The Month Ahead
What to Watch For
Men’s Sports Basketball
11/10 11/16 11/20 11/23 11/24 11/25
Alabama-Huntsville (Exhibition) Lipscomb at Saint Mary’s vs. Cincinnati - Maui Inv. (Lahaina, Hawaii) vs. TBA- Maui Inv. (Lahaina, Hawaii) vs. TBA- Maui Inv. (Lahaina, Hawaii)
7 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA 4 :30 p.m. TBA TBA
Cross Country 11/14 11/23
Football 11/7 11/14 11/21
Golf
11/2-3
NCAA Regionals (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) NCAA Championships (Terre Haute, Ind.)
TBA TBA
at Florida Kentucky at Tennessee
TBA TBA TBA
at The Hummingbird Inter. (Cashiers, N.C.)
Tennis 11/1
All Day
at Alabama Invitational (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
November 13 • Jay-Z Concert Musician Jay-Z will perform in concert at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gym on Nov. 13. Tickets are $40 for students and range in price from $55 to $95 for the general public. November 14 • Football Hosts Kentucky Vanderbilt’s football team will conclude its home slate on Nov. 14 when Kentucky travels to Nashville. In 2008, Vanderbilt’s win at Kentucky locked up its first bowl bid since 1982. November 15-16 • Basketball Openers Vanderbilt’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will open the regular season on consecutive nights. The women’s team will host Lehigh at 2 p.m. on Nov. 15 and the men’s team will host Lipscomb at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16.
TBA November 26 • Thanksgiving
Women’s Sports Basketball
11/7 11/15 11/18 11/20 11/24 11/27 11/28
Drury (Exhibition) Lehigh at Southern Illinois UC Riverside at St. Josephs Austin Peay - VU Thanksgiving Tourn. TBA- VU Thanksgiving Tourn.
2 p.m. 2 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA
11/5-7 at Big Red Invitational (Lincoln, Neb.) 11/21-23 at UMES Hawk Classic (Millsboro, Del.)
All day All day
Bowling
Cross Country 11/14 11/23
Soccer 11/4 11/13
at NCAA Regionals (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) at NCAA Championships (Terre Haute, Ind.)
TBA TBA
at SEC Tournament (Orange Beach, Ala.) at NCAA Tournament
TBA TBA
Swimming
11/6 at Arkansas 11/20-22 at Hilltopper Invitational (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Tennis
11/6-8
at Tennessee Invitational (Knoxville, Tenn.)
4 p.m. All Day
All Day
The Thanksgiving holiday is Thursday, Nov. 26. Vanderbilt’s regular season concludes on Nov. 21, which will mark the first time since 2006 that the Commodores will not be in action Thanksgiving weekend. November 27-28 • Thanksgiving Tourn. Vanderbilt’s women’s basketball team will host its annual Thanksgiving Tournament Nov. 27 through 28 at Memorial Gym. Vanderbilt will play Austin Peay at 2 p.m. on Nov. 27 and will then face either Northwestern State or N.C. State.
COM MODOR E
T I DB I T S • Through its “SEC Together We CAN” drive, the 12 Southeastern Conference schools collected more than 42,500 pounds of food. The SEC encouraged fans to bring canned goods to sporting events Sept. 18-27 with all proceeds benefiting food banks and charities throughout the Southeastern Conference region. • On Oct. 3, Central Florida renamed its media room at its football stadium in honor of former Vanderbilt and Central Florida football coach Steve Sloan and his wife, Brenda. Sloan coached at Vanderbilt in 1973 and 1974 and later served as athletic director at Central Florida. • Former Commodore great Chantelle Anderson announced her retirement from basketball on Oct. 6 after completing a professional season in Lebanon. She was a two-time All-American and was a member of VU’s inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2008. • Vanderbilt’s annual Letterwinner’s Day will be Nov. 14 when the Commodores host Kentucky.
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