VANDERBILT COMMODORES RUMORS & GOSSIP

Festus Ezeli scored 21 points while John Jenkins added 20 as Vanderbilt downed scrappy LSU on Wednesday night. The victory ended a 2-game Vanderbilt losing streak. Next up for the Commodores is a visit from No. 1 Kentucky on Saturday.

Jeffery Taylor scored 15 of his 23 points in the first half, and the Vanderbilt Commodores bounced back Tuesday night by routing their instate rival Tennessee 65-47 for their ninth win in 10 games.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Jeffery Taylor scored a career-high 30 points and center Festus Ezeli added 15 points in his first action this season as Vanderbilt withstood a late rally to beat Davidson 87-83 on Wednesday night. The 6-foot-11 Ezeli didn't start, but played 21 minutes and was a huge presence inside with six rebounds and two blocked shots before fouling out. He missed...

Vanderbilt center Josh Henderson will miss eight to 12 weeks after tests found a stress fracture in his left foot, leaving the 20th-ranked Commodores even thinner in their front court. The 6-foot-11 Henderson had averaged three points and three rebounds in limited minutes over the first seven games as the only healthy center on Vanderbilt's roster, which is also missing Festus Ezeli...

Vanderbilt currently has one of the best shooters in the country in guard John Jenkins on their roster. While 6′-5″ A.J. Astroth of Faith Baptist (FL) isn’t in Jenkins’ league as a long range assasin, there aren’t many players that are. Like Jenkins, though, Astroth is a deadly outside shooter, and he became the second member of the Commodores 2012 recruiting class on Monday...

Vanderbilt senior center Festus Ezeli will miss between six and eight weeks with the seventh-ranked Commodores after spraining ligaments in his right knee in practice. The Commodores announced the injury Friday afternoon. Ezeli was hurt Tuesday in practice, but the Commodores say he will not need surgery to repair the MCL and PCL ligaments in his knee. The Commodores already were...

Vanderbilt center Festus Ezeli has been suspended for the first six games of the season for accepting a meal and hotel room from an alumnus of the university. School officials learned of the incident and self-reported the violation to the Southeastern Conference and NCAA in early August. The NCAA ruled Monday. Ezeli was visiting friends on a trip this summer when he ran into the...

Western Kentucky coach Ken McDonald knows his team put up a real stinker on the road at Vanderbilt, so much so that he decided to pay back some fans who made the long trek to the game.

Dai-Jon Parker/courtcred.comBy Paul Seaver (TheArenaPulse) DePaul has found themselves amongst the worst in the Big East for a number of years now. With the hiring of new head coach Oliver Purnell, who came over from Clemson this past spring, the Blue Demons have begun to string together a solid class for next season in an effort to rebuild the program.On Friday...

The former Commodore sharpshooter is slated to return to Memorial Gym as an assistant coach. Dan's name is not currently listed as on the staff according to the 2010-2011 roster, however Cage was seen at yesterday's Faculty/Staff Basketball Picnic and reportedly said he was joining Coach Stallings' staff. If Cage can have an impact on Jeffrey Taylor and John Jenkins, he's got my vote for MVP.

Vanderbilt decided to shoot 3's like a middle school girls team. That decided the ballgame. If they hit anything, they win going away. How bad did it get? The Commodores shot a collective 2-for-20 from behind the arc. Let's take a look at the breakdown by shooter:Jermaine Beal - 0-5Brad Tinsley - 0-4John Jenkins - 1-6Steve Tchiengang - 1-2Lance Goulbourne - 0-2Andre Walker - 0-1...

Each week, Sporting News college basketball expert Mike DeCourcy ranks the BCS conferences—and teams within each league—plus the best of the rest based on achievement. Conf. rankings No. 1 Big 12 No. 2 Big East No. 3 ACC No. 4 Big Ten No. 5 SEC No. 6 Pac-10 Best of the rest 5. SEC 1. Kentucky 2. Vanderbilt 3. Tennessee...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Reserve Lance Goulbourne scored 11 of his career-high 18 points in the second half and Vanderbilt (No. 24 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) held off LSU for a 77-69 victory Saturday.

Reserve Lance Goulbourne scored 11 of his career-high 18 points in the second half and No. 22 Vanderbilt held off LSU for a 77-69 victory Saturday.