Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings is hoping a few tough scrimmages in the preseason can help his team get off to a strong start in 2015-16.
After Luke Kornet had a major impact in an outstanding season opener, Jeff Roberson is now expected to get his shot for the No. 18 Commodores.
With Roberson slated to return from a concussion, Vanderbilt will be even more formidable defensively in its first meeting with Gardner-Webb on Monday night.
Stallings scheduled early scrimmages against North Carolina and Virginia in the hopes they would get his players ready for the rigors of the regular season, and they couldn't have responded any better than they did Friday.