OK. So you lost to Alabama in the first round of the SEC Tournament and there is no way that you will get a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Big deal.

It was a long shot to get into the Big Dance, but that doesn't make Thursday night's loss to Alabama any less disappointing for the Vanderbilt Commodores.

If the NCAA Tournament were a college, and Vanderbilt was a student trying desperately to get in, it would be on the waitlist. With a long way to go.

Sports editor David Rutz and sports reporters Mike Kranzler, David Shochat and Adam Weinstein discuss the women's basketball team's SEC Tournament championship and their prospects in the NCAA Tournament, the recent surge of the men's basketball team and storylines coming out of the football team's return to spring drills in this podcast.

No, Vanderbilt still does not have even close to a good enough resume to make the NCAA Tournament. Not yet, anyway.

After Vanderbilt's dismal 61-57 loss at last-place Georgia on Feb. 25, and with consecutive games coming up against South Carolina and No.

Vanderbilt sophomore center A.J.

The Commodores will be back home this Saturday night after a two-game road trip in which the team was unable to register a victory.

The Vanderbilt Commodores cap a two-game road swing against Georgia Wednesday night at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens. The game tips off at 6:30 p.m. CT, with no television scheduled for the contest.

Aside from solid performances by A.J.