Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Vanderbilt Commodores
 
SEC (20-12, 8-10)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/18 Tennessee (76-75), 2/26 at Texas A&M (86-84)
Bad Losses: 11/24 Drake (70-81), 3/4 Arkansas (77-90)
Coach: Mark Byington
 
Probable Starters:
Devin McGlockton, Junior, Forward, 10.4 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Jason Edwards, Junior, Guard, 17.0 ppg, 1.3 apg
Tyler Nickel, Junior, Guard, 10.5 ppg
Chris Manon, Senior, Guard, 6.5ppg, 1.3 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.0 bpg
AJ Hoggard, Senior, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 4.6 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Jaylen Carey, Sophomore, Forward, 8.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg
Tyler Tanner, Freshman, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 1.9 apg, 1.7 spg
MJ Collins Jr., Junior, Guard, 7.7 ppg
Grant Huffman, Senior, Guard, 3.4 ppg, 1.8 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 79.9 (44th in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 74.6 (258, 14)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.2 (151, 11)
Field-Goal Defense: 46.0 (298, 16)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.3 (114, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.9 (234, 12)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.0 (72, 2)
Rebound Margin: 0.5 (200, 13)
Assists Per Game: 14.1 (139, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.4 (51, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023 NIT First Round win over Yale
2023 NIT Second Round win over Michigan
2023 NIT Quarterfinal loss to UAB
2022 NIT First Round win over Belmont
2022 NIT Second Round win over Dayton
2022 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Xavier
2017 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Northwestern
2016 NCAA Opening Round loss to Wichita State
2015 NIT First Round win over St. Mary’s
2015 NIT Second Round win over South Dakota State
2015 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Stanford
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Harvard
2012 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Wisconsin
2011 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Richmond
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Murray State
2008 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Siena
2007 NCAA Round of 64 win over George Washington
2007 NCAA Round of 32 win over Washington State
2007 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Georgetown
2006 NIT First Round loss to Notre Dame
 
*all team stats through 3/9