2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team
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The 2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
The Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference . The Commodores have won three SEC regular season titles . They have competed in ten NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Elite Eight once and the Sweet 16 six times...
team represented Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's college basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
season. The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
and finished with an overall record of 19–12 (SEC: 8–8). They were led by Kevin Stallings
Kevin Stallings
Kevin Stallings is currently in his 11th season as the head men’s basketball coach at Vanderbilt University. Previously, he served as head coach at Illinois State University and was an assistant coach at Purdue University and the University of Kansas.-High school & college:Stallings was born in...
, in his ninth year as head coach, and played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium
Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)
Memorial Gymnasium is a multi-purpose facility located in Nashville, Tennessee. Usually called Memorial Gym or simply Memorial, the building is located on the western end of the Vanderbilt University campus. It was built in 1952 and currently has a seating capacity of 14,316...
in Nashville, Tennessee. It was their sixth straight winning season, although they failed to play in a post-season tournament for the first time in five years.
The previous year's 2007–08 team
2007-08 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Kevin Stallings and played home games at Memorial Gymnasium....
finished 26–8 and ranked 25th in both the AP Poll
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
and the ESPN/USA Today (Coaches) poll
Coaches Poll
The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams....
.
Entering the season, Vanderbilt was picked by the media attending the SEC's media days in October to finish 4th in the SEC East, behind Tennessee, Florida
Florida Gators
The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
and Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats
The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky , a founding member of the Southeastern Conference...
.
Vanderbilt lost three starters from the previous year's team—2008 SEC-player of the year swingman Shan Foster
Shan Foster
Shan Donte Foster is an American professional basketball player. Foster played shooting guard for the Commodores college basketball team at Vanderbilt University. He is the school's all-time leader in both points and three-point baskets made, and is also among the Southeastern Conference's...
(20.3 ppg), shooting guard Alex (Red) Gordon (10.8 ppg) and power forward Ross Neltner (8.3 ppg) – and returned two starters—sophomore center A.J. Ogilvy
Andrew Ogilvy
Andrew James "A.J." Ogilvy is an Australian basketball player currently with Power Electronics Valencia. He was also the starting center for the Commodores college basketball team at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. On 8 April 2010, Ogilvy announced that he was making...
and junior point guard Jermaine Beal. With no seniors and only two juniors (Beal and junior guard George Drake), the Commodores were one of the youngest team's in Division I.
Ogilvy, the Commodores' leading rebounder (6.7 rpg) and second leading scorer (17.0 ppg) the previous season, was selected by the SEC media and SEC coaches to the pre-season all-SEC first team.
Roster
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|#
|Name
|Pos.
|Height
|Weight
|Year
|Hometown
|High School
|GP
|Min
|Ppg
|Rpg
|Apg
|-
| 0
| Jermaine Beal
| G
| 6–3
| 210
| Junior
| DeSoto, TX
DeSoto, Texas
DeSoto is a city in Dallas County, Texas . Over the past eleven years since the 2000 U.S. Census Report, the City of DeSoto has grown in population from 37,646 to 49,047....
| DeSoto
DeSoto High School (DeSoto, Texas)
DeSoto High School is a public school in DeSoto, Texas, United States. It is part of the DeSoto Independent School District. It is located at 600 Eagle Drive - History :...
| 31
| 33.1
| 12.5
| 3.5
| 3.2
|-
| 1
| Brad Tinsley
Brad Tinsley
Bradley Glen Tinsley is an American basketball player at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Tinsley played high school basketball at Oregon City High School in Oregon City, Oregon, where he was a top recruit...
| G
| 6–3
| 180
| Freshman
| Oregon City, OR
Oregon City, Oregon
Oregon City was the first city in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated. It is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon...
| Oregon City
Oregon City High School
Oregon City High School is a public high school located in Oregon City, Oregon. It is the third-most populated high school in Oregon.-History:...
| 31
| 31.0
| 11.0
| 2.5
| 2.8
|-
| 2
| Charles Hinkle
| G/F
| 6–6
| 200
| Freshman
| Los Alamitos, CA
Los Alamitos, California
Los Alamitos is a small city in Orange County, California. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,449 at the 2010 census, down from 11,536 at the 2000 census...
| Hebron Academy (Maine)
Hebron Academy
Hebron Academy, founded in 1804, is a small, independent, college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through postgraduate.-History:...
/Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos High School
Los Alamitos High School is a public school for grades 9 to 12 located in Los Alamitos, California, and also serving the city of Seal Beach and the community of Rossmoor. It is the only traditional high school in the Los Alamitos Unified School District; the far smaller Laurel High School serves...
| 25
| 8.4
| 2.0
| 0.9
| 0.4
|-
| 3
| Festus Ezeli
Festus Ezeli
Festus Ezeli, in full Ifeanyi Festus Ezeli-Ndelue , is a Nigerian basketball player preparing to begin his senior season at Vanderbilt University...
| C
| 6–11
| 245
| Freshman
| Benin City
Benin City
Benin City, is a city and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria. It is a city approximately twenty-five miles north of the Benin River. It is situated 200 miles by road east of Lagos...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
| Igbinedion Education Center
| 29
| 12.4
| 3.8
| 2.6
| 0.0
|-
| 4
| Andrew (A.J.) Ogilvy
Andrew Ogilvy
Andrew James "A.J." Ogilvy is an Australian basketball player currently with Power Electronics Valencia. He was also the starting center for the Commodores college basketball team at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. On 8 April 2010, Ogilvy announced that he was making...
| C
| 6–11
| 250
| Sophomore
| Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
| Australian Institute of Sport
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...
, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
| 29
| 27.6
| 15.4
| 7.1
| 1.3
|-
| 5
| Lance Goulbourne
| G/F
| 6–7
| 215
| Freshman
| Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
| The Hun School
Hun School of Princeton
The Hun School of Princeton is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, United States. The school has a Princeton, New Jersey mailing address. The school serves students from grades 6 through high school. Currently, the headmaster is Jonathan...
| 23
| 14.1
| 5.1
| 3.3
| 0.3
|-
| 12
| Jordan Smart2
| G/F
| 6–6
| 170
| Freshman
| Lexington, KY
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
| Lexington Catholic
Lexington Catholic High School
Lexington Catholic High School is a parochial secondary school affiliated with the Catholic Church located in the Rosemill neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington.-History:...
| 1
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 15
| Elliott Cole2
| G
| 5–11
| 175
| Sophomore
| Memphis, TN
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
| Memphis University School
Memphis University School
Memphis University School is an all-male private school for grades 7–12, located in Memphis, Tennessee.-History:MUS was founded in 1893 by Edwin Sidney Werts and James White Sheffey Rhea. MUS is a college-preparatory school. The school's colors, red and blue, were chosen by the founders to...
| 10
| 1.7
| 0.3
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
| 21
| Darshawn McClellan
| F
| 6–7
| 220
| Sophomore
| Fresno, CA
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
| Edison (Fresno)
Edison High School (Fresno, California)
Edison High School is located in Fresno, California, United States, as part of the Fresno Unified School District. It is a public high school located next to Computech Middle School....
| 31
| 16.9
| 2.1
| 3.0
| 1.1
|-
| 22
| Jamie Graham2
| G
| 5–11
| 180
| Sophomore
| Nashville, TN
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
| Whites Creek
| 5
| 2.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.2
|-
| 24
| Andre Walker1
| F
| 6–7
| 214
| Sophomore
| Flossmoor, IL
Flossmoor, Illinois
Flossmoor is a village in south suburban Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,464 at the 2010 census.The village is renowned for the quality and architectural variety of its housing stock, as well as its proximity to numerous country clubs. It prides itself on being a...
| Brewster Academy (N.H.)
Brewster Academy
Brewster Academy is a co-educational independent boarding school located on in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire USA, two hours north of Boston. It occupies 1/2 mile of shoreline along Lake Winnipesaukee...
/Homewood-Flossmoor
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Homewood-Flossmoor High School is a public high school in Flossmoor, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of HF students live in Flossmoor and nearby Homewood, but the school also serves areas of Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights, Glenwood, and Hazel Crest serving school...
| 3
| 23.7
| 4.7
| 4.7
| 1.3
|-
| 33
| Steve Tchiengang
| F
| 6–8
| 240
| Freshman
| Douala
Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province. Home to Cameroon's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport, it is the commercial capital of the country...
, Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
| Montverde Academy
Montverde Academy
-Athletic Programs:...
/Cypress Community Christian
| 25
| 17.3
| 3.6
| 3.2
| 0.5
|-
| 34
| George Drake
| G
| 6–4
| 210
| Junior
| Calera, AL
Calera, Alabama
Calera is a city in Chilton and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the location of Birmingham's Shelby County Airport. Its population was 3,158 at the 2000 census, but as of 2010 the population had nearly quadrupled to 11,620 making it the fastest growing city in...
| Calera
Calera High School
Calera High School is a high school located in Calera, Alabama. The principal of the school is Richard Bishop. There are also two vice principals: Mr. Saurs, and Mr. Dixon. As of 2008, 879 students attend the school in grades 7-12....
| 30
| 17.4
| 5.4
| 2.7
| 1.2
|-
| 44
| Jeffery Taylor
Jeffery Taylor
Jeffery Matthew Taylor is a Swedish basketball player currently in his senior season at Vanderbilt University. A 6'7" swingman, he was rated by the NBA Draft projection site DraftExpress.com in August 2011 as the top rising senior in college basketball and a late first-round pick in the 2012 NBA...
| G-F
| 6–7
| 200
| Freshman
| Norrköping
Norrköping
Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
| Hobbs High School, Hobbs, NM
Hobbs, New Mexico
Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 28,657 at the 2000 census.Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lea County.-Geography:...
| 31
| 26.0
| 12.2
| 6.2
| 1.7
|-
1 Missed the season after torn ACL against MTSU.
2 Walk-on.
Source: ESPN.com
2008–09 schedule and results
{| class="wikitable"! Date !! Opponent !! Location !! Result !! Overall !! Conf.
|-
| colspan="6" |
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| November 9, 2008 || Alabama-Huntsville
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a state-supported, public, coeducational research university, located in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees, and is organized in five...
|| Nashville, TN
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
|| W 84–65 || 1–0 ||
|-
| colspan="6" |
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| November 16, 2008 || Morehead State
Morehead State University
Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S...
|| Nashville, TN || W 74–48 || 1–0 ||
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| November 20, 2008 || Illinois
2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represents University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2008–09 college basketball season...
|| Nashville, TN || L 69–63 || 1–1 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| November 24, 2008 || Middle Tennessee State || Nashville, TN || W 65–67 || 2–1 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| November 16, 2008 || Central Arkansas
University of Central Arkansas
The University of Central Arkansas is a state-run institution located in the city of Conway, the seat of Faulkner County, north of Little Rock and is the fourth largest university by enrollment in the U.S. state of Arkansas, and the third largest college system in the state. The school is most...
|| Nashville, TN || W 83–62 || 3–1 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| November 29, 2008 || Drake
2008-09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Drake University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference , is led by first-year head coach Mark Phelps. In 2007–08, the Bulldogs finished 28–5...
1 || Cancun, Mexico
Cancún
Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of...
|| W 72–57 || 4–1 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| November 30, 2008 || Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Commonwealth University Rams men's basketball
The Virginia Commonwealth University Rams are the basketball team that represents Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. VCU currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2011 where they...
1 || Cancun, Mexico || W 71–66 || 5–1 ||
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| December 3, 2008 || Illinois-Chicago
UIC Flames
The UIC Flames are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Chicago. They are called the Flames as a reference to the Great Chicago Fire, and their team colors are navy blue and fire engine red. Approximately 300 student athletes compete in 18 varsity sports...
|| Nashville, TN || L 74–55 || 5–2 ||
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| December 6, 2008 || Georgia Tech
2008–09 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team plays basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In 2007-08, they went 11-10 . Georgia Institute of Technology's basketball program is one of the most popular and successful college basketball programs in the nation...
|| Atlanta, GA || L 63–51 || 5–3 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| December 10, 2008 || Alabama A&M
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, also known as Alabama A&M University or AAMU, is a public, historically black university, Land-grant university located in Normal, Madison County, Alabama....
|| Nashville, TN || W 78–55 || 6–3 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| December 16, 2008 || South Florida
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
2 || Nashville, TN (Sommet Center) || W 71–52 || 7–3 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| December 20, 2008 || Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, US, a city approximately seventy miles east of Nashville. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute , and before that as Dixie College, the...
|| Nashville, TN || W 83–63 || 8–3 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| December 22, 2008 || Furman || Nashville, TN || W 68–49 || 9–3 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| December 31, 2008 || Saint Francis (PA)
Saint Francis University
Saint Francis University is a four-year, coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular...
|| Nashville, TN || W 84–55 || 10–3 ||
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| January 3, 2009 || Massachusetts
UMass Minutemen basketball
The UMass Minutemen basketball team, also known as the Massachusetts Minutemen, represents the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts, in NCAA Division I men's competition...
|| Amherst, MA
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts...
|| W 78–48 || 11–3 ||
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| January 10, 2009 || Kentucky
2008–09 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the college basketball season of 2008–2009. The team's head coach was Billy Gillispie, who was in his second year as coach. The Wildcats play their home games at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky...
* || Lexington, KY
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
|| L 70–60 || 11–4 || 0–1
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| January 14, 2009 || * || Nashville, TN || W 50–40 || 12–4 || 1–1
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| January 17, 2009 || * || Starkville, MS
Starkville, Mississippi
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 21,869 people, 9,462 households, and 4,721 families residing in the city. The population density was 851.4 people per square mile . There were 10,191 housing units at an average density of 396.7 per square mile...
|| L 73–66 || 12–5 || 1–2
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| January 20, 2009 || Tennessee
2008–09 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team
The 2008–09 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the fourth season for Bruce Pearl as the Volunteers' head coach...
* || Nashville, TN || L 76–63 || 12–6 || 1–3
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| January 25, 2009 || Florida
2008–09 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2008–09 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern...
* || Nashville, TN || L 94–69 || 12–7 || 1–4
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| January 28, 2009 || South Carolina
South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
The South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference. The program attained national prominence under hall of fame coach Frank McGuire, posting a 205-65 record and three NCAA Sweet 16 appearances from 1967-1976...
* || Columbia, SC
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
|| L 86–76 || 12–8 || 1–5
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| January 31, 2009 || Auburn
Auburn Tigers men's basketball
The Auburn Tigers men's basketball program is the college basketball program that represents Auburn University, competing in the Southeastern Conference. The program began in 1905. Though they generally play under the shadow of the football program, the Tigers have had successes on the hardwood...
* || Auburn, AL
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2010 population of 53,380. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area...
|| W 82–75 || 13–8 || 2–5
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| February 5, 2009 || Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
The Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball program has a history of being among the best of the Southeastern Conference . It trails only Kentucky in basketball wins, SEC tournament titles, and SEC regular season titles in the 12-member conference. The team is coached by head coach Anthony Grant,...
* || Nashville, TN || W 79–74 || 14–8 || 3–5
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| February 7, 2009 || Ole Miss
Ole Miss Rebels
University of Mississippi sports teams, originally known as the "Mississippi Flood" , were re-named the Rebels in 1936 and compete in the twelve-member Southeastern Conference of the NCAA's Division I. The school's colors are cardinal red and navy blue , purposely chosen to mirror the school...
* || Nashville, TN || W 71–61 || 15–8 || 4–5
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| February 14, 2009 || Tennessee* || Knoxville, TN
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
|| L 69–50 || 15–9 || 4–6
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| February 17, 2009 || Kentucky* || Nashville, TN || W 77–64 || 16–9 || 5–6
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| February 21, 2009 || Florida* || Gainesville, FL || L 82–68 || 16–10 || 5–7
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| February 25, 2009 || Georgia* || Athens, GA || L 61–57 || 16–11 || 5–8
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| February 28, 2009 || South Carolina* || Nashville, TN || W 96–83 || 17–11 || 6–8
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| March 4, 2009 || LSU* || Baton Rouge, LA || W 75–67 || 18–11 || 7–8
|-style="background:#ddffdd;"
| March 8, 2009 || Arkansas* || Nashville, TN || W 75–58 || 19–11 || 8–8
|-
|-
| colspan="6" |
2009 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 12–15, 2009 in Tampa, Florida at the St. Pete Times Forum. The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by Raycom/LF Sports, and the SEC Championship Game was seen on CBS....
|-style="background:#ffdddd;"
| March 12, 2008 || Alabama || Tampa, FL || L 82–75 || 19–12 ||
|-
| colspan="6" | *Conference game. 1 Cancun Challenge. 2 Big East/SEC Challenge.
|}