Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
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Oct 23, 2026
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Chloe Carly, a guard, who averaged 12.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and has a field goal percentage of 38.4. And Sierra Tooney, a forward, who averaged 8.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and has a field goal percentage of 54.4. And Larry Ocott, a center, who averaged last season 12.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and has a field goal percentage of 63%.
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Coming at number 11 is Shea Ralph, and she coaches the Vanderbilt Lady Commodores.
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Last season, they had a record of 22-11 overall.
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In conference play, they was 8-8.
Tacarra BarnesHOST
I'm going to see if I can get them to do like a watch party with us.
Tacarra BarnesHOST
Then we got Vanderbilt.
Tacarra BarnesHOST
Mikayla Blakes is the preseason player of the year.
Tacarra BarnesHOST
She's AP All-American, which they did announce the AP All-Americans today.
Courtney LumpkinHOST
But,
Tacarra BarnesHOST
um, so...
Tacarra BarnesHOST
Vanderbilt, you know, they got that Michaela Kobe, who averaged 27 points a game last year.
Tacarra BarnesHOST
I hope then you got Galvin.
MalHOST
So I'm going to be talking about three different teams in this category.
MalHOST
That's Vanderbilt, LSU, and South Carolina.
MalHOST
You know, I think that Vanderbilt gave us one of the most interesting conversations of the day.
MalHOST
No, not because I'm a Vanderbilt fan.
MalHOST
but because Shea Ralph is, when you really think about Shea Ralph, her experience as a coach is very unique.
MalHOST
And she said it in her interview when someone asked her about the growth of the game, she's really seen the game of basketball through so many different lenses.
MalHOST
Her mom played basketball and was a part of Title IX being passed.
MalHOST
Shea goes on to play basketball, goes to play for Geno, REMA, you know, wins a national championship, most outstanding player, goes on to coach with Geno for many, many years, and now is at Vanderbilt and is just really doing some incredible things.
Kyle HusemanHOST
But, but UConn's, you know, overall talent is, is better than Iowa.
Kyle HusemanHOST
Uh, and then they get Vanderbilt, uh, on November 15th, I believe, out there in Sioux City.
Kyle HusemanHOST
Um, that's two top t- I mean, that's a top two team in UConn and a top 10 team in, in Vanderbilt.
Kyle HusemanHOST
Um, and Mikayla Blakes might be, I, I'd probably put her as the player of the year candidate right now, even over like a Juju Watkins.
Kyle HusemanHOST
Um, so those are gonna be two tough tests early, and the thing that Jan mentioned yesterday is that they're still trying to, to get things going with that read and react offense because not only is it a new offense for everyone on the team, you've got six new players on this roster.
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Kyle HusemanHOST
Uh, and, and be able to not come in, not come in and give 10 okay minutes and, and, you know, they need to be able to come in and give 12, 15 minutes.
Kyle HusemanHOST
And if, if the game asks for it, maybe she puts up 10 points and, and, you know, seven rebounds or something to get, come in and give a legitimate impact, um, because there's gonna be a game somewhere along the line where they might need that.
Kyle HusemanHOST
Um, so it'll be interesting to see, especially early in the year, how does she do against the UConn? How does she do against the Vanderbilt? Um, because once they get into Big Ten play, if Ava Hiden's playing, you know, 28, 30 minutes against a, you know, against a Maryland or a, a, a Michigan or a USC or something, those, those eight to 12 minutes that Laila Hayes plays while Ava's on the bench, those could be game-changing minutes.
Matt DowellHOST
I think it's everything surrounding her going into, um, next season.
Matt DowellHOST
And then after that, Jared, they will, uh, South Carolina will go to Vanderbilt to start February on February 4th to take on Mikayla Blakes and the Commodores.
Jared ParkerHOST
Yeah.
Matt DowellHOST
And we all know what they did last season.
MalHOST
Which SEC teams are prepared to take the next step? Okay, for this one, I'm listening to a couple coaches.
MalHOST
I'm listening to Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt.
MalHOST
I'm listening to Kenny Brooks, Kentucky.
MalHOST
And I'm listening to Jenny Baranchuk from Oklahoma.
Kyle CarpenterHOST
Yeah.
Kyle CarpenterHOST
Um, I would give some credit to Sarah Strong at UConn and, and, uh, Mikayla Blakes at, at, uh, at Vanderbilt.
Kyle CarpenterHOST
Um, and if Juju Watkins is, you know, fully healthy.
Kyle CarpenterHOST
Uh, but I think Maddie, it, you can't have a conversation without having, um, having Maddie Booker in there.
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Kyle CarpenterHOST
Don't get an easy start.
Kyle CarpenterHOST
That's the hardest stretch of the season.
Kyle CarpenterHOST
South Carolina, Tennessee, a road game at Kentucky, Alabama, Vanderbilt, who we talked about, in five games over two weeks in January.
Kyle CarpenterHOST
That's, that's a lot.
Dan DakichHOST
Just get people in there, I don't care if you're a woman, I don't care if you're a man, I don't care, that have some kind of basketball acumen.
Dan DakichHOST
I mean, look at Stephanie White's job that she did at Vanderbilt.
Dan DakichHOST
It's horrible.
Dan DakichHOST
Anyway, I got a headache.
AkPANELIST
Jordan accepted, um, the, the, the, the triangle offense." Look who was giving Jordan that.
AkPANELIST
I mean, you have Stephanie White, who has, was awful in Vanderbilt.
AkPANELIST
I mean-
Jason WhitlockHOST
Who was Phil Jackson before?
Jason WhitlockHOST
I love Caitlin Clark.
MauricePANELIST
Can you guys please stop comparing Stephanie White to Phil Jackson? Oh, what did Phil Jackson win? Who was he before? I ca- I, I, I know who I can, I can tell you who Stephanie White was before.
MauricePANELIST
She was the same coach who coached at Vanderbilt, who had a 46 and 83 record, and all of her players quit, and they had to forfeit the rest of the season.
MauricePANELIST
This is the same head coach who's never won diddly squat in the WNBA.