On February 16, 2016, a Vanderbilt team that had high hopes going into the season blew a 17-point lead and lost to a Mississippi State team that had been 10-14 entering the game. That left the Commodores with a 15-11 record and in real danger of missing the NCAA Tournament entirely, in spite of having two first-round NBA Draft picks on the roster, along with a third guy currently playing in the league.
That team would ultimately win four of five to finish the regular season (before a loss to a bad Tennessee to open the SEC Tournament) but that isn’t really the point of this post.