No. 5 Tennessee secured a very important win over No. 10 Kentucky inside of Rupp Arena on Saturday night.

The 103-92 win over the Cats allowed the Vols to avoid a winless week and maintain their status as a frontrunner to win the SEC Regular Season Championship. It also allowed them to continue to build their case for a No. 1 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

“The Vols’ wire-to-wire victory certainly passed any possible “eye test,” giving us five teams with legitimate top line profiles,” ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi wrote. “Tennessee firmly made its case for a No. 1 seed by racing past Kentucky at Rupp Arena.

“The knee-jerk reaction after Saturday would be to drop Houston and move Tennessee up, but that would be the wrong impulse and unlikely what the committee would do in similar circumstances. The Cougars still have the metrics and wins to sit behind only Purdue and UConn, leaving UNC and UT for the final spot. The Tar Heels’ slight edge is reinforced by a pre-conference win over the Vols. Kentucky, meanwhile, lost a chance to regain a top four seed while losing for the third time in four starts.”

Lunardi listed Tennessee as a two-seed in the tournament entering Saturday’s slate of games, and had them opening the Big Dance in Charlotte, N.C. against 15-seed Quinnipiac. The Vols would then face No. 7-seed Northwestern or No. 10-seed Providence if they advanced.

The long-time bracketologist moved Tennessee up to his projected No. 5 overall seed following its win over Kentucky. He lists Purdue, Connecticut, Houston and North Carolina as the No. 1 seeds.

The SEC currently projects to have eight teams make the field, which is the second-most of any conference. Lunardi has Alabama (3-seed), Auburn (4-seed), Kentucky (5-seed), South Carolina (6-seed), Ole Miss (8-seed), Mississippi State (9-seed) and Texas A&M (10-seed) making the tournament in addition to the Vols.

“The story for Tennessee the last few weeks has been Dalton Knecht, Dalton Knecht, Dalton Knecht,” ESPN College Basketball Insider Jeff Borzello added about the Vols. “The Northern Colorado transfer has been one of the best players in college basketball all season, but he’s taken his game to a new level in the past five games, averaging just under 32 points per game over that span. On Saturday in Lexington, though, Knecht cooled off, finishing with 16 points on 5-for-14 shooting. But the Volunteers showed they can win without him having a monster performance.

“Zakai Zeigler showed elite playmaking ability with 26 points and 13 assists, while Josiah-Jordan James went for 26 points. The team shot 12-for-30 from 3-point range and also scored 42 points in the paint. Knecht is the reason Tennessee has a dramatically improved offense this season — and he’ll likely be the catalyst if the Vols make a deep run in March — but putting up 103 points on the road at Kentucky without Knecht going off is a great sign for Rick Barnes’ side.”

Tennessee has never been a No. 1 seed. It was a No. 2 seed in 2006 and 2008 under Bruce Pearl, and in 2019 under Rick Barnes. UT is 5-3 all-time as a two-seed.

Under Barnes, the Vols have been a No. 2 seed once, a No. 3 seed twice, a No. 4 seed once and a No. 5 seed once. Barnes is 6-5 in the NCAA Tournament at Tennessee. This season will be the fourth straight March Madness that UT has participated in under Barnes.

Ole Miss offer JUCO wide receiver Jarnorris Hopson following junior day visit

Jarnorris Hopson is a former three-star prospect and the older brother of 2025 target Jarcoby Hopson

Ole Miss offered 2024 junior college wide receiver Jarnorris Hopson on Sunday, a day after he and his younger brother, 2025 Lake Cormorant (Miss.) linebacker/safety Jarcoby Hopson visited Oxford for the Rebels’ junior day.

Jarnorris Hopson played the 2023 season at Northwest (Miss.) Community College after signing with Mississippi State out of Horn Lake High School. He spent a spring and a season at Mississippi State where he was redshirted before transferring to Northwest Community College. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining once he decides where he will continue his career. He will remains a student at Northwest Community College until May.

“I’m really excited about the Ole Miss offer,” Jarnorris Hopson told Inside the Rebels on Sunday morning. “I’m very excited about it, actually.”

Jarnorris Hopson has a little while to think about things, if he wants to.

“If I want to, yeah,” he agreed.

Jarnorris Hopson caught 37 balls for 463 yards and four touchdowns last season at Northwest Community College. He was no slouch coming out of Horn Lake High School, either. he was a three-star prospect rated as the No. 21 player in the Magnolia State’s 2022 class. He held offers from Mississippi State, Tennessee, Florida State, Memphis, Marshall and others.

Ole Miss joins Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State on his current junior college offer sheet.

“Right now, they way everything has been going, I’m just excited and ready to play ball,” said Jarnorris Hopson. “Honestly, I don’t know (when I’ll have a decision). That’s what I was just talking about with my parents. Actually, I honestly don’t know.”

ON THE OFFER

Obviously, Ole Miss has its eyes set on the younger Hopson, Jarcoby. But that is not what this offer is about. Hopson is a talented receiver in his own right.

Does Jarnorris Hopson’s decision have any effect on Jarcoby Hopson’s decision?

“I would say none at all. I don’t have anything to do with what Jarcoby has got going on. Whatever he does is based on his decision, and whatever I do is on my decision. me, hopefully, I would hope we want to do something, but it’s completely out of each other’s control when it comes down to what we do,” Jarnorris Hopson explained.

College basketball overtime: Tennessee, Kansas and UNC flex in top-10 wars

Risers, fallers, gaudy stats, bubble updates and takeaways from each Power 6 game.

The three headliner games were fantastic, but Texas-TCU, Iowa State-Baylor and UConn-St. John’s were all elite in their own right. Indiana State star Robbie Avila came to play in a barnburner against Drake, and the Great Osobor-Jaedon LeDee brawl lived up to the hype.

Saturday was great. Sunday has another top-10 war on tap with Purdue and Wisconsin tangling for the top slot in the Big Ten.

Let’s dive into college basketball overtime. It’s got something for just about everyone.

a KJ Adams masterclass

Johnny Furphy’s 17 points and eight rebounds earned him Star of the Game from ESPN, but he wasn’t the best player on the floor.

That was KJ Adams Jr.

The do-it-all forward was tremendous in KU’s 78-65 throttling of Houston. Adams had 10 points, four rebounds, seven assists, one block, one steal and four turnovers in 36 minutes. What a performance. Two of the four turnovers weren’t even that bad. Both were open. Both would’ve been buckets. Hunter Dickinson would’ve had a dunk if he didn’t turn away at the last second to get in position for an offensive rebound and Parker Braun doesn’t have bunnies like his brother, or it would’ve been another dunk. Adams had seven dimes, but he could’ve had 10.

Adams’ sharp decision-making softened up Houston’s pressure, and when they tried to switch ball-screens, Adams pinned Emanuel Sharp on his hip and took him for a ride. Houston was constantly adjusting to KU which is far from the norm.

Adams was a huge reason why.

MVP.

Houston will be fine but an injury is looming large

On a day when Jamal Shead is missing wide-open layups and Damian Dunn is stapled to the bench for defensive sins, Houston really could’ve used maybe its second-best pro prospect on the roster.

Houston kept chugging after Terrance Arceneaux’s season-ending injury in mid-December, but make no mistake, the Cougars will miss him. They desperately needed someone like him against Kansas when it was searching for literally anything in the first half.

Houston will be fine. A bunch more wins are on the horizon, and no one will be surprised if Home Houston puts KU in a torture chamber in the last game of the regular season. But Arceneaux was supposed to help Houston reach another level. Without him, the ceiling is slightly different.

Tennessee can keep evolving and improving

Basketball is such a funny sport. For some, Tennessee’s 63-59 home loss to South Carolina on Tuesday wasn’t about the Gamecocks playing well. It was just another example of why Tennessee can’t win the National Championship.

In a way, that was right.

Tennessee can’t win a National Championship with Dalton Knecht scoring 31 of 59 points.

But progress is far from linear, and there’s still time for teams to evolve, change, grow and get better.

Sometimes, it only takes four days.

Saturday’s 103-92 demolition of Kentucky at Rupp is what a National Title team looks like. Zakai Zeigler and Josiah-Jordan James both erupted for 26 points. Santiago Vescovi played mistake-free basketball for 30 minutes and finished with 11 points on just four shots. Dalton Knecht (16 points) and Jonas Aidoo (11 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks) both left some meat on the bone, but they were more than serviceable. Together, Tennessee racked up 1.41 points per possession even on a night when it missed 12 of 23 layups.

That’s what they look like. This group can still climb that mountain in March. This team has more than enough, even if some of the pieces drive you crazy every other night (hello, Jordan Gainey).

I believe. Do you?

Can Kentucky hang its hat on anything defensively?

Go look at the tape. Tennessee shot 12 of 30 (40%) from 3-point range against Kentucky. Twenty-five of the 30 looks would qualify as in rhythm, open 3s. Kentucky’s attention to detail defensively has been a problem at times all year, but Tennessee picked on Rob Dillingham, Antonio Reeves and Tre Mitchell routinely. Dillingham and Reeves, especially, got caught ball-watching and ran right into screens left and right which opened the door for wide-open looks.

Kentucky doesn’t have to be amazing defensively, but this can’t continue. At some point, Kentucky has to take away something. Anything.

Kentucky can’t turn anyone over. The ‘Cats have a 13.3% turnover rate in SEC play which is second to last in the league. Even with the 7-footers healthy, Kentucky isn’t super scary at the rim, yet. Tennessee shot 16 for 28 (57%) at the rim against Kentucky which is right on par with its season average. The 3-point defense has been revolting all year long.

What’s Kentucky’s identity on the defensive end? John Calipari is still searching for it.

UNC’s backcourt is more than just the RJ Davis show

Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram combined for 46 points and 23 rebounds, but UNC’s guard depth showed its true colors. This group is so much more than just All-American RJ Davis. Cormac Ryan (nine points, three rebounds, two assists, two steals, one block) was ready to go from the jump, and Elliot Cadeau had seven points, three assists and just one turnover.

But this version of Seth Trimble is a needle-mover. The sophomore guard had 10 points, two rebounds and two assists while playing 19 minutes of blanketing defense. Trimble turned Tyrese Proctor’s water off. The Duke sophomore had just two points on 1 of 6 shooting from the field. Trimble has found his groove in UNC’s offense when he’s on the floor with Davis. Trimble isn’t a high-volume sniper yet, but he’s made just enough that you can’t sag off him.

When Davis finds Trimble, there’s no indecisiveness. It’s straight to the rim with a powerful first step and a silky-smooth spin move. All five of Trimble’s buckets came in the paint.

When Trimble comes off the bench and gives Carolina that type of spark, UNC can beat anybody in the country.

Where was Duke’s bite?

Duke entered Saturday with one of college basketball’s best transition defenses, allowing less than nine points per game.

That good transition defense got absolutely eviscerated by North Carolina. UNC scored 27 of its 93 points in transition. It was the most Duke had given up all year by a mile.

Most of it was completely avoidable. Duke routinely failed to get matched up in transition, and Carolina believed its guards could beat Duke down the floor and generate easy looks.

Hubert Davis was right. Duke could not stay in front of RJ Davis in transition, and both Seth Trimble and Elliot Cadeau were able to create great looks for themselves or their brothers. Harrison Ingram’s activity levels on the glass were noticeable, but his look-ahead dimes were ridiculously good.

Duke wasn’t even sending extra to the offensive glass. Duke managed just seven offensive rebounds. Its offensive rebound rate (21.2%) was far below its season average (28.7%). So it didn’t send extra guys to generate extra possessions on the glass and it still got beat back down the floor by each of Carolina’s guards. Woof.

“In transition, they push it hard, we probably had some miscommunication there and I just wasn’t happy with the way we competed,” Duke coach Jon Scheyer said. “That’s disappointing for me.”

BUBBLICIOUS UPDATE

That will help:

• Texas, current projection IN: It might be matchup-dependent, but Rodney Terry and the Texas staff have to continue to find the right ways to utilize Kadin Shedrick because he can elevate this group. Shedrick had nine points, three rebounds, two steals and a block in just 16 minutes in Texas’ huge 77-66 road win over TCU. That’s Texas’ fourth Quad 1 win of the season.
• Washington State, current projection IN: Washington State earned its fourth Quad 1 win of the season by edging its in-state rival in overtime. But Washington (No. 73 in the NET) needs to stay inside the top-75 for it to stick. Kyle Smith’s club now owns seven Quad 1 or Quad 2 victories.

That will hurt:

• Gonzaga, current projection OUT: The Zags let a golden opportunity for their first Quad 1 win slip away. Gonzaga fell 64-62 to Saint Mary’s in a game that Mark Few, seemingly, always finds a way to win. Gonzaga is 0-5 in Quad 1 games. Will the Zags have to win the West Coast Conference tournament to dance? It’s growing increasingly likely.
• Florida State, current projection OUT: Florida State’s resume couldn’t take another bad loss. Louisville gave it to FSU anyway. The Noles now have four Quad 3 or Quad 4 losses combined. FSU’s bubble bid just got popped.

PAC-12 TAKEAWAYS

• The game is slowing down for Dylan Andrews. That’s three games in a row with at least 18 points for the UCLA sophomore point guard. He was at his best in Saturday’s 71-63 win over Oregon. Andrews finished with 21 points and seven assists while shooting 9 for 16 from the field. He was money in the second half, and his emergence is a true needle-mover for the ever-improving UCLA club.

• Cal doesn’t match up well with Arizona at all, but everyone else in the Pac-12 is beatable. Cal put Arizona State in a blender in Saturday’s 81-66 road win. Fardaws Aimaq, Keonte Kennedy, Jaylon Tyson and Jalen Cone all cracked double figures.

• The offensive execution and/or gameplan from Arizona State left a lot to be desired. Cal’s interior defense has been mediocre this season, but 49 of Arizona State’s 70 shot attempts came away from the rim. It was well below Arizona State’s season-long rim rate.

• Isaac Jones and Myles Rice have been the Big Two all year for Washington State, but it might have a Big Three now. Jaylen Wells is playing with so much confidence and swagger. Wells had 19 points in Washington State’s, 90-87 overtime win over Washington. The Division II transfer is a hit.

• Keion Brooks and Sahvir Wheeler combined for 33 of Washington’s 41 attempts from 2. Wild stuff.

• USC freshman Bronny James is up to 13 assists to just two turnovers in his last two games. It’s not a coincidence that James’ assist numbers are up with Boogie Ellis back in the fold. The Trojans smoked Oregon State 82-54. The Beavers need Jordan Pope and Michael Rataj to combine for over 30 basically every night.
• Saturday was the first time in 11 conference games that one of Jermaine Couisnard or Jackson Shelstad did not hit multiple 3-pointers for Oregon. The Ducks are better with N’Faly Dante back in the mix, but Couisnard and Shelstad have to make jumpers for everything to flourish.
• Have a day, Deivon Smith. The Utah guard erupted for 17 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists (and seven turnovers, but we don’t care) in the Utes’ massive 73-68 home win over Colorado. Smith has been so much better than even most optimists could’ve imagined. He leads the Pac-12 in assist rate during league games.
• I remain in on full-strength Colorado. The problem is that said full team barely gets to play together. Colorado missed Cody Williams sorely in Saturday’s loss to Utah. Tristan da Silva’s 3-for-15 line just won’t get it done.

Big East TAKEAWAYS

• UConn keeps winning the 3-point battle almost every single night. It outscored St. John’s by nine key points in the 77-64 road win. UConn has not been outscored from beyond the arc in 14 of the last 15 games. It’s a much-needed cushion basically every night.
• RJ Luis (11 points, five rebounds) showed signs of life for St. John’s. He continues to feel like the enormous X-Factor down the stretch for Rick Pitino.
• Quincy Olivari exploded for seven 3-pointers and 43 points in Xavier’s romp over helpless DePaul. Something about Sean Miller and these C-USA transfers…
• DePaul now has the worst effective field goal percentage defense (54.7%) of any high-major team in the country.
• On a day when Marquette guard Kam Jones went for 31, it was Stevie Mitchell who stole the spotlight. Mitchell had just eight points, but he wiped out Jayden Epps and held one of the Big East’s most-dangerous scorers to just seven points on 2-for-8 shooting with four turnovers. Georgetown’s body language is not pretty. The Hoyas have lost six straight and nine of 10.

Big 12 takeaways

• A healthy Jesse Edwards can be the most impactful big man in the Big 12. I’ll die on that hill. Hunter Dickinson and Dylan Disu might be the only others in his tier. Edwards’ wrist is still heavily taped, but he totaled 16 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal in just 23 minutes in West Virginia’s 86-73 loss to BYU.

• Three of the worst games of the season for BYU’s high-powered offense came in their first three road games. But that trend is starting to change. BYU’s offense was revving against WVU to the tune of 1.265 points per possession. When BYU shoots over 36% from 3-point range, it’s 12-1.

• TCU can’t seem to get both Avery Anderson III and Jameer Nelson Jr. to get cooking at the same time. Anderson had 13 points in the 77-66 loss to Texas. Nelson –– who had been red hot –– had just three on 1-for-8 shooting. It’s been flip-flopping throughout conference play.

• UCF is a sneaky-bad matchup for Oklahoma and that played out to perfection. UCF’s elite rim defense gave an Oklahoma offense that needs to get to the rim and finish fits. UCF is no fluke. OU can’t have Milos Uzan, Otega Oweh and Javian McCollum combine for 19 points. There’s no roadmap to winning a conference game when that happens. None. Zip. Zilch.

• Oklahoma State point guard Jacob Small has to carry a heavier load after Bryce Thompson’s torn labrum, and he was up to the task in the Pokes’ 75-72 win over Kansas State. Small totaled 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds in 37 minutes. There are a few too many times when it feels like Oklahoma State forgets he’s on the floor. That needs to change. That dude has juice.

• Tylor Perry’s slow-starting ways aren’t going away. Perry went scoreless in the first 20 minutes and missed all six shots. But four of the six were wide open… He heated up with 19 points in the second half, including three 3-pointers in three minutes. It’s a story, but it’s not the story behind Kansas State’s slump.

• Cincinnati deserved a close game to go its way. The Bearcats have now had a two-possession finish in seven of their last eight games after Saturday’s 75-72 road win over Texas Tech. Sima’s Lukosius shook off a five-turnover night to hit the go-ahead bucket in the closing seconds. Texas Tech will be fine. The Red Raiders had to play a big chunk of the second half without a sick Warren Washington. They are a completely different team when he’s healthy and effective.

• I didn’t think Baylor guard RayJ Dennis was capable of draining four 3-pointers against a good Big 12 defense. I didn’t think Iowa State guard Keshon Gilbert was capable of draining five 3-pointers in a back-and-forth, Big 12 game. Those two developments change how Iowa State and Baylor might have to be regarded in March. If that gets replicated just once, you’re probably winning that do-or-die game. Oh, and this one was awesome and had maybe the best finish in the country.

ACC takeaways

• Miami found a way to scratch out a monster home win over Virginia Tech in a game it trailed by double-figures at the under-12 media timeout. But Wooga Poplar just doesn’t look like himself right now. Poplar is shooting just 36% on 44 2s in league play. Miami can’t even sniff a NCAA Tournament bid without Poplar regaining early-season form.

• Clemson shot just 9-for-25 on layups against Virginia. Jordan Minor and Ryan Dunn are starting to find some real chemistry together defensively, but Clemson also had more than a few bunnies it desperately will want back.

• Wake Forest jumped from No. 41 to No. 31 after Saturday’s dismantling of Syracuse. Wake Forest has a gear it can reach that maybe only two other teams in the ACC possess.

• Syracuse’s attention to detail defensively was poor against Wake Forest. Syracuse didn’t take away a single thing all night in the 99-70 loss.

• Don’t take this Hunter Cattoor heater for granted. The Virginia Tech guard is cooking right now. He’s shooting over 90% from the free throw line, 70% on 2s and 51% from 3-point range during ACC play. This is not normal.

• NC State big man DJ Burns shot 67% on layups last year. It’s down to just 57% this season. He missed four more layups against Georgia Tech, but NC State survived the upset bid, 82-76.

• The flashes from Kowacie Reeves continue to be tantalizing. The Florida transfer is shooting over 40% from 3-point range this season for Georgia Tech after a 4-for-6 showing on Saturday.

• Pitt knocked off Notre Dame, 70-60, despite having its second-highest turnover rate of the season. Micah Shrewsberry’s son, Braeden, drained two more treys for the Irish. Braeden Shrewsberry is shooting 42% on 69 attempts from downtown during ACC play. He’s hit multiple treys in eight straight games.

• Florida State and Louisville combined for 80 (!) free throw attempts. It’s an insult to basketball throughout the globe, and I hate it. Louisville won 101-92. Brandon Huntley-Hatfield hive (still here, can’t leave) is rejoicing after his 29-point eruption.

Big Ten takeaways

• AJ Hoggard is quietly starting to play like many envisioned in the preseason. Hoggard has a dazzling 33.0 assist rate during Big Ten play with a career-low 14.9 turnover rate. He had eight assists and three turnovers in Michigan State’s important victory over Maryland.

• It’s a darn shame that Maryland isn’t able to get Jahmir Young some more help. Young was fantastic against Michigan State with 31 points on 22 shots. He scored 19 of Maryland’s 27 points in the second half. No one else had more than two points in the 63-54 loss to MSU.

• Northwestern shot just 5-for-20 at the rim against an intimidating Minnesota frontline. Buy stock in this Minnesota rim defense. Opponents are now shooting just 49% at the rim against Minnesota, per Synergy. That’s one of the best marks in the country.

• Michigan let a 15-point, second-half lead disappear in a 10-point loss to a Rutgers team that has struggled to get buckets all year. Michigan is 1-10 since Dec. 19. What else is there to say at this point? It’s hard to believe it’s gotten this bad for a once-proud program.

• Rutgers has now won three games in the last three seasons on a night when it made two or fewer 3-pointers. Only Steve Pikiell, man.

• Penn State has some guts. Mike Rhoades’ crew went 2-0 on the road this week and ran Indiana off the floor Saturday in a 85-71 rout. Ace Baldwin has had at least a two-to-one, assist-to-turnover ratio in five straight games. He had 22 points, eight assists and just three turnovers against IU.

• Indiana now sits at No. 100 on KenPom for the first time since 2009-10 season. Something just has to change. The status quo ain’t it.

sec takeaways

• This is the fifth time in the last six games that no other Texas A&M player had double-digit shot attempts other than Tyrece Radford and Wade Taylor IV. Radford and Taylor combined for 34 of the Aggies’ 59 attempts in the 67-66 win over Florida. They were the only Aggies to make a field goal in the final 14 minutes.
• Todd Golden’s frustration with Texas A&M shooting 20 second-half free throws to Florida’s two is understandable. But the Aggies doubled Florida up in shots at the rim in the second half (14-7), so… It was still a gut-wrenching loss for a Gators’ club that’s on the cut line.
• Seven assists and just one turnover for Auburn big man Johni Broome? That will play in Auburn’s come-from-behind, 91-77 win over Ole Miss. Auburn’s second-half, 56-point eruption better get your attention. Bruce Pearl called it Auburn’s best win of the year, and he’s not wrong.
• Ole Miss coach Chris Beard has been a bit hesitant to fully unleash Moussa Cisse. The time might be now. The Ole Miss center had 12 points, three rebounds and four blocks in 24 minutes. He might deserve a bigger bump.
• Mississippi State actually did a pretty good job keeping Alabama out of transition (just 12 points). The problem was that Alabama scored a whopping 87 in the halfcourt which is the worst of the season by a wide margin. Mississippi State’s defense was already leaking oil heading into this one, but Alabama might just be a wagon. Alabama put up 99 without shooting that well from downtown (31%) or racking up a ton of free throws (just 10 attempts). It’s absurd stuff from Nate Oats’ crew.
• The Collin Murray-Boyles bandwagon is still taking passengers for a limited time only. The South Carolina freshman forward is going to be a gooooood one. Murray-Boyles had 16 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in the Gamecocks’ important 72-62 road win over Georgia. The functional traits just pop.
• Mike White has to feel a bit snakebitten. Georgia had Tennessee on the ropes and lost at home. It had Alabama on the ropes and lost. It had South Carolina on the ropes and lost. Those three games could loom so large on Selection Sunday.
• Another Arkansas game, another Khalif Battle benching. It just keeps happening and the losses continue to pile up for the Hogs.
• The ball had life for LSU in the Tigers’ 95-74 rout of Arkansas. The decision-making from Trae Hannibal, Jordan Wright and Jalen Cook was a strong step in the right direction.
• This Tamar Bates hot streak has reached the stage where a 17-point, five-rebound game isn’t even all that special anymore. But Missouri was toppled by Vanderbilt, 68-61. Vandy sophomore forward Ven-Allen Lubin continues to be a menace on the offensive glass. He ranks 12th in the SEC with a 10.5 offensive rebounding percentage.