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2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 2008–09 |
| team | Vanderbilt Commodores |
| image | Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg |
| image_size | 150px |
| conference | Southeastern Conference |
| short_conf | SEC |
| record | 19–12 |
| conf_record | 8–8 |
| head_coach | Kevin Stallings |
| asst_coach1 | Dan Muller |
| asst_coach2 | Tom Richardson |
| asst_coach3 | King Rice |
| stadium | Memorial Gymnasium |
The 2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's college basketball season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference and finished with an overall record of 19–12 (SEC: 8–8). They were led by Kevin Stallings, in his ninth year as head coach, and played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. It was their sixth straight winning season, although they failed to play in a post-season tournament for the first time in five years.
The previous year's 2007–08 team finished 26–8 and ranked 25th in both the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today (Coaches) poll.
Entering the season, Vanderbilt was picked by the media attending the SEC's media days in October to finish 4th in the SEC East, behind Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky.
Vanderbilt lost three starters from the previous year's team—2008 SEC-player of the year swingman Shan Foster (20.3 ppg), shooting guard Alex (Red) Gordon (10.8 ppg) and power forward Ross Neltner (8.3 ppg) – and returned two starters—sophomore center A.J. Ogilvy and junior point guard Jermaine Beal. With no seniors and only two juniors (Beal and junior guard George Drake), the Commodores were one of the youngest team's in Division I.
Ogilvy, the Commodores' leading rebounder (6.7 rpg) and second leading scorer (17.0 ppg) the previous season, was selected by the SEC media and SEC coaches to the pre-season all-SEC first team.
Roster
| # | Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | High School | GP | Min | Ppg | Rpg | Apg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Jermaine Beal | G | 6–3 | 210 | Junior | DeSoto, TX | DeSoto | 31 | 33.1 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Brad Tinsley | G | 6–3 | 180 | Freshman | Oregon City, OR | Oregon City | 31 | 31.0 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 2 | Charles Hinkle | G/F | 6–6 | 200 | Freshman | Los Alamitos, CA | Hebron Academy (Maine)/Los Alamitos | 25 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| 3 | Festus Ezeli | C | 6–11 | 245 | Freshman | Benin City, Nigeria | Igbinedion Education Center | 29 | 12.4 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Andrew (A.J.) Ogilvy | C | 6–11 | 250 | Sophomore | Sydney, Australia | Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra | 29 | 27.6 | 15.4 | 7.1 | 1.3 |
| 5 | Lance Goulbourne | G/F | 6–7 | 215 | Freshman | Brooklyn, NY | The Hun School | 23 | 14.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
| 12 | Jordan Smart2 | G/F | 6–6 | 170 | Freshman | Lexington, KY | Lexington Catholic | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Elliott Cole2 | G | 5–11 | 175 | Sophomore | Memphis, TN | Memphis University School | 10 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Darshawn McClellan | F | 6–7 | 220 | Sophomore | Fresno, CA | Edison (Fresno) | 31 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| 22 | Jamie Graham2 | G | 5–11 | 180 | Sophomore | Nashville, TN | Whites Creek | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 24 | Andre Walker1 | F | 6–7 | 214 | Sophomore | Flossmoor, IL | Brewster Academy (N.H.)/Homewood-Flossmoor | 3 | 23.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| 33 | Steve Tchiengang | F | 6–8 | 240 | Freshman | Douala, Cameroon | Montverde Academy/Cypress Community Christian | 25 | 17.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| 34 | George Drake | G | 6–4 | 210 | Junior | Calera, AL | Calera | 30 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 1.2 |
| 44 | Jeffery Taylor | G-F | 6–7 | 200 | Freshman | Norrköping, Sweden | Hobbs High School, Hobbs, NM | 31 | 26.0 | 12.2 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
1 Missed the season after torn ACL against MTSU. 2 Walk-on.
Source: ESPN.com
2008–09 schedule and results
|- !colspan=9| Exhibition |- !colspan=9| Regular season |- !colspan=9| SEC tournament
References
References
- "Ogilvy named to Preseason All-SEC First Team". VUCommodores.com.
- "Ogilvy named to Coaches' Preseason All-SEC 1st Team". VUCommodores.com.
- "Vanderbilt Commodores' Clubhouse". ESPN.com.
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