Former UNC basketball standout and current Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse is making some noise here in early March.
Vanderbilt finds themselves in the SEC Tournament semifinals after beating LSU on Thursday and then pulling off another upset by taking down Kentucky on Friday night. And with that latest win, Stackhouse has his team potentially on the verge of an NCAA Tournament bid.
That was something that wasn’t in the cards a month ago.
After losing to Alabama 101-41 on January 31st, Vanderbilt has gone 10-1 including two upset wins over Kentucky. Now, going into Saturday’s game against Texas A&M, the Commodores have moved up in Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology.
Vanderbilt is among the first four out now, leapfrogging UNC, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Michigan since the start of the SEC Tournament. They do find themselves as team No. 72 on the projection, behind Oklahoma State, Nevada, and Clemson.
A win on Saturday could vault them right to team No. 69 before they have the chance to clinch an automatic bid.
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