Trevon Brazile had 16 points and 14 rebounds. D.J. Wagner stepped up with 2 big three-pointers in the second half. Both Zvonimir Ivisic and Karter Knox scored in double figures while Jonas Aidoo and Billy Richmond had their moments off the bench.

Tuesday night's game against Arkansas seemed like a perfect opportunity for Vanderbilt basketball to extend what was a three-game winning streak. Playing at Memorial Gymnasium against a team with just seven available players,

Arkansas heads to Nashville ... But Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington leaned on a more important authority for assurance. "My mom told me if we win today, we're in the NCAA Tournament, so she's ...

Mark Byington can’t even make a coffee run to Starbucks without Vanderbilt fans around Nashville reminding the first-year head coach on his team’s dubious status on the 2025 NCAA Tournament bubble. Turns out everyone and their mother is a bracketologist — including Byington’s own,

Arkansas forward Jonas Aidoo (9) maneuvers in the lane as South Carolina forward Jordan Butler (0) defends, Saturday, March 1, 2025, during the first half at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C. (Hank Layton/WholeHogSports) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This town has entertainment everywhere you look.

This is unlikely to push Vanderbilt out of the NCAA Tournament completely. But the Commodores haven't looked in the last two games like a team that could put a scare into top seeds in March, and the problem becomes magnified if MJ Collins and Grant Huffman, who missed Saturday's game with injury, can't return soon.

Arkansas dominated inside ... "I thought they played harder than us, they played like a desperate team," Mark Byington said. "And we were a half step slow. ... You let a team like that get ...