
   ------------    --------------------           ---    -----  ------
   11/12/10        PRESBYTERIAN                   W      88-47   13481
   11/18/10     vs Nebraska                       W      59-49    4018
   11/19/10     vs West Virginia                    L    71-74   10127
   11/21/10     vs North Carolina                 W      72-65   11575
   11/24/10        GRAMBLING STATE                W      92-59   12270
   11/27/10        APPALACHIAN STATE              W      86-73   13398
   12/01/10        WESTERN KENTUCKY               W      82-62   13577
   12/04/10        BELMONT                        W      85-76   13902
   12/08/10     at Missouri                         LOT  82-85   11168
   12/18/10        SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIA           W      85-52   12632
   12/21/10     at Middle Tennessee               W      72-53    6820



## SUMMARY              GP-GS   Min   FG%  3PT%   FT%  R/G  A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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23 Jenkins, John....... 11-11  32.4  .434  .420  .873  2.6  0.6   7   4  18.2
44 Taylor, Jeffery..... 11-11  27.6  .485  .394  .686  4.5  2.3   5   6  13.5
03 Ezeli, Festus....... 11-11  21.7  .675  .000  .562  7.4  0.2   9  24  13.2
01 Tinsley, Brad....... 11-11  30.5  .423  .333  .733  4.5  4.9  13   5   9.2
05 Goulbourne, Lance... 10-2   22.8  .519  .400  .750  6.7  1.2   7   8   8.7
45 Odom, Rod........... 11-2   15.7  .449  .452  .500  3.2  0.4   8   3   5.6
33 Tchiengang, Steve... 11-0   17.6  .439  .429  .941  4.1  0.8   5   8   5.5
54 Walker, Andre.......  7-7   23.1  .500  .000 1.000  3.9  3.7   6   5   3.7
50 Duffy, Joe..........  6-0    5.2  .857 1.000  .667  1.2  0.5   0   0   3.3
11 Fuller, Kyle........ 11-0   14.8  .281  .133  .500  1.3  1.7   5   1   1.9
12 Smart, Jordan.......  6-0    3.7  .250  .250  .000  0.8  0.7   0   0   0.5
10 Meriwether, Chris...  5-0    2.0  .000  .000  .000  0.2  0.6   0   0   0.0
14 Noll, Aaron.........  4-0    2.0  .000  .000  .000  0.5  0.0   0   0   0.0
TM TEAM................ 11-0    0.0  .000  .000  .000  2.7  0.0   0   0   0.0
    Total............... 11           .477  .387  .714 40.3 15.3  65  64  79.5
    Opponents........... 11           .376  .291  .664 33.4 10.4  77  28  63.2

SCORING              GP   FG-FGA   FG%  3FG-FGA  3PT%   FT-FTA   FT%   PTS PTS/G
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Jenkins, John....... 11   59-136  .434   34-81   .420   48-55   .873   200 18.2
Taylor, Jeffery..... 11   50-103  .485   13-33   .394   35-51   .686   148 13.5
Ezeli, Festus....... 11   52-77   .675    0-0    .000   41-73   .562   145 13.2
Tinsley, Brad....... 11   33-78   .423   13-39   .333   22-30   .733   101  9.2
Goulbourne, Lance... 10   27-52   .519    6-15   .400   27-36   .750    87  8.7
Odom, Rod........... 11   22-49   .449   14-31   .452    4-8    .500    62  5.6
Tchiengang, Steve... 11   18-41   .439    9-21   .429   16-17   .941    61  5.5
Walker, Andre.......  7   12-24   .500    0-1    .000    2-2   1.000    26  3.7
Duffy, Joe..........  6    6-7    .857    2-2   1.000    6-9    .667    20  3.3
Fuller, Kyle........ 11    9-32   .281    2-15   .133    1-2    .500    21  1.9
Smart, Jordan.......  6    1-4    .250    1-4    .250    0-0    .000     3  0.5
Meriwether, Chris...  5    0-3    .000    0-1    .000    0-0    .000     0  0.0
Noll, Aaron.........  4    0-0    .000    0-0    .000    0-0    .000     0  0.0
Total............... 11  289-606  .477   94-243  .387  202-283  .714   874 79.5
Opponents........... 11  248-659  .376   59-203  .291  140-211  .664   695 63.2

                                   REBOUNDS
TOTALS               GP   MIN  OFF  DEF  TOT   PF  FO    A   TO  A/TO  HI
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Jenkins, John....... 11   356    7   22   29   12   0    7   16   0.4  27
Taylor, Jeffery..... 11   304    9   41   50   23   1   25   32   0.8  27
Ezeli, Festus....... 11   239   36   45   81   36   1    2   17   0.1  24
Tinsley, Brad....... 11   335    2   48   50   10   0   54   30   1.8  14
Goulbourne, Lance... 10   228   20   47   67   17   0   12   18   0.7  17
Odom, Rod........... 11   173   14   21   35   22   0    4   11   0.4  11
Tchiengang, Steve... 11   194   11   34   45   25   0    9   12   0.8  15
Walker, Andre.......  7   162    8   19   27   18   2   26   10   2.6   8
Duffy, Joe..........  6    31    3    4    7    7   0    3    2   1.5   9
Fuller, Kyle........ 11   163    2   12   14   18   0   19   16   1.2   6
Smart, Jordan.......  6    22    0    5    5    0   0    4    0  99.0   3
Meriwether, Chris...  5    10    0    1    1    0   0    3    1   3.0   0
Noll, Aaron.........  4     8    0    2    2    0   0    0    0   0.0   0
Total............... 11  2225  123  320  443  189   4  168  166   1.0  92
Opponents........... 11  2225  130  237  367  234   -  114  158   0.7  85


TEAM STATISTICS                    VU          OPP
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SCORING.................          874          695
   Points per game.......         79.5         63.2
   Scoring margin........        +16.3            -
FIELD GOALS-ATT.........      289-606      248-659
   Field goal pct........         .477         .376
3 POINT FG-ATT..........       94-243       59-203
   3-point FG pct........         .387         .291
   3-pt FG made per game.          8.5          5.4
FREE THROWS-ATT.........      202-283      140-211
   Free throw pct........         .714         .664
   F-Throws made per game         18.4         12.7
REBOUNDS................          443          367
   Rebounds per game.....         40.3         33.4
   Rebounding margin.....         +6.9            -
ASSISTS.................          168          114
   Assists per game......         15.3         10.4
TURNOVERS...............          166          158
   Turnovers per game....         15.1         14.4
   Turnover margin.......         -0.7            -
   Assist/turnover ratio.          1.0          0.7
STEALS..................           65           77
   Steals per game.......          5.9          7.0
BLOCKS..................           64           28
   Blocks per game.......          5.8          2.5
ATTENDANCE..............        79260        43708
   Home games-Avg/Game...      6-13210       2-8994
   Neutral site-Avg/Game.            -       3-8573

SCORE BY PERIODS:           1st  2nd   OT    Total
-------------------------  ---- ---- ----     ----
Vanderbilt...............   421  443   10  -   874
Opponents................   340  342   13  -   695


[APieperFan3]

Oh, and when the time comes for "Vandy Famous Alum"...can we please leave Jay Cutler off of it...THAT GUY SUCKS.

Packers playoffs begin this week!

[MU B2002]

But can we include: Earl Bennett, Chris Williams, Hunter Hillenmeyer, or DJ Moore?

[jeffreyweee]

Oh, and when the time comes for "Vandy Famous Alum"...can we please leave Jay Cutler off of it...THAT GUY SUCKS.

Packers playoffs begin this week!

Sucks? He's already in the playoffs. Aaron and the Rodgers are slim to even make the playoffs.

[brewcity77]

Festus Ezeli is going to be a load for us to deal with. I think we have to focus on keeping the ball in Jenkins' hands. He likes to shoot, and likes to fill up the scoresheet, but it's interesting to note that his two highest scoring performances of the year are also the only two games Vandy lost. Keep them shooting from the perimeter and keep the ball away from Ezeli and Taylor. It will lead to longer rebounds and chances in transition. I really think we need Otule to log some serious minutes in this game. He's our best defensive option against them, I just hope he can hold onto the ball once he gets it in his hands.

[JWags85]

But can we include: Earl Bennett, Chris Williams, Hunter Hillenmeyer, or DJ Moore?

Speaking of sucking...

[PGsHeroes32]

Its going to be just another game of the same. We will compete for a while, Vandy will go on a big run, everyone will think we have lost then somehow we make some unexpected late game comeback with a chance to tie or take the lead late. Usually we fail in this situations every damn time but hopefully this one we pull out.

I can almost gurantee it goes down something like that though.