Seriously...there's no joke here. Trevor Hass explains why Vanderbilt is a force to be reckoned with in the SEC.
The SEC has three teams in the top 10 of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Kentucky (No. 2) and Florida
(No. 10) are perennially near the top of the rankings, yet the third team,
Vanderbilt, finds itself in unfamiliar territory.
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Coaches
feel so strongly about this year’s team that the Commodores are ranked seventh
in the nation, ahead of the likes of Louisville, Baylor, and Kansas.
Much of the
reason for the high praise is the fact that all five of head coach Kevin Stallings’ starters from last year have returned for another season. Vanderbilt’s standout superstar is guard John Jenkins. Jenkins averaged 19.5 points
per game in his sophomore season, and could have been drafted by an NBA
team. Instead, he opted to come back for
his junior year and is ready to make his mark in Commodore history.
