"Vandy just got one of the best young coaches in the NCAA, and he is getting better and better as the years have gone on."
On Selection Sunday, the world awaited the NCAA Tournament bracket reveal while a pair of Vanderbilt coaches — old and new — sat in different parts of the country, awaiting their respective teams’ fates.
As CBS unveiled the bracket, it didn’t take long for Kevin Stallings’ Vanderbilt team to show up: the Commodores had somehow parlayed a 19-13 season deemed a disappointment by many into an NCAA Tournament berth. In northwest Indiana, Bryce Drew, expected to be the new Vanderbilt head coach, watched in dismay as his 26-6 Horizon League champion Valparaiso team was passed over in favor of underachieving large-conference squads such as Michigan, Syracuse and his own future team on West End.