Anchor Drop, October 23, 2018: It’s almost basketball season!

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Vanderbilt basketball is two weeks away from tipoff, and while it’s behind a paywall at The Athletic, I highly recommend this article about star freshman Darius Garland and Simi Shittu. It’s almost worth The Athletic subscription by itself.

Men’s golf kept up its pace on Monday, the second day of the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, as they hold an eight-shot lead. Commodores Will Gordon and John Augenstein are first and second in the individual competition going into the final round.

For the third time this season, soccer’s Haley Hopkins is the SEC Freshman of the Week.

It's abundantly clear that the SEC office is biased against your team and…