Commodores a year older and a year wiser  There are plenty of reasons why optimism is palpable surrounding the Vanderbilt men’s basketball team. With a roster featuring just one senior in point guard Jermaine Beal, one wouldn’t think experience would be one of them, but it is. | Jenkins elevates Vanderbilt recruiting  Vanderbilt’s men’s basketball team had no seniors on the team last season and only lost one player: George Drake, who transferred to Alabama-Birmingham. | Ogilvy, Ezeli hope to form potent frontcourt  Finding a good center isn’t easy, but Vanderbilt doesn’t have to worry about that with two on the roster, both standing at 6-feet-11-inches in junior A.J. Ogilvy and redshirt sophomore Festus Ezeli. |
