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Vols’ Christian Moore suspended for series finale against Vanderbilt because of ejection – 247Sports
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Vanderbilt basketball beats Michigan, 66-65, to advance to NIT quarterfinals – Tennessean
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No. 4 Alabama routs Vanderbilt, 101-44, for largest SEC win in team history
The Coleman Coliseum crowd had been treated to a show and Brandon Miller nearly ended it in style.
Early in the second half, Miller corralled a loose pass and turned up the court. The highlight was ready-made but a foul on the same Vanderbilt player that lost the ball stopped Miller’s drive just as the freshman threw the ball off the backboard for a would-be alley-oop to himself. The Alabama fans in attendance braced for a roar but then sighed. The NBA scouts chuckled at the display of athleticism.
It would be one of the few moments something went wrong for the No. 4 team in the country on Tuesday night. Days after receiving a needed wake-up call, Nate Oats was given a blowout.
The Tide (19-3, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) crushed the Commodores 101-44. It was the program’s largest margin of victory in SEC history and matched last year’s win total on the last day of January.
The game was tied at 5 apiece four minutes into the contest. It quickly turned into a nearly 20-point margin with seven minutes left in the first half after an effort play. A pair of white jerseys dove on a loose ball, triggering a Miller 3 and the game-deciding 30-5 run. It was the type of effort Oats was looking for after showing the team a string of Vanderbilt highlights pregame.
“This is what we’re going to be about tonight,” Oats said of the hustle play. “(Noah) Clowney did it a few times. We kind of challenged all our guys. … If we’re going to be blue-collar and make plays like this, we were going to be rewarded on the other end.”
Miller and Nimari Burnett combined for 38 points, the latter triggering the 30-5 game-deciding run by forcing a few turnovers and hitting a pair of 3s. Mark Sears (eight assists) and Jahvon Quinerly (seven assists) repeatedly created space inside and, as a result, 3-point shooters found space behind the arc.
Alabama dominated with 19 3-pointers and 48 bench points. It was the most deep balls made since the 20 converted versus LSU on Jan. 14, setting a season-high in 3-point field goal percentage (46.3).
A few screens off the ball created multiple looks in front of Vanderbilt’s bench. Perhaps it was some familiarity — Alabama beat Vandy on the road two weeks ago — but the Tide’s attack faced little resistance.
“I feel like our whole team could really shoot it. It just really brings the energy that we need,” Miller, who wore the team’s trademark hard hat postgame, said.
Meanwhile, the Commodores (10-12, 3-6) shot 25% from the floor, and 3-for-30 from deep, despite returning one of its best players, seven-footer Liam Robinson after a two-week injury stint. Oats mentioned afterward “any team with a decent big could go to work” on Alabama, but Clowney and Charles Bediako answered any questions at least for one night. They forced Robinson to miss his first five shots and held Vanderbilt to 18 points in the paint off 15 offensive rebounds.
Alabama pressed in the half-court and forced the Commodores to beat them off the dribble. Freshman guard Paul Lewis led the visitors with 10 but Vanderbilt eventually settled for shots further and further away from the rim. The second half turned into a track meet as the Tide Alabama generated breakaway alley-oops, a pair of which were finished by Miller and Bediako.
“They answered the bell after the Oklahoma game,” Oats said. “Obviously, respect Vanderbilt a lot so it’s unfortunate for them that they were the team that followed up the Oklahoma game, but I told our guys we kinda showed them what we are.”
Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at NAlvarez@al.com.
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No. 4 Alabama wins 7th straight on emotional night at Vanderbilt
The emotion was unmistakable Tuesday night in Nashville.
There were a few tears wiped on warmups in the pregame shootaround on a heavy night for the No. 4 Alabama basketball team. The 78-66 win over Vanderbilt came just three days after former teammate Darius Miles was charged with capital murder in what’s been a mentally taxing stretch.
The seventh straight Crimson Tide win was never particularly close until the closing moments. A 23-point Alabama lead slipped all the way to 68-62 with under a minute left before the Tide pulled away one final time from the foul line.
The tragedy from Tuscaloosa was still looming large over this game.
“I didn’t see a ton of emotion pregame necessarily but I did see some guys break down postgame,” Alabama coach Nate Oats said via Zoom after the game. “I think they were bottling some stuff up. You know, we had a job to do. We had to get to the game, got to the game, took care of business and then it’s almost like there’s a big relief the game is over and we let out a sigh of relief.”
Crimson Tide players were not available for comment after the game.
Alabama (16-2, 6-0 SEC) got a game-high 30 from star freshman Brandon Miller in a homecoming game for the Nashville-area product. The forward added his 10th rebound late for a double-double on a night he made 10 of his 16 shots.
Alabama players huddle before an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Alabama’s Darius Miles was removed from the team and has been charged with murder, along with another man, after a fatal shooting near campus Sunday. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP
Though a few hours from home, the quirky Memorial Gymnasium on Vanderbilt’s campus had a heavy crimson presence. The visiting crowd was in party mode when Miller’s 3 made it 53-30 with 12:44 left but Vanderbilt’s frigid shooting turned thawed for a time. Commodore Tyrin Lawrence scored 17 of his 20 after halftime but the Commodores got no closer than six in the final moments.
It wasn’t enough to end Alabama’s streak of holding seven straight opponents under 70 points.
“I think we’ve shown mental toughness in the past,” Oats said. “We won at Houston, the No. 1 team in the country after being down 15 at the half. We won at Arkansas, one of the toughest places to play. They were picked to be in the top two or three in the league by everybody. So we’ve gone on the road and won in the past. We had a little bit different circumstances — a lot different circumstances here — it’s still a road win. I just think we have a mentally tough group.”
Vanderbilt fell to 9-9, 2-3 in the SEC with the loss four days after beating No. 15 Arkansas on the same floor.
Alabama came out fast, sprinting to a 13-3 lead as the hosts missed 12 of its first 13 shots. The Tide was working the inside as Vanderbilt was playing without 7-foot leading scorer and rim protector Liam Robbins. Without the shot-blocking leader down low, Alabama outscored the Commodores 20-8 in the paint before halftime and 40-26 in the game.
Miller scored five of the first nine and 12 of the 36 by halftime as he played with an edge. Twice in the first half he said something to the Commodore bench after making shots at the rim as three of the first six Alabama baskets came on dunks.
Vanderbilt fired back as the Tide shifted its focus to the perimeter. After making its first two outside shots, Alabama missed its next eight as the Commodores took a 22-21 lead on a Malik Dia 3-pointer.
The 10-0 Alabama run that followed saw Vanderbilt again go cold while making just 2 of 12 shots. A 36-26 halftime margin saw the Commodores shooting just 25.6% from the field.
Michael Casagrande is a reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.
Vanderbilt Transgender Health Clinic suspends gender-affirming surgery for minors
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s transgender clinic in Nashville has paused gender affirming surgeries for patients under the age of 18, a top executive at the center told a Tennessee lawmaker Friday.
Republican Tennessee state Rep. Jason Zachary – who had asked VUMC to permanently end gender affirming surgeries for minors – posted a letter to Twitter he received from VUMC’s Chief Health System Officer, Dr. C. Wright Pinson.
In the letter, Pinson informs the lawmaker that the nonprofit hospital is “pausing” gender affirmation surgeries on patients under age 18 while it reviews “new recommendations.”
The move came amid pressure from Tennessee’s Republican leaders who sent a letter to the hospital last week requesting that Vanderbilt Medical halt all gender transitioning surgeries on minors.
Gender-affirming care uses a multidisciplinary approach to help a person transition from their assigned gender – the one the person was designated at birth – to the gender by which the person wants to be known.
Pinson said the suspension is due to an ongoing review of new guidance on treating transgender patients issued by the World Professional Association of Transgender Health, and notes the review “may take several months,” according to the letter.
A spokesperson for VUMC confirmed to CNN Friday that the letter is legitimate but declined to elaborate further on the clinic’s new policy.
Pinson’s letter said the Transgender Health Clinic, which was established in 2018, has provided surgical services for an average of five minors per year. In all those cases, the patients were at least 16, had parental consent and “none have received genital procedures,” the executive said.
Restrictions on gender affirming procedures for minors have become a contentious political issue in some states, including in Texas, where there’s an ongoing legal battle over whether parents who allow gender affirming care for their children can be investigated for “child abuse.”
Major medical associations – including the American Medical Association – have agreed gender-affirming care is clinically appropriate for children and adults with gender dysphoria, which according to the American Psychiatric Association, is psychological distress that may result when a person’s gender identity and sex assigned at birth do not align.
Last year, the Tennessee state legislature passed a law banning hormone therapy for children who have not reached puberty, and Republican lawmakers are discussing passing additional restrictions next year.
The ACLU of Tennessee released a statement last month condemning legislators’ plans for additional restrictions.
“Parents, patients and medical professionals, not politicians, should decide what medical care is in the best interest of any particular young person,” ACLU of Tennessee Executive Director Kathy Sinback said in a statement. “Medical and mental health treatment for transgender individuals is guided by evidence-based clinical guidelines, as well as existing state law that already regulates health care for trans Tennesseans. Efforts to restrict trans Tennesseans’ access to health care is vast government overreach and ACLU-TN stands ready to fight back against intrusions into the private medical decision-making rights of parents and families when seeking gender-affirming care.”
The VUMC executive’s letter acknowledged the possibility of new legal restrictions on gender affirming care, saying the facility would comply with Tennessee law.
“We understand this issue is likely to be taken up by the General Assembly in its next legislative session,” said Pinson. “As always, we will assure that VUMC’s programs comply with any new requirements which may be established as a part of Tennessee law.”
The letter goes on to say VUMC’s policies “allow employees to request an accommodation to be excused from participating in surgeries or procedures they believe are morally objectionable.” Zachary, in his tweet, characterized this statement as a promise to “honor religious objectors.”
State House Republican leader William Lamberth called VUMC’s decision a “win.”
“This is a win for the safety of our children, but we’re committed to ensuring this never happens in Tennessee again,” Lamberth tweeted.
College football scores, highlights, games today: Illinois, Northwestern, Vanderbilt notch big wins in Week 0
Week 0 is sometimes a simple appetizer for the rest of the college football season, but Saturday’s slate of games started with a bang. A handful of unsuspecting matchups went down to the wire, and a few individual efforts shook up our preconceived notions as the 2022 season got underway.
Northwestern delivered the first upset of the year, knocking off Nebraska 31-28 in Dublin, Ireland, behind a dominant performance from its offensive line to the tune of 214 yards on the ground. While the Wildcats pulled off the only real upset of the day, fellow underdogs Austin Peay, Florida A&M and UConn all gave their respective opponents a scare.
The Governors had a real shot of springing the first FCS-over-FBS upset of 2022 before falling 38-27 to Western Kentucky; the Rattlers carved up North Carolina’s pass defense, but were unable to keep up with a depleted roster in a 56-24 loss; and Huskies star running back Nathan Carter had 190 yards rushing in a closer-than-expected 31-20 loss against defending Mountain West champs Utah State.
Not every mismatched game on paper was close, however. Florida State produced three 100-yard rushers in a 47-7 win over Duquesne, while Illinois crushed a struggling Wyoming team 38-6.
CBS Sports was here every step of the way to update you with the latest scores, highlights and storylines throughout the first Saturday of the season.
College football scores, schedule: Week 0
Western Kentucky 38, Austin Peay 27 — Recap
Northwestern 31, Nebraska 28 — Takeaways
UNLV 52, Idaho State 21 — Recap
Illinois 38, Wyoming 6 — Recap
FAU 43, Charlotte 13 — Recap
Vanderbilt 63, Hawaii 10 — Recap
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Vanderbilt hands Hawaii ugly loss in Timmy Chang’s head coaching debut
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Dedrick Parson ran 37 yards for a touchdown on Hawaii’s opening drive in the first quarter against Vanderbilt.
The Timmy Chang era as University of Hawaii football coach got off to a promising start.
The cold, hard reality of what might be to come set in quickly after Hawaii’s opening drives on both sides of the ball as Vanderbilt crushed the Rainbow Warriors 63-10 tonight in front of the first sell-out crowd (9,346) to attend a game at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Complex.
Commodores quarterback Mike Wright threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Vanderbilt turned two Dedrick Parson fumbles into scoop-and-score touchdowns to end Hawaii’s seven-game winning streak in season openers.
Rocko Griffin, Ray Davis and Cooper Lutz added scoring runs for Vanderbilt, which gashed the Hawaii defense for 404 rushing yards. Vanderbilt’s defense outscored the UH offense.
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Hawaii sophomore Brayden Schager earned the start at quarterback and promptly led UH down the field on an 8-play, 75-yard drive capped off by Parson’s 37-yard TD scamper on third-and-2 for a 7-0 lead less than three minutes in.
Hawaii then forced a Vanderbilt punt and was in control midway through the first quarter when it began to unravel, and then completely fall apart.
UH managed just 108 total yards of offense the rest of the half as Vanderbilt used a healthy balance of Wright’s legs and arms to take a 21-10 lead at halftime.
Vanderbilt scored four touchdowns in less than 10 minutes to start the third quarter with Wright’s 87-yard touchdown run putting the Commodores ahead 49-10.
Wright added a 15-yard TD pass to Will Sheppard, who scored twice, to make it a 35-0 third quarter in favor of the Commodores, who went 2-10 last year and 0-8 in the SEC.
Joey Yellen replaced Schager to start the second half and finished 10-for-20 for 89 yards before Schager re-entered the game in the fourth quarter.
Schager finished 18-for-35 for 161 yards.
Hawaii will host Western Kentucky next Saturday.
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Trade Rumors: Lakers, Pacers, Vanderbilt, Durant, Knicks
Talks between the Lakers and Pacers about a trade that would include Russell Westbrook, Buddy Hield, Myles Turner, and other assets are currently dead, a source tells Bob Kravitz of The Athletic (Twitter link). Kravitz adds that those discussions could reignite if the Lakers add another first-round pick to their offer, but he says they’re currently at a standstill.
Kravitz’s wording suggests L.A. is only willing to attach one of its two tradable first-rounders (2027 and 2029) to Westbrook in exchange for Hield and Turner, so it’s not surprising that the Pacers aren’t interested.
As we noted earlier this week, if the Lakers want to try to acquire just one of Hield or Turner, there are ways to construct a deal using Talen Horton-Tucker ($10.26MM) and Kendrick Nunn ($5.25MM) instead of Westbrook’s $47MM expiring deal for outgoing salary purposes. But acquiring both Pacers veterans would mean including Westbrook and would require a substantial package of draft assets.
Here are a few more trade rumors and notes from around the NBA:
- Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report, who suggested last week that Jarred Vanderbilt is drawing trade interest, said on the latest episode of his podcast that “a lot of teams” have called the Jazz about the 23-year-old forward. “I don’t know the number. I don’t really have any specific teams that I’ve heard of,” Fischer said, per HoopsHype. “But last I (heard), he was the guy who’s getting the most calls, the most incoming calls of all the (Jazz) players.”
- Given that no team is willing to meet the Nets‘ sky-high asking price for Kevin Durant, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on NBA Today on Thursday (video link) that he’s waiting for one of two things to happen: Brooklyn to lower that asking price, or Durant to be pulled off the trade market. There has been no indication that either one of those moves is imminent, Windhorst adds.
- As the Knicks pursue a possible Donovan Mitchell deal, it’s important that they consider what pieces would be left over, writes Fred Katz of The Athletic. Besides not wanting to sacrifice too many players who could play alongside Mitchell, the Knicks will also want to retain enough assets to potentially be able to trade for another star within a couple years, since Mitchell alone wouldn’t make them a title contender, Katz says.