Vanderbilt to play NC State in Miami on December 1, for some reason

Neutral-site games are a pox on college sports. There, I said it.

According to a Tweet from Jon Rothstein, Vanderbilt will play a basketball game on December 1.

NC State will face Vanderbilt and Miami will play Yale on 12/1 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, per a source. St. John's-Georgia Tech also confirmed as part of event.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 24, 2018 Who are they playing? North Carolina State. Where are they playing the game? Miami, Florida.

I plugged this into Google Maps. It’s 939 miles from Nashville to Miami, and 800 miles from Raleigh to Miami. It’s 536 miles from Raleigh to Nashville.

We’ll grant that playing NC State in Miami is no Minnesota in Sioux Falls or…