2020–21 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

2020–21 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
2020–21 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–8 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach	Jerry Stackhouse (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Damany Hendrix; Adam Mazarei; Faragi Phillips;
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Alabama†	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
No. 10 Arkansas	13	–	4	.765	25	–	7	.781
LSU	11	–	6	.647	19	–	10	.655
Tennessee	10	–	7	.588	18	–	9	.667
Florida	9	–	7	.563	15	–	10	.600
Ole Miss	10	–	8	.556	16	–	12	.571
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	16	–	10	.615
Kentucky	8	–	9	.471	9	–	16	.360
Mississippi State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Georgia	7	–	11	.389	14	–	12	.538
Auburn^*	7	–	11	.389	13	–	14	.481
South Carolina	4	–	12	.250	6	–	15	.286
Texas A&M	2	–	8	.200	8	–	10	.444
Vanderbilt	3	–	13	.188	9	–	16	.360

† 2021 SEC tournament winner ^* Ineligible for postseason due to self-imposed postseason ban.

The 2020–21 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team will represent Vanderbilt University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is being led by second-year head coach Jerry Stackhouse, and is play their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

As of December 13, Vanderbilt announced that they would allow families to attend Vanderbilt basketball games through the end of December.^[1]

Previous season

Last year's Vanderbilt men's basketball team finished the season 11–21, 3–15 against SEC opponents to finish in last place. They took on the Arkansas Razorbacks in round 1 of the SEC Tournament. Later, the rest of that tournament and the rest of the college basketball postseason was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Regardless, the team's 11–21 record likely would have kept them out of the NCAA Tournament.^[2]^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Leaving
Saben Lee	0	G	6'2"	183	Junior	Phoenix, AZ	Declared for NBA Draft^[4]
Matthew Moyer	13	F	6'8"	229	RS Junior	Gahanna, OH	Transferring to George Washington^[5]
Jon Jossell	21	F	5'9"	160	Senior	Arcadia, OK	Graduated
Aaron Nesmith	24	F	6'6"	213	Sophomore	Charleston, SC	Declared for the NBA Draft^[6]
Oton Jankovic	55	F	6'10"	212	Freshman	Zagreb, Croatia	Transferring to Tulane^[7]

2020 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyrin Lawrence G	Monticello, Georgia	Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 9, 2020
Tyrin Lawrence G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports:
Myles Stute F	Washington, D.C.	Gonzaga College High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 8, 2019
Myles Stute F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Trey Thomas G	Durham, Ontatio, CAN	Crestwood Preparatory College	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jul 11, 2020
Trey Thomas G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports:
Akeem Odusipe F	Lagos, Nigeria	Knoxville Catholic High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Apr 22, 2020
Akeem Odusipe F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2020–21 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Tyrin Lawrence	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Morgan County HS	Monticello, GA
F	1	Dylan Disu	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Hendrickson HS	Pflugerville, TX
G	2	Scotty Pippen Jr.	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Sierra Canyon School	Los Angeles, CA
G	3	Maxwell Evans	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Bellaire HS	Houston, TX
G/F	4	Jordan Wright	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	So	The Dunham School	Baton Rouge, LA
G	5	D. J. Harvey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Jr	Notre Dame	Bowie, MD
F	10	Myles Stute	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Gonzaga College HS	Washington, D.C.
G/F	11	Braelee Albert (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Brentwood School	Los Angeles, CA
G	12	Trey Thomas	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Crestwood Prep	Durham, ON
G	13	Issac McBride	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Fr	Baptist Prep	Little Rock, AR
G	14	Isaiah Rice	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Park Tudor School	Indianapolis, IN
F	15	Clevon Brown	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	RS Sr	Winston Churchill HS	San Antonio, TX
G/F	20	Max Adelman (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	The Hun School	Memphis, TN
G	33	Drew Weikert (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Montgomery Bell Academy	Nashville, TN
F	34	Akeem Odusipe	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Knoxville Catholic HS	Lagos, Nigeria
F	42	Quentin Millora-Brown	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	RS So	Rice	Lorton, VA
F/C	50	Ejike Obinna	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	RS Jr	Virginia Academy	Enugu, Nigeria

Head coach

Jerry Stackhouse (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Damany Hendrix (Lamar)
Adam Mazarei (Redlands)
Faragi Phillips (Mississippi Valley State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 2, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
November 27, 2020* 11:05 a.m., SEC Network+	Valparaiso	W 77–71	1–0	25 – Pippen Jr.	11 – Disu	4 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (0) Nashville, TN
December 1, 2020* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	vs. UConn Canceled due to positive COVID-19 test						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
December 8, 2020*	SMU Canceled due to positive COVID-19 test						Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
December 11, 2020* SEC Network+	North Carolina Central Canceled due to positive COVID-19 test						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
December 13, 2020* 2:00 p.m., SEC Network	Mississippi Valley State	W 84–41	2–0	17 – Disu	13 – Disu	6 – Pippen Jr.	Memorial Gymnasium (25) Nashville, TN
December 16, 2020* 12:00 p.m., SEC Network	No. 19 Richmond	L 67–78	2–1	25 – Pippen Jr.	6 – Disu	3 – Albert	Memorial Gymnasium (68) Nashville, TN
December 19, 2020* 7:00 p.m., SEC Network	Radford	W 59–50	3–1	25 – Pippen Jr.	8 – Millora-Brown	7 – Pippen Jr.	Memorial Gymnasium (61) Nashville, TN
December 22, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Davidson	L 65–85	3–2	24 – Pippen Jr.	11 – Disu	3 – Pippen Jr.	John M. Belk Arena (0) Davidson, NC
December 27, 2020* 3:00 p.m., SEC Network	Alcorn State	W 87–59	4–2	30 – Pippen Jr.	7 – Disu	4 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (56) Nashville, TN
December 30, 2020 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	Florida	L 72–91	4–3 (0–1)	18 – Pippen Jr.	8 – Disu	6 – Pippen Jr.	Memorial Gymnasium (279) Nashville, TN
January 5, 2021 6:00 p.m., SEC Network	at Kentucky	L 74–77	4–4 (0–2)	18 – Tied	10 – Disu	8 – Pippen Jr.	Rupp Arena (3,475) Lexington, KY
January 9, 2021 Noon, SEC Network	Mississippi State	L 81–84	4–5 (0–3)	18 – Pippen Jr.	8 – Millora-Brown	12 – Pippen Jr.	Memorial Gymnasium (101) Nashville, TN
January 12, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10 Tennessee	Postponed					Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
January 16, 2021 5:00 p.m., SEC Network	at No. 10 Tennessee	L 61–81	4–6 (0–4)	19 – Disu	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (4,191) Knoxville, TN
January 20, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	Texas A&M	Postponed					Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
January 23, 2020 12:00 p.m., SEC Network	Arkansas	L 71–92	4–7 (0–5)	16 – Harvey	7 – Obinna	5 – Pippen Jr.	Memorial Gymnasium (83) Nashville, TN
January 27, 2021 5:30 p.m., SEC Network	at Florida	L 71–78	4–8 (0–6)	32 – Pippen Jr.	9 – Disu	6 – Pippen Jr.	O'Connell Center (2,404) Gainesville, FL
January 30, 2020 7:30 p.m., SEC Network	South Carolina	W 93–81	5–8 (1–6)	29 – Evans	7 – Disu	7 – Pippen Jr.	Memorial Gymnasium (78) Nashville, TN
February 3, 2020 7:30 p.m., SEC Network	at Texas A&M	Postponed					Reed Arena College Station, TX
February 6, 2020 12:00 p.m., SEC Network	at Georgia						Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
February 9, 2021 7:30 p.m., SEC Network	Auburn						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
February 13, 2021 12:00 p.m., SEC Network	at Mississippi State						Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
February 17, 2021 6:00 p.m., SEC Network	Kentucky						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
February 20, 2021 12:00 p.m., SEC Network	at Alabama						Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
February 27, 2021 2:30 p.m., SEC Network	Ole Miss						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
March 2, 2021 7:30 p.m., SEC Network	at LSU						Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ Sparks, Adam (13 December 2020). "Vanderbilt basketball trounces Mississippi Valley State, but players still out with COVID-19". Nashville Tennessean. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ Walder, Seth (18 March 2020). "BPI projects how the 2020 NCAA tournament could have played out". ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Cobb, David (6 April 2020). "NCAA Tournament simulation: Dayton wins first title as SportsLine simulates entire Big Dance". CBS Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Gray, Nick (27 March 2020). "Vanderbilt guard Saben Lee declares for NBA Draft". Nashville Tennessean. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Waters, Mike (25 March 2020). "Former Syracuse basketball player Matthew Moyer transfers from Vanderbilt to George Washington". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Boone, Kyle (26 March 2020). "2020 NBA Draft: Vanderbilt star Aaron Nesmith, a projected first-rounder, declares and intends to hire agent". CBS Sports. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Men's Basketball Adds Vanderbilt Transfer Oton Jankovic". Tulane Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[1] Sparks, Adam (13 December 2020). "Vanderbilt basketball trounces Mississippi Valley State, but players still out with COVID-19". Nashville Tennessean. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[2] Walder, Seth (18 March 2020). "BPI projects how the 2020 NCAA tournament could have played out". ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[3] Cobb, David (6 April 2020). "NCAA Tournament simulation: Dayton wins first title as SportsLine simulates entire Big Dance". CBS Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[4] Gray, Nick (27 March 2020). "Vanderbilt guard Saben Lee declares for NBA Draft". Nashville Tennessean. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[5] Waters, Mike (25 March 2020). "Former Syracuse basketball player Matthew Moyer transfers from Vanderbilt to George Washington". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[6] Boone, Kyle (26 March 2020). "2020 NBA Draft: Vanderbilt star Aaron Nesmith, a projected first-rounder, declares and intends to hire agent". CBS Sports. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[7] "Men's Basketball Adds Vanderbilt Transfer Oton Jankovic". Tulane Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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