Vanderbilt Men's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Vanderbilt Commodores
SEC (19-13, 9-9)

 

Big Wins: 12/13 Purdue (81-71), 1/3 Yale (79-74), 2/26 at Tennessee (73-65)
Bad Losses: 12/20 at Georgia Tech (60-65), at Mississippi State (54-57), 1/31 at Saint Louis (58-69)
Coach: Kevin Stallings

Probable Starters:
Riley LaChance, Freshman, Guard, 12.5 ppg, 2.8 apg, 3.2 rpg
Matthew Fisher-Davis, Freshman, Guard/Forward, 6.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg
Wade Baldwin IV, Freshman, Guard, 9.0 ppg, 4.5 apg, 4.1 rpg
James Siakam, Senior, Forward, 8.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg
Damian Jones, Sophomore, Center, 14.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.0 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Luke Kornet, Sophomore, Forward, 8.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Jeff Roberson, Freshman, Forward, 4.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Shelton Mitchell, Freshman, Guard, 4.2 ppg, 3.2 apg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.0 (101st in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.4 (96, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.1 (32, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.6 (71, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.1 (87, 2)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 39.3 (19, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.8 (105, 6)
Rebound Margin:  2.3 (104, 7)
Assists Per Game:  15.3 (28, 3)
Turnovers Per Game:  13.2 (233, 12)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012    NCAA    Second Round win over Harvard
2012    NCAA    Third Round loss to Wisconsin
2011    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Richmond
2010    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Murray State
2008    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Siena
2007    NCAA    Round of 64 win over George Washington
2007    NCAA    Round of 32 win over Washington State
2007    NCAA    Regional Semifinal loss to Georgetown
2006    NIT    First Round loss to Notre Dame

*all team stats through 3/8

 

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