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Vanderbilt had the exact same effective field goal percentage as Butler (49.04%) and lost by 10. Or in other words...
@VandyMBB Fire Bryce Drew
— Baskin (@hunter_baskin24) November 25, 2016
Yeah, that seems like the proper reaction to a 10-point loss to a top 25 team (no, I don’t care what the AP poll says and neither should you) on a neutral court that was a tie game with eight and a half minutes left.
Pretty sure that Stallings wouldn't be 2-3 through 5 games with this team Vandy has.
— Christian Kaposy (@cpkaposy18) November 25, 2016
The first few games I AM NOT impressed with the coaching of Bryce Drew @VandyMBB #vandy
— I am Snuffles (@heyimsnuffles) November 25, 2016
@VandySportscom has that portrait of Bryce Drew been painted on the wall yet?
— Brian Bates (@brianbatescomic) November 25, 2016
Bryce Drew i hope you turn this time around because you have not shown me shit yet from you
— Baskin (@hunter_baskin24) November 25, 2016
Oh. Oh, dear.
I realize this probably isn’t a representative sample of the Vanderbilt fan base at all, but of all games this is the one you picked to throw a tantrum about?
I don’t really have much of substance to say about this game because I was only halfway watching it. Matthew Fisher-Davis played 11 minutes — and didn’t play at all in the second half. He wasn’t hurt, either, from what I could tell; this was just an example of a coach deciding that he didn’t like his star player’s effort and benching him as a result.
Individual Stats
| Player | MIN | FG | FGA | 3FG | 3FGA | FT | FTA | ORB | DRB | REB | PF | PTS | AST | TO | BLK | STL | AdjGS | GS/Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payton Willis | 27 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24.4 | 0.90 |
| Jeff Roberson | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14.9 | 0.60 |
| Riley LaChance | 34 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 0.33 |
| Nolan Cressler | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.3 | 0.46 |
| Clevon Brown | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.47 |
| Joe Toye | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 0.42 |
| Matthew Fisher-Davis | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.43 |
| Phillip McGloin | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | -1.75 |
| Camron Justice | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.1 | -0.11 |
| Djery Baptiste | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3.4 | -0.20 |
| Luke Kornet | 28 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -5.6 | -0.20 |
- Hey, at least the bench showed up, amirite?
- Jeff Roberson and Riley LaChance were fine, and Payton Willis was basically giving you what Matthew Fisher-Davis normally would.
- On the other hand, that’s an absolutely cringe-worthy stat line from Luke.
- Djery Baptiste has shown some promise early this season, but I really hope Bryce Drew doesn’t fall into the trap that Stallings did with Damian Jones and Luke Kornet. No, playing Baptiste and Kornet on the floor together is probably a bad idea.
- HEY, PHILLIP MCGLOIN SIGHTING!