If you want an easy way to sum up Vanderbilt’s basketball season thus far, consider: the Commodores are 7-1 when their effective field goal percentage is over 50 percent, and 1-5 when it’s under 50 percent.
There’s only so much change that Bryce Drew can effect so long as he’s coaching a Kevin Stallings team, and for better or worse, that’s what he has. Some teams are built to weather cold shooting nights — either because they can generate extra possessions via offensive rebounds, or because they have some place they can go for easy baskets.
And some teams are built to hope and pray that jump shots are falling.