Aug. 18, 2011
ESPN, CBS, and the Southeastern Conference have announced the Commodores’ 2011-12 league schedule, a slate that includes an ESPN GameDay appearance, two Saturday afternoon games on CBS, and 11 total games that will be featured nationally, either on the ESPN Family of Networks or on CBS.
The Commodores released their non-conference schedule last week. Home non-conference game times and television at Memorial Gym are still to be announced.
2011-12 Schedule | 2011-12 Schedule 
Conference schedule
The highlight of this year’s schedule is the team’s first chance to host the ESPN GameDay franchise on February 11 at Memorial Gym against Kentucky. The game against the Wildcats will tip off at 8 p.m. CT.
In the last season of the balanced division league schedule, the Commodores will take on SEC West opponents Auburn (Jan. 7, 12:30 p.m. CT, SEC Network), Mississippi State (Jan. 21, 6 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2), and LSU (Feb. 8, 8 p.m., CSS) at home, and will travel to Alabama (Jan. 19, 6 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2), Arkansas (Jan. 31, 8 p.m., ESPN), and Ole Miss (Feb. 16, 8 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2).
Seven of the team’s 10 games against the SEC East will be televised by the ESPN family of networks or CBS. Those games include at South Carolina (ESPNU, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.), Tennessee (ESPNU, Jan. 24, 6 p.m.), at Florida (CBS, 12 p.m. CT, Feb. 4), Kentucky (ESPN Gameday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m.), at Kentucky (CBS, 11 a.m. CT, Feb. 25), Florida (ESPN, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.), and at Tennessee (ESPN/ESPN2, Mar. 3, 3 p.m.). Other East division games against Georgia, both in Nashville (SEC Network, Jan. 14, 3 p.m.) and in Athens (FSN, Feb. 28, 12 p.m.), and against South Carolina at Memorial Gym (SEC Network, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.).
Commodore Hoops are a Hot Ticket Again
A total of 513 men’s basketball season tickets were sold Wednesday beginning at the stroke of midnight. Only several hundred season tickets now remain for the upcoming season, mostly in the back of sections 2L, 2F, 3L and 3F. Aside from these locations, scattered singles remain in some other sections. The best seats that remain in Memorial Gym are in the National Commodore Club sections where seats require a donation in addition to the price of season tickets. Contact Robin Langlois in the NCC at 615-343-7145 to find out the best seating options, some for as little as a $250 donation per seat.
Order tickets online here, or call 615-322-GOLD for the McGugin Ticket Office.
Schedule Notes
-Although this is Arkansas’ head coach Mike Anderson’s first year in Fayetteville, it will mark the third consecutive year Vanderbilt has faced one of his teams. The Commodores split a home-and-home series with his old school, Missouri, in 2009 (home win) and 2010 (road loss).
-Vanderbilt plays four times on Tuesdays, twice on Wednesdays, twice on Thursdays, seven times on Saturday, and once on Sunday. The Commodores only have one Thursday-Saturday turnaround this season (January 19 at Alabama, January 21 vs. Mississippi State).
-Vanderbilt plays six games at 8 p.m. CT this season.
-The SEC Tournament returns to New Orleans for the first time since the 2003 tournament. The 2011 tournament will be played in the New Orleans Arena – the first time the arena has hosted the tournament. Previous SEC Tournaments have been held at the Louisiana Superdome.