Will Vanderbilt Make the NCAA Tournament?

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Vanderbilt basketball played very well over the last month of the season, but it's likely not enough to get the Commodores into the NCAA Tournament.
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BetMGM @BETMGM Mar 12, 2023, 9:56 AM

The Vanderbilt Commodores are unlikely to make the NCAA Tournament when the field of 68 is announced on Sunday.

Vanderbilt (20-14) has been one of the hottest teams in college basketball over the final month of the season, which explains how they beat LSU and Kentucky this week en route to an unexpected tournament run.

But the Commodores’ 87-75 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday cements their position as a likely NIT team. 

Vanderbilt is a team that no one would want to play in the NCAA Tournament next week, but the reality is that its resume just isn’t quite up to par with other at-large teams. As of Saturday, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has the Commodores as the No. 4 team out of the field.

The Commodores may have needed the automatic bid given to the winner of the SEC Tournament. Absent that, they may be on the wrong side of the bubble on Sunday. 

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Vanderbilt Tournament Résumé

KenPom: 80
Sagarin: 63
NET Ranking: 81
NET SOS Ranking: 19
SOR: 48
KPI: 39
BPI: 79
Quadrant 1 Record: 5-11

Vanderbilt NCAA Tournament History

SeasonNCAA Tournament ResultSeed
2021-22Did Not QualifyN/A
2020-21Did Not QualifyN/A
2019-20Tournament CancelledN/A
2018-19Did Not QualifyN/A
2017-18Did Not QualifyN/A
2016-17First Round9
2015-16First Four11
2014-15Did Not QualifyN/A
2013-14Did Not QualifyN/A
2012-13Did Not QualifyN/A
2011-12Second Round5
2010-11First Round5
2009-10First Round4
2008-09Did Not QualifyN/A
2007-08First Round4
2006-07Sweet 166
2005-06Did Not QualifyN/A
2004-05Did Not QualifyN/A
2003-04Sweet 166
2002-03Did Not QualifyN/A
2001-02Did Not QualifyN/A
2000-01Did Not QualifyN/A
1999-00Did Not QualifyN/A
1998-99Did Not QualifyN/A
1997-98Did Not QualifyN/A
1996-97First Round10
1995-96Did Not QualifyN/A
1994-95Did Not QualifyN/A
1993-94Did Not QualifyN/A
1992-93Sweet 163
1991-92Did Not QualifyN/A
1990-91First Round9
1989-90Did Not QualifyN/A
1988-89First Round8
1987-88Sweet 167
1986-87Did Not QualifyN/A
1985-86Did Not QualifyN/A
1984-85Did Not QualifyN/A

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