Here are five things from the Commodores’ second loss of the year that need to be cleaned up going forward.
Vanderbilt overpowered on the boards
Baylor’s size and bulk caused problems for Vanderbilt all night, as the Bears trucked their way to 20 offensive rebounds. The Commodores only corralled 53.5 percent of Baylor’s missed shots, a figure that would rank second to last in all of Division I over the course of the season to date according to KenPom.com. Vanderbilt’s strategy of switching its big men onto guards while defending ball screens backfired, as 6-foot-8 275-pound Bears center Rico Gathers Sr.