Wade Baldwin IV emerged as a do-everything solution at point guard for the Commodores last winter. Can Vanderbilt count on their sophomore distributor to lead them back to the NCAA Tournament in 2016?
Football season is three-quarters of the way done and the Vanderbilt offense has devolved into a pile of smoldering cinders, and that can only mean one thing; basketball is nearly upon us.
The No. 18 Commodores will kick off the 2015-16 season this Friday when they host Austin Peay (and assistant coach Julian Terrell) in a middle Tennessee showdown. Vanderbilt is slated to end a three-year absence from the NCAA Tournament thanks to a roster loaded with shooting talent and potential NBA Draft picks, but this young team still needs to prove that they can handle the pressure of the postseason before they can even think of hanging a banner in Memorial Gym.