2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg 150px Southeastern Conference SEC 19–12 8–8 Kevin Stallings Dan Muller Tom Richardson King Rice 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.http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102008aab.html Ogilvy named to Preseason All-SEC First Team VUCommodores.com 2009-04-24 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 coacheshttp://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110308aab.html Ogilvy named to Coaches' Preseason All-SEC 1st Team VUCommodores.com 2009-04-24 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.comhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/238 Vanderbilt Commodores' Clubhouse ESPN.com 2009-04-20 2008–09 schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition November 9 4:00 pm w yes Alabama-Huntsville Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 84–65 11,655 |- !colspan=9| Regular season November 16 4:00 pm w yes Morehead State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 74–48 12,562 1–0 November 20 7:00 pm l yes Illinois Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN FSN 63–69 12,630 1–1 November 24 7:00 pm w yes Middle Tennessee State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN CSS 65–57 12,502 2–1 November 26 7:00 pm w yes Central Arkansas Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Cancun Challenge 83–62 12,126 3–1 November 29 7:30 pm w yes yes Drake Moon Palace Resort Cancun, MX Cancun Challenge CBSCS 72–57 275 4–1 November 30 9:30 pm w yes yes VCU Moon Palace Resort Cancun, MX Cancun Challenge CBSCS 71–66 312 5–1 December 3 7:00 pm l yes Illinois-Chicago Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 55–74 13,214 5–2 December 6 1:00 pm l yes yes Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA FSN 51–63 7,219 5–3 December 10 7:00 pm w yes Alabama A&M Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN CSS 78–55 12,662 6–3 December 16 6:00 pm w yes South Florida Sommet Center Nashville, TN Big East/SEC Challenge ESPN2 71–52 9,498 7–3 December 20 5:00 pm w yes Tennessee Tech Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN CSS 83–63 12,700 8–3 December 22 8:00 pm w yes Furman Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN CSS 68–49 11,961 9–3 December 31 11:00 am w yes Saint Francis (PA) Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 84–55 12,496 10–3 January 3 4:00 pm w yes yes Massachusetts Mullins Center Amherst, Massachusetts CBSCS 78–48 5,698 11–3 January 10 1:00 pm l yes Kentucky Rupp Arena Lexington, KY LFS 60–70 24,249 11–4 0–1 January 14 7:00 pm w Georgia Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 50–40 13,972 12–4 1–1 January 17 7:00 pm l yes Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS FSN 66–73 9,268 12–5 1–2 January 20 8:00 pm l Tennessee Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Super Tuesday ESPN 63–76 14,057 12–6 1–3 January 25 12:30 pm l Florida 24 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN CBS 69–94 13,993 12–7 1–4 January 28 6:00 pm l yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 76–86 12,766 12–8 1–5 January 31 1:00 pm w yes Auburn Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL 82–75 6,896 13–8 2–5 February 5 6:00 pm w Alabama Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN2 79–74 13,850 14–8 3–5 February 7 12:00 pm w Mississippi Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN CBS 71–61 14,316 15–8 4–5 February 14 2:00 pm l yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN LFS 50–69 20,375 15–9 4–6 February 17 8:00 pm w Kentucky Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Super Tuesday ESPN 77–64 14,366 16–9 5–6 February 21 2:00 pm l yes Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL LFS 68–82 12,543 16–10 5–7 February 25 6:30 pm l yes Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA 57–61 5,841 16–11 5–8 February 28 8:00 pm w South Carolina Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPNU 96–83 13,963 17–11 6–8 March 4 7:00 pm w yes LSU 12 Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA 75–67 13,249 18–11 7–8 March 8 1:00 pm w Arkansas Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN LFS 75–58 14,316 19–11 8–8 |- !colspan=9| SEC tournament March 12 6:30 pm l yes Alabama St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL Round 1 LFS 75–82 12,152 19–12 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball seasons Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball