Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 2, 2026 · CSM Staff
 
Vanderbilt Commodores
 
SEC (27-4, 13-3)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/4 LSU (65-61), 2/12 Texas (86-70)
Bad Losses: 2/15 at Georgia (74-76), 3/6 vs Mississippi (78-89)
Coach: Shea Ralph
 
Probable Starters:
Sacha Washington, Senior, Forward, 10.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.8 apg
Aubrey Galvan, Freshman, Guard, 13.1 ppg, 5.9 apg, 3.3 rpg, 2.6 spg
Mikayla Blakes, Sophomore, Guard, 27.0 ppg, 4.4 apg, 3.8 rpg, 2.9 spg
Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda, Senior, Guard, 7.0 ppg, 1.0 apg, 3.2 rpg
Justine Pissott, Senior, Guard, 11.4 ppg, 2.4 apg, 4.5 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Aiyana Mitchell, Junior, Forward, 6.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Jada Brown, Senior, Guard, 3.2 ppg, 1.3 apg, 1.1 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 84.9 (9th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.7 (189, 9)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.2 (15, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.9 (274, 14)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 9.7 (5, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.8 (13, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.0 (22, 2)
Rebound Margin: 1.5 (160, 11)
Assists Per Game: 19.4 (7, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.0 (33, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025 NCAA First Round loss to Oregon
2024 NCAA First Four win over Columbia
2024 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Baylor
2022 NIT First Round win over Murray State
2022 NIT Second Round win over Liberty
2022 NIT Third Round loss to Middle Tennessee
2014 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Arizona State
2013 NCAA Round of 64 win over St. Joseph’s
2013 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Connecticut
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Middle Tennessee State
2012 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Duke
2011 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Louisville
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over DePaul
2010 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Xavier
2009 NCAA Round of 64 win over Western Carolina
2009 NCAA Round of 32 win over Kansas State
2009 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Maryland
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over Montana
2008 NCAA Round of 32 win over West Virginia
2008 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Maryland
2007 NCAA Round of 64 win over Delaware State
2007 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Bowling Green
 
*all team stats through 3/5