November 13, 2017, was the turning point of Bryce Drew’s tenure at Vanderbilt, but perhaps not in the way that seemed apparent at the time.
That afternoon, Darius Garland — the local five-star recruit who had known the Drew family since he was in middle school — signed a Letter of Intent to play basketball at Vanderbilt. That night, Vanderbilt took the short drive over to the Curb Event Center, where a team featuring Matthew Fisher-Davis, Riley LaChance, and Jeff Roberson shot 4-of-23 from three-point range in a 69-60 loss to Belmont.