Season Outlook General Information
Location ___________________________________ Nashville, Tenn. Founded ____________________________________________ 1873 Enrollment ___________________________________________ 6,831 Nickname____________________________________ Commodores Colors _______________________________________ Black & Gold Arena (Capacity)__________________ Memorial Gymnasium (14,316) Press Row Phone______________________________ (615) 320-0436 Affiliation __________________________________ NCAA Division I Conference ___________________________________ Southeastern Chancellor_______________________________ Nicholas S. Zeppos Vice Chancellor_____________________________ David Williams II Faculty Representative_______________________ Richard McCarty Senior Woman Administrator________________ Candice Storey Lee Website_________________________________vucommodores.com
Coaching Staff
Head Coach________________________________ Melanie Balcomb Alma Mater______________________________ Trenton State (1984) Record at Vanderbilt______________________ 215-84 (10th Season) Career Record___________________________378-188 (19th Season) Assistant Coaches___________________ Vicky Picott (Rutgers, 1992) ____________________________ Kim Rosamond (Mississippi, 1998) _____________________________ Tom Garrick (Rhode Island, 1989) Director of Basketball Ops________ Chanell Thomas (Vanderbilt, 2005) Graduate Assistant____________ Rebecca Silinski (Vanderbilt, 2011)
Team Information
2010-11 Overall Record_________________________________20-12 2011 Conference Record_________________________________10-6 2011 Conference Finish__________________________________ 3rd 2011 Postseason____________________________NCAA First Round ______________________________ lost Louisville, 62-81 first round 2011 Final Ranking_________________________NR (AP) / NR (ESPN) Letterwinners Returning/Lost_____________________________7 / 5 Starters Returning/Lost__________________________________3 / 2 Newcomers_____________________________________________ 4
Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball History
First Year of Basketball_________________________________ 1977 Overall All-Time Record_______________________________ 716-348 Overall SEC Record__________________________________ 201-144 NCAA Tournament Appearances/last appearance__________ 24/2011 Overall NCAA Tournament Record________________________37-24 All-Time Home Record_________________________________ 396-92
Athletic Communications
Radio Station/Network
WNSR_________________________ Nashville Sports Radio 560 AM WBB Announcer/Play-by-play___________________ Charlie Mattos Phone_______________________________________ (615) 844-5600 Address____________________1815 Division St., Nashville, TN 37203
2011-12 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time Sat., Nov. 5 CLAYTON STATE (Exhibition) 5 p.m. Fri., Nov. 11 ALABAMA A&M 6 p.m. Mon., Nov. 14 WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 p.m. Wed., Nov. 16 USC UPSTATE 7 p.m. Tue., Nov. 22 SAM HOUSTON STATE 7 p.m. Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament -Memorial Gym Fri., Nov. 25 LIPSCOMB 2 p.m. Liberty vs. Oklahoma 4 p.m. Sat., Nov. 26 Consolation Game 2 p.m. Championship Game 4 p.m. Wed., Nov. 30 at Austin Peay 7 p.m. Fri., Dec. 2 DENVER 7 p.m. Sun., Dec. 4 HIGH POINT 2 p.m. Wed., Dec. 7 at UT Martin 7 p.m. Sun., Dec. 18 at N.C. State 1 p.m. Thu., Dec. 22 FLORIDA STATE 7 p.m. Thu., Dec. 29 WESTERN CAROLINA 7 p.m. Thu., Jan. 5 at South Carolina * 6 p.m. Sun., Jan. 8 OLE MISS * 2 p.m. Thu., Jan. 12 AUBURN * 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 15 at Tennessee * 6 p.m. Thu, Jan. 19 at Arkansas * 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 22 SOUTH CAROLINA * 2 p.m. Thu., Jan. 26 GEORGIA * 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 29 LSU * 2 p.m. Thu., Feb. 2 at Auburn * 6 p.m. Sun., Feb. 5 at Mississippi State * 2 p.m. Thu., Feb. 9 TENNESSEE * 7 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12 at Georgia * 1 p.m. Thu., Feb. 16 FLORIDA * 7 p.m. Mon., Feb. 20 at Kentucky * 8 p.m. Thu., Feb. 23 at LSU * 7 p.m. Sun., Feb. 26 ALABAMA * 2 p.m. Thu-Sun., March 1-4 SEC Tournament (Bridgestone Arena, Nashville) Sat.-Tue., March 17-20 NCAA Tournament 1st & 2nd Rounds ^ TBA Sat.-Tue., March 26-29 NCAA Tournament Regionals TBA Sun.-Tue., April 1-3 NCAA Final Four (Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo.) TBA * Southeastern Conference Game HOME GAMES will be played at Memorial Gymnasium ^ - Memorial Gym, Nashville
Director____________________________________ Rod Williamson Office Phone__________________________________ (615) 322-4051 Assistant Director/WBB Contact__________________ Michael Scholl Office Phone__________________________________ (615) 343-5823 E-mail._________________________ michael.scholl@vanderbilt.edu Athletic Communications Fax _____________________ (615) 343-7064 Mailing Address________ 2601 Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, TN 37212
Fact Book
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