The Radar -- Week of 11.30.2009
by KingJamesIV on Nov 30, 2009 1:54 PM EST
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PrintYes, "The Radar" is a clever naval pun. Yes, it will serve to point out the weekly upcoming happenings relevant to the Commodores. Yes, the times in the table below are in military-style 24hr format. Yes, none of the fans of our SEC brethren can decipher them.
This Week:
| Men's Basketball | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Time(CT) | Opponent | TV |
| 12.02 | Wed | 22.30 | vs. Missouri | ESPNU |
| 12.05 | Sat | 15.00 | vs. DePaul | *** |
| Women's Basketball | ||||
| Date | Day | Time(CT) | Opponent | TV |
| 12.02 | Wed | 18.00 | @ Wright State | *** |
| 12.04 | Fri | 19.00 | vs. Bowling Green | *** |
| 12.06 | Sun | 14.00 | vs. Western Kentucky | *** |
Some reassuring thoughts on basketball:
I assume that Vanderbilt will drop out of the Top 25 rankings in both polls today. I still believe we are one of the best 20 teams in the country, though we do not deserve the ranking based on our performance last week. As Jay Bilas noted in his ESPN-Insider column, Vandy is a very good team that played uncharacteristically poor in Maui.
Perusing the message boards, there certainly is some unrest among Vandy fans at this point. A.J. Ogilvy had been largely ineffective until the Arizona game (he was my pick for Stat-King; turned out well for me) due to his missing the better part of two weeks of practice so that he could recover from the concussion he suffered in the first or second day.
Since I'm not going to get into a preview of Missouri until closer to gameday, I'll just leave you with the following SEC basketball team comparison:
As you can see, while Vandy does have a loss (against a high-quality Cincinnati team that may be one of the nations top defensive units), there are no SEC teams that have come close to playing as difficult a schedule as have the Commodores. While it would be nice to be undefeated, Commodore fans should rest assured that the difficult schedule will only pay dividends down the road.
As a bonus, here's a poll on what you think happens this week. Please expound upon your predictions below!
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The Cincy Loss was Initially Disappointing
Most of that was due to us playing on National TV for the first time all season. In the end the loss wasn’t so damaging. Cincy is in the top 25 now after their performance against Maryland and Gonzaga, and we came away from the trip with a nice road win at St. Mary’s and a big tournament salvager against Arizona. Perhaps most importantly, we got great road experience early in the season, which will hopefully serve us well against Mizzou on Wednesday.
Definitely curious to see how we look this week
To date, I have only caught the 2nd half of our lackluster performance against Cincy. I don’t know a lot about Mizzou other than they apparently lost to Richmond a few days ago (I guess I would be remiss to not say, “Go Spiders!” as a Richmond resident). They appear to have a lost a lot from last season. I also don’t expect much from Depaul, but they certainly gave UT all they wanted in the Paradise Jam. We are certainly capable of winning both games, but the pessimist in me says we’re still finding our stride. I hope they prove me wrong.
Wouldn't be crushed by a split this week...
This is going to be two fun games to go to this week. Both teams are VERY solid, and maybe DePaul is better than Missouri.
If we win both, I’ll be trilled, but a split wouldn’t be the worse thing in the world.
You're Right, A Split Wouldn't Be Terrible
I would definitely take that, though I think we’re capable of winning both.
by Stanimal@VSL on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
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