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The 2008-09 Vanderbilt basketball schedule features 17 regular season home games at Memorial Gym, to go along with six national television games, a first for the Commodore program. The non-conference slate includes a home game with Illinois on November 20 on FSN South, a game with South Florida at the Sommet Center in Nashville as a part of the Big East/SEC Challenge on December 16 that will air on ESPN2, and road matchups against Georgia Tech (Dec. 8) and Massachusetts (Jan. 3). The Georgia Tech game will be televised on FSN-South and the UMass contest will be televised CBS College Sports.
“This year’s schedule should be both exciting and challenging for our basketball program,” said Vanderbilt head basketball coach Kevin Stallings. “I am very pleased that our recent success has been reflected in the number of national television appearances we have received. Having five of our eight home SEC games on national television will provide another opportunity to showcase our great fans and the Memorial Gym atmosphere.”
Vanderbilt opens the regular season with a home game against Morehead State on November 16 as a part of the Cancun Challenge. The Commodores also take on Central Arkansas on November 26 as a part of the tournament, and then travel to Cancun to play Drake on November 29 and either New Mexico or VCU on November 30.
Other non-conference games include Middle Tennessee State (Nov. 24), Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 3), Alabama A&M (Dec. 10), Tennessee Tech (Dec. 20), Furman (Dec. 22), and St. Francis (Pa.) (Dec. 31).
The Southeastern Conference schedule features five nationally televised games at home, a program-best, and 11 total conference games which will be televised. Vanderbilt opens league play at Rupp Arena on January 10 (Raycom), and then plays three out of their next four games at Memorial Gym. The Commodores take on Georgia on January 14, and then following a trip to Mississippi State on January 17 (FSN-South), Vanderbilt returns home for two nationally televised games against Tennessee on January 20 (ESPN) and Florida on January 25 (CBS).
Vanderbilt hits the road for two more games at South Carolina (Jan. 28) and Auburn (Jan. 31), but then comes back to Nashville for two more nationally televised games with Alabama on February 5 (ESPN or ESPN2) and Ole Miss on February 7 (CBS).
The Commodores close out the season series with Tennessee with a trip to Knoxville on February 14 (Raycom), and then does the same with Kentucky on February 17 at Memorial Gym (ESPN). VU travels to Florida on February 21 (Raycom) and Georgia on February 25, and then takes on South Carolina on February 28 in Memorial Gym (Raycom).
Vanderbilt closes out the regular season with a trip to LSU on March 4 and a game with Arkansas on March 8 (Raycom). The SEC Tournament heads to Tampa, Fla., March 12-15.
