In today's Hustler, we've got a few great pieces:

-I wrote a story about Memorial Madness, which begins at 5 p.m. tonight, two hours before the Commodores take on South Carolina in their SEC opener. The event organizers expect it to be huge so if students want one of the 500 free Shan Foster jerseys, I'd get there early. It should be a really fun night at Memorial Gym.

-We introduced "Who's Now?", a 32-athlete single-elimination tournament in the same style as March Madness. Voting begins on Friday. What do you think of the seeding?

-The second season begins tonight, as Adam Weinstein writes.

-Eric Silver put the Commodores atop his SEC power rankings.

Vanderbilt continues to receive national attention, as well.

-Dicky V gives the Commodores some love when discussing his "surprise undefeated teams."

-Andrew Skwara, Rivals.com College Basketball Staff Writer, agrees that Shan Foster deserves All-American consideration, listing the senior as the No. 1 shooting guard in Rivals.com's latest power rankings. Foster surpassed Indiana freshman star Eric Gordon, who had been at the top for seven straight weeks.

-15-0 is nice, but Vandy still has a lot to prove, as Maurice Patton writes.

-South Carolina's Devan Downey is really good, as Brett Hait writes. Check out Alex Gordon's quotes, though, and you'll find that he's not very impressed.

-South Carolina coach Dave Odom spoke highly of the Commodores at Monday's weekly press conference. Odom's one of the best minds in college basketball and here are a few of the highlights:

On playing at Memorial Gym

I think Memorial Gym is one of the best arenas in the country...Memorial Gym in Nashville represents the best in college basketball. I tell my team that they have a great opportunity to play in a historic arena, one that has not been bothered by aesthetic makeovers. It's what it is, a great place, and a great honor to play there. We're playing against a great school, team, and coach. That's college basketball at its best.

On A.J. Ogilvy

When you hear they've got a big freshman coming from Australia [Ogilvy], you say he's going to be pretty good, but I don't think anybody envisioned that he was going to be anywhere near as good as he's turned out to be. He's a true low post player, one that has developed very quickly...I think he runs very hard and is so young. He has committed himself to the Vanderbilt style of play right now. He's a great finisher inside. He has great hands and feet, two things that I think as coaches, we find difficult to improve. I've always felt that as a big man coach, if they've got great hands and feet, the rest of it can be handled. He's got both of those.

On the reason for Vandy's success

The thing I think makes them so good is that they attack as a team. I saw they had 27 assists against South Alabama and 32 field goals. That's an incredible stat. Any coach would tell you that. Defensively, they're excellent.

On Shan Foster

He's one that obviously stretches you to the limit. He's not on the three point line; he's well outside it. If you follow your normal defensive principles, if the ball's away from him, it's going to put you back in the lane. You're temptation is to be in the lane to help on Ogilvy, but I know by looking at tape, and I've seen hours of it, if you leave Foster too far, Vanderbilt will skip the ball to him quickly, and he can get the shot off in an unorthodox manner with his release. He's a full grown 6'7" or better. He puts the ball well above his head. He has good elevation on his shot. A normal guy getting up defending him will not affect his shot. You've got to stay out there and keep the ball off him as much as possible. He's the perfect player for a guy like Ogilvy because if they enter the ball on his side, it's hard to get help to whoever is guarding in the low post. He's also a veteran. His senior year, he's playing terrific.

Well, it's time for class, but here's my prediction for tonight: Vanderbilt 83, South Carolina 76.

See everyone at the game!