2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
Conference Southeastern Conference
2008–09 record 19–12 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach Kevin Stallings
Assistant coach Dan Muller
Assistant coach Tom Richardson
Assistant coach King Rice
Home arena Memorial Gymnasium
Seasons
« 2007–08 2009–10 »
2008–09 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
South Carolina 10   6   .625     21   10   .677
Tennessee 10   6   .625     21   13   .618
Florida 9   7   .563     25   11   .694
Vanderbilt 8   8   .500     19   12   .613
Kentucky 8   8   .500     22   14   .611
Georgia 3   13   .188     12   20   .375
West
#21 LSU 13   3   .813     27   8   .771
Auburn 10   6   .625     24   12   .667
Miss. State† 9   7   .563     23   13   .639
Alabama 7   9   .438     18   14   .563
Ole Miss 7   9   .438     16   15   .516
Arkansas 2   14   .125     14   16   .467
† SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's college basketball season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference and finished with an overall record of 19–12 (SEC: 8–8). They were led by Kevin Stallings, in his ninth year as head coach, and played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. It was their sixth straight winning season, although they failed to play in a post-season tournament for the first time in five years.

The previous year's 2007–08 team finished 26–8 and ranked 25th in both the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today (Coaches) poll.

Entering the season, Vanderbilt was picked by the media attending the SEC's media days in October to finish 4th in the SEC East, behind Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky.[1]

Vanderbilt lost three starters from the previous year's team—2008 SEC-player of the year swingman Shan Foster (20.3 ppg), shooting guard Alex (Red) Gordon (10.8 ppg) and power forward Ross Neltner (8.3 ppg) – and returned two starters—sophomore center A.J. Ogilvy and junior point guard Jermaine Beal. With no seniors and only two juniors (Beal and junior guard George Drake), the Commodores were one of the youngest team's in Division I.

Ogilvy, the Commodores' leading rebounder (6.7 rpg) and second leading scorer (17.0 ppg) the previous season, was selected by the SEC media[1] and SEC coaches[2] to the pre-season all-SEC first team.

Contents

Roster

1Missed the season after torn ACL against MTSU. 2Walk-on. Source: ESPN.com[3]

2008–09 schedule and results

# Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown High School GP Min Ppg Rpg Apg
0 Jermaine Beal G 6–3 210 Junior DeSoto, TX DeSoto 31 33.1 12.5 3.5 3.2
1 Brad Tinsley G 6–3 180 Freshman Oregon City, OR Oregon City 31 31.0 11.0 2.5 2.8
2 Charles Hinkle G/F 6–6 200 Freshman Los Alamitos, CA Hebron Academy (Maine)/Los Alamitos 25 8.4 2.0 0.9 0.4
3 Festus Ezeli C 6–11 245 Freshman Benin City, Nigeria Igbinedion Education Center 29 12.4 3.8 2.6 0.0
4 Andrew (A.J.) Ogilvy C 6–11 250 Sophomore Sydney, Australia Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra 29 27.6 15.4 7.1 1.3
5 Lance Goulbourne G/F 6–7 215 Freshman Brooklyn, NY The Hun School 23 14.1 5.1 3.3 0.3
12 Jordan Smart2 G/F 6–6 170 Freshman Lexington, KY Lexington Catholic 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Elliott Cole2 G 5–11 175 Sophomore Memphis, TN Memphis University School 10 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0
21 Darshawn McClellan F 6–7 220 Sophomore Fresno, CA Edison (Fresno) 31 16.9 2.1 3.0 1.1
22 Jamie Graham2 G 5–11 180 Sophomore Nashville, TN Whites Creek 5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
24 Andre Walker1 F 6–7 214 Sophomore Flossmoor, IL Brewster Academy (N.H.)/Homewood-Flossmoor 3 23.7 4.7 4.7 1.3
33 Steve Tchiengang F 6–8 240 Freshman Douala, Cameroon Montverde Academy/Cypress Community Christian 25 17.3 3.6 3.2 0.5
34 George Drake G 6–4 210 Junior Calera, AL Calera 30 17.4 5.4 2.7 1.2
44 Jeffery Taylor G-F 6–7 200 Freshman Norrköping, Sweden Hobbs High School, Hobbs, NM 31 26.0 12.2 6.2 1.7
Date Opponent Location Result Overall Conf.
Exhibition Game
November 9, 2008 Alabama-Huntsville Nashville, TN W 84–65 1–0
Regular Season
November 16, 2008 Morehead State Nashville, TN W 74–48 1–0
November 20, 2008 Illinois Nashville, TN L 69–63 1–1
November 24, 2008 Middle Tennessee State Nashville, TN W 65–67 2–1
November 16, 2008 Central Arkansas Nashville, TN W 83–62 3–1
November 29, 2008 Drake1 Cancun, Mexico W 72–57 4–1
November 30, 2008 Virginia Commonwealth1 Cancun, Mexico W 71–66 5–1
December 3, 2008 Illinois-Chicago Nashville, TN L 74–55 5–2
December 6, 2008 Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA L 63–51 5–3
December 10, 2008 Alabama A&M Nashville, TN W 78–55 6–3
December 16, 2008 South Florida2 Nashville, TN (Sommet Center) W 71–52 7–3
December 20, 2008 Tennessee Tech Nashville, TN W 83–63 8–3
December 22, 2008 Furman Nashville, TN W 68–49 9–3
December 31, 2008 Saint Francis (PA) Nashville, TN W 84–55 10–3
January 3, 2009 Massachusetts Amherst, MA W 78–48 11–3
January 10, 2009 Kentucky* Lexington, KY L 70–60 11–4 0–1
January 14, 2009 Georgia* Nashville, TN W 50–40 12–4 1–1
January 17, 2009 Mississippi State* Starkville, MS L 73–66 12–5 1–2
January 20, 2009 Tennessee* Nashville, TN L 76–63 12–6 1–3
January 25, 2009 Florida* Nashville, TN L 94–69 12–7 1–4
January 28, 2009 South Carolina* Columbia, SC L 86–76 12–8 1–5
January 31, 2009 Auburn* Auburn, AL W 82–75 13–8 2–5
February 5, 2009 Alabama* Nashville, TN W 79–74 14–8 3–5
February 7, 2009 Ole Miss* Nashville, TN W 71–61 15–8 4–5
February 14, 2009 Tennessee* Knoxville, TN L 69–50 15–9 4–6
February 17, 2009 Kentucky* Nashville, TN W 77–64 16–9 5–6
February 21, 2009 Florida* Gainesville, FL L 82–68 16–10 5–7
February 25, 2009 Georgia* Athens, GA L 61–57 16–11 5–8
February 28, 2009 South Carolina* Nashville, TN W 96–83 17–11 6–8
March 4, 2009 LSU* Baton Rouge, LA W 75–67 18–11 7–8
March 8, 2009 Arkansas* Nashville, TN W 75–58 19–11 8–8
SEC Tournament
March 12, 2008 Alabama Tampa, FL L 82–75 19–12
*Conference game. 1 Cancun Challenge. 2 Big East/SEC Challenge.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ogilvy named to Preseason All-SEC First Team". VUCommodores.com. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102008aab.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  2. ^ "Ogilvy named to Coaches' Preseason All-SEC 1st Team". VUCommodores.com. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110308aab.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt Commodores' Clubhouse". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=238. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
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