The nicest thing I can say about Saturday’s 74-71 win over Ole Miss is that it wasn’t a loss. Vanderbilt came in on a three-game losing streak, the most recent of which was a 101-44 loss at Alabama, and Ole Miss came in having won just once in nine tries in SEC play. In fact, Ole Miss had lost ten of eleven overall counting non-conference losses to North Alabama and Oklahoma State, with only hapless South Carolina falling victim to the Rebels.
In that context, winning a game that you didn’t really put away until a 10-0 run in the last four minutes of the game isn’t a great accomplishment, though.