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Good morning.
The SEC announced the schedule for women’s basketball conference games on Wednesday. Vanderbilt will play eight of its sixteen games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last season. I wish I had more insight than this, but I don’t.
The Hustler has three matchups to watch in Vanderbilt’s Week 2 game against Purdue. They also had their SEC Power Rankings. Tennessee is 14th in the power rankings, and I really hope the Hustler staff mockingly played Rocky Top at Vol fans while they wrote it.
Podcastin’ at the Tennessean and VandySports.
Off the West End
WR Jordan Murphy and DB Terrell Bailey have both left Tennessee’s program. The “This is fine” dog, after serving as the unofficial mascot of Vanderbilt’s 2018-19 basketball season, has moved to Knoxville for the 2019 football season.
“Upset alerts” for Week 2.
Dennis Dodd proposes neutral referees for nonconference games. Actually, why not go a step farther and have officiating regulated at the NCAA level instead of at the conference level?
From The Athletic ($): Why starting freshman on the O-line isn’t just for survival any more ... State of the Hoops Program: Butler.
Scoreboard
MLB: Mets 8, Nationals 4 ... Yankees 4, Rangers 1 ... Reds 8, Phillies 5 ... Pirates 6, Marlins 5 ... Indians 8, White Sox 6 ... Red Sox 6, Twins 2 ... Giants 9, Cardinals 8 ... Royals 5, Tigers 4 ... Diamondbacks 4, Padres 1 ... A’s 4, Angels 0 ... Dodgers 7, Rockies 3.
FIBA World Cup: Angola 84, Philippines 81 ... Poland 80, Ivory Coast 63 ... Puerto Rico 67, Tunisia 64 ... Nigeria 108, South Korea 66 ... Serbia 92, Italy 77 ... Venezuela 72, China 59 ... Argentina 69, Russia 61 ... Spain 73, Iran 65 ... Canada 82, Senegal 60 ... Brazil 84, Montenegro 73 ... Germany 96, Jordan 62 ... Czech Republic 91, Turkey 76.
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Burundi 1-1 Tanzania ... Eritrea 1-2 Namibia ... Ethiopia 0-0 Lesotho ... South Sudan 1-1 Equatorial Guinea ... Mauritius 0-1 Mozambique ... Djibouti 2-1 Swaziland ... São Tomé and Principe 0-1 Guinea-Bissau ... Liberia 3-1 Sierra Leone ... Guam 0-1 Maldives ... North Korea 2-0 Lebanon ... Mongolia 1-0 Myanmar.