Vanderbilt v Saint Mary's

Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington 

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Many Vanderbilt basketball fans were disappointed last season when the Commodores — who racked up 24 regular season wins and then reached the SEC Tournament final — were rewarded with only a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The Commodores were sent to Oklahoma City, where they lost a tight second-round game to No. 4 seed Nebraska in front of a vocal crowd dominated by Husker fans.