After a rough couple seasons of Vanderbilt having roster issues and problems winning games, Kevin Stallings seat was probably starting to warm up. Stallings was never likely in that much trouble considering the wealth of success he’d had just 3 years prior when he led Vandy to an SEC tournament championship and a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament. Heading into last season, I certainly had doubts about whether Vandy would be able to turn things upward a season ago, particularly because they were going to have to play so many freshmen. After a rough start, Stallings and company righted the ship and the Commodores went from 1-7 in conference to finish 9-9 and made it to the quarterfinals of the NIT.