Vanderbilt (22-15) and UAB (27-9) squared off in the NIT Quarterfinals on Wednesday night in front of a packed house inside Memorial Gymnasium. The Commodores ran out of magic, though, falling to the Blazers, 67-59, ending their 2022-23 season. “Disappointed with the outcome tonight,” head coach Jerry Stackhouse said after the loss. “Definitely not disappointed.
Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball did something in the 2022-23 season that many in these parts thought had gone extinct, been erased, reduced to a relic of the past. They brought back Memorial Magic. And that magic came in droves on West End over the past couple of months. Whether it was buzzer beaters against Tennessee, Auburn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Jordan Wright went 4 for 4 from the free-throw line in the final seconds and finished with 19 points, Ezra Manjon had 15 points and seven assists and Vanderbilt beat Mississippi State 77-72 Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.