Vanderbilt basketball is back and now 16-4 after winning only nine games last year (9-23). For the first time since the 2006-07 season, the Commodores own a pair of top-10 wins in the same year. What Mark Byington has done in Year 1 on the job is really impressive in a place that’s not easy to win, as Vanderbilt followed up last Saturday’s win over Tennessee with a 74-69 victory over the Wildcats. For Vandy, which has not made the NCAA Tournament since 2017, expect them to move up in Mike Decourcy’s bracket forecast this Tuesday, perhaps to the 9-line. Though he does not have eye-popping stats, Byington said Hoggard does the little thing you cannot coach at crunch time.
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