After starting the season as a dark horse Final Four choice, Vanderbilt Basketball entered conference play with no guarantee that it will even make it to the NCAA Tournament. Mental lapses and blown leads have mired the Commodores at 9-5 with a handful of underwhelming wins and disappointing losses. Suddenly, one of the most talented rosters in program history is threatening to become the most frustrating one as well.
The good news is the team's problems are fixable. The bad news is they are multiple. The Commodores have been stung by several shortcomings in 2015 - some defined by bad luck and others by poor fundamentals.