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28-4 (13-4) AP/Coaches: 6/6 NET: 7 March 23, 2026 6:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium ESPN2 | Radio Call | Live Stats 22-11 (11-10) AP/Coaches: ORV/ORV NET: 30 We are in the Round of 32 for the first time since 2013 thanks in part to a 30-point, single-season record-setting performance by Mikayla Blakes and double-doubles from […]
1pm CT on SECN+. Don’t get swept. Other than our Women’s Shooty Hoops team, this is turning into quite the depressing weekend in the Vanderbilt sports world. Clanga’s Lithuanian Lefty dominated our lineup to the tune of 14 Ks. You’d be forgiven for thinking that this is the type of pitcher and type of performance […]
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Well, that sucked. I can’t believe Nebraska fans (and the rest of the internet) are making me root for Florida to blow them out. Look what you’ve done. Baseball lost last night, too. At least the women’s team won big. Today’s college basketball schedule:
Vanderbilt is 27-8 this season, and a win tonight would tie the 1992-93 team for the school’s single-season wins record. Nebraska, tonight’s opponent, has already set its own single-season school wins record and, for the first time in school history, is in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Oklahoma City site was heavily […]
27-4 (13-4) AP/Coaches: 6/6 NET: 7 March 21, 2026 6:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium ESPNews | Radio Call | Live Stats 25-5 (13-3) AP/Coaches: NR/NR NET: 142 It’s finally here! The women tip off at 6 against High Point, who doesn’t crack even the top 20 teams we’ve played this year in terms of NET. […]
6pm CT on SECN+. Listen. Clanga is better than we are this year. You’re just going to have to accept it. Along with Tejas and Arky, they are one of the elite cadre of SEC teams this year. You used to be able to write Vanderbilt in such a group every year in Sharpie, but […]
The School: University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Formerly just known as the University of Nebraska, until 1968 when they absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha. Somehow not the newest university in the Big Ten. Somehow in the Big Ten. When I was a kid, they were in the Big Eight. Location: Lincoln, Nebraska. As the name would […]
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Yep, the game thread overload is here. Consider: Yeah, it’s going to be a fun day here at Anchor of Gold dot com. Sadly, though, the bowling team won’t be joining us, as they were eliminated from the Conference USA Tournament with losses to Arkansas State and Louisiana Tech yesterday. […]
Friday at 7pm CT on SEC Network, Saturday at 6pm CT on SECN+, and Sunday at 1pm CT on SECN+. #6 Clanga ‘26 Record: 17-4 (1-2 SEC). In OOC play, Clanga mostly racked up wins over cupcakes, opening with series sweeps over Hofstra and Delaware, surrounded by midweek wins over Troy, Alcorn State, and Austin Peay. They […]
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Vanderbilt bowling is currently competing in the Conference USA Bowling Championship starting at 9 AM CT, which you can watch on ESPN+. And! Speaking of women’s bowling, men’s basketball beat Southland member McNeese State 78-68 yesterday for its first NCAA Tournament win since 2012, setting up a women’s bowling-themed grudge […]
Vanderbilt advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012, and per CBS Sports’s Matt Norlander, the Commodores’ second-round game against Nebraska will tip off late on Saturday: After landing in the afternoon window for the first round, things flip for the second round: the two evening winners in […]
Pregame reading: Yep, we’re back. Have fun in the game thread. For those of us with real jobs, hopefully you, like me, have a screen at work you can use to watch the game.
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment (Yep, had to get in the reference to Lake Charles, Louisiana. Home of today’s opponent.) Vanderbilt bowling swept Tulane on Wednesday to advance in the Conference USA tournament. That means they won’t play again on Friday against one of Arkansas State, Wichita State, or Youngstown State. Hail Pinman. And I […]
The School: McNeese State University. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College, then renamed a year later to John McNeese Junior College. John McNeese, per Wikipedia, was the first superintendent of schools of Imperial Calcasieu Parish, which apparently gets a university named for you in southwest Louisiana. Around here you have to build an […]
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment You know what time it is. Time for the Conference USA Bowling Championships. Hail Pinman. Vanderbilt is the #2 seed in the tournament behind top-seeded hated rival Jacksonville State (who only wishes they were McKendree, but stole their coach and all their players.) The Commodores open the event today facing […]
With the Madness tipping off tonight — yes, the First Four counts, regardless of what the guy running your office pool says when he tells you that the deadline to submit your bracket is Thursday morning — we’re looking at FanDuel odds for the tournament and having a few thoughts. Remember: if you bet actual […]
2pm CT on SECN+. On the Mound Tuesday @ 2:00pm SECN+ Vanderbilt #77 Jr. RHP Alex “The Kranz” Kranzler (1-2; 9.49 ERA) vs. Indiana #28 Grad LHP Conner “Linnsanity” Linn (0-0; 9.28 ERA) Pitchers’ duel! The Lineup See you in the comments.
Fanduel sponsored. As you well know, the #5 vs. #12 matchup has effectively been a toss-up over the years, but with Vanderbilt being quite obviously under-seeded, how will that show up in the opening odds? Fanduel’s Betting Odds The Shooty Dores are heavily favored in this one, giving -11.5 points and -750 on the money […]
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment Vanderbilt baseball hosts Indiana today at 2 PM CT on SEC Network+, a game moved up due to freezing temperatures tonight. The Commodores are coming off taking 2 of 3 from LSU over the weekend. After that, tonight begins the NCAA Tournament with two of the First Four matchups. I’ll […]
Yep, it’s that time of year again, and unlike in years past, you don’t have to be a complete homer to pick Vanderbilt to win! Sign up for the Anchor of Gold Bracket Challenge at ESPN. The rules are: Anyway, just do it.
Somehow, a line buried in a statement from Oklahoma coach Porter Moser about accepting an invitation to the College Basketball Crown — the joke of a tournament in Las Vegas that’s decided to compete with the NIT for no particular reason, because what everybody was of course demanding was a lame version of the NIT […]
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment The brackets are out, and Vanderbilt’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are both playing. The men’s team lost 86-75 to Arkansas in the finals of the SEC Tournament, and then probably got underseeded as a 5-seed and got sent to Oklahoma City, where they’ll play 12-seed McNeese on Thursday at […]
Well, the bracket is out, and Vanderbilt is… the 5-seed in the South Regional. The Commodores will head to Oklahoma City for their first and, we can only hope, second round games and, if they get past that, Houston for the regionals. They drew McNeese as their first-round opponent, and that game will tip off […]
The women, who have been ranked in the top 7 the entire second half of the season, have finally learned where they slot into things. Here’s the rundown (Central Time; will update as I get more info): NASHVILLE March 20/21 @ TIME: 15 High Point March 22/23 @ TIME: 7 Illinois/10 Colorado FORT WORTH March […]
3pm CT on ESPN2. Bring brooms. While Saturday’s game was certainly less of an emotional rollercoaster, it was also the Emily Dickinson Velociraptor this season has so needed. Hope, I’m talking. That feathered beast. It gave me hope for postseason baseball from this squad. Oh, and for those who don’t get the reference, or worse, […]