Good morning.
Optional Musical Accompaniment
Vanderbilt basketball is back in the NIT, opening the tournament tonight against Belmont, that school right down Wedgewood Blakemore Avenue, at 6 PM CT on ESPN2. Also at 6 PM: the baseball team hosts Michigan on the SEC Network in the team’s final tuneup before SEC play technically starts this weekend with a three-game series against Missouri. Yep, somebody didn’t think this through.
(It was probably whoever scheduled the NIT game. “Oh, no way does any fan base care about a midweek baseball game more than an NIT game.