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Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
The Southeastern Conference ( SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states, three additional public land-grant universities, and one private research university.
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams), 14 of which compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
The last bubble team Vanderbilt had, in 2009, finished 12-17 in the SEC. However, that team helped its case by advancing to the SEC tournament final and was given a bid to a regional.
Vanderbilt (36-20) advances to face No. 1 Tennessee (46-10) on Wednesday (4:30 p.m., SEC Network) in what now becomes a double-elimination format. That game − the fourth against its rival in two ...
Vanderbilt and the Sewanee Tigers were both founding members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the Southern Conference, and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is the oldest of Vanderbilt's rivalries; [27] dating back to 1891 when Vanderbilt played its second football game.
HOOVER, Ala. − Tennessee baseball and Vanderbilt are playing for the fifth time in May. The No. 1 seed Vols (48-11) face the No. 8 Commodores (39-20) in the SEC Tournament semifinals Saturday.
SEC Baseball Championships [41] [42] The following is a listing of Southeastern Conference SEC Baseball Championships. Division Championships were split division standings from 1959 to present. However Divisions (East and West) were created in 1948 with composite conference standings. Team.