Is there hope for the basketball team this year?

You might have heard, but Vanderbilt’s basketball season is off to a rocky start. After a 64-62 loss to Grambling on Friday, the Commodores sit at 5-5 — which while hardly ideal (particularly since two of the losses came against Southern Miss and Grambling), it’s hardly the dire situation currently facing, say, Cal (0-11), Louisville (0-9), or Florida State (2-9, with one of the wins coming against the aforementioned Louisville team.)

Hell, Vanderbilt isn’t even the worst team in the SEC according to KenPom’s ratings.

What I wanted to do today, though, is take a look back at all the times that Vanderbilt has started like this and how those seasons turned out. I’ve flagged every Vanderbilt…