Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball, after a 20-12 (8-10 SEC) season, has earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament as a 10 seed in the East region. It will face the No. 7 seed, St. Mary’s, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 21.
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— Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball (@VandyMBB) March 16, 2025
This will be the Commodores’ first time in the Big Dance since 2017, when they dropped a Round of 64 contest to the Northwestern Wildcats.
Four regular season wins over AP Top 15 teams — a program record — helped propel the Black and Gold to 20 wins and a spot in March Madness. Vanderbilt took down then-No. 6 Tennessee, then-No. 9 Kentucky and then-No. 14 Missouri inside Memorial Gymnasium, along with a road win against then-No. 12 Texas A&M in College Station.
The ‘Dores also picked up wins over Texas, South Carolina, Ole Miss and LSU in their quest to an 8-10 record and the No. 12 seed in the SEC Tournament, where they lost a rematch to Texas.
Now, Vanderbilt will take on a new foe in the Gaels. The specific timing of the matchup is still to be determined. The teams will play for a chance to be in the Round of 32, where they will face either No. 2 Alabama or No. 15 Robert Morris.
