Rewind to about a year and a month ago. Let’s imagine a world in which Darius Garland decides that instead of playing for his hometown team, he wants to go to Indiana and play with Romeo Langford instead. Let’s also imagine that everything else that’s happened within the last year — Simi Shittu signing, Matthew Moyer coming in as a transfer, Larry Austin, Payton Willis, and Djery Baptiste leaving the program, and no other players signing with the program — remains true. Vanderbilt enters the 2018-19 season with a starting five of Saben Lee, Aaron Nesmith, Joe Toye, Matt Ryan, and Simi Shittu; with Max Evans, Clevon Brown, Yanni Wetzell, and Matthew Moyer coming off the bench.
The Case for Vanderbilt Basketball Without Darius Garland
