Where: Memorial Gymnasium (14,316), Nashville, Tenn.

When: 8 p.m. CST

TV: ESPN3, CSS

Radio: Nashville: 97.1 FM

Rankings: Neither team is ranked, though VU is receiving votes

Warren Nolan RPI: VU 30, LSU 77

The line: Vanderbilt by 10

Sagarin prediction: Vanderbilt by 9

Pomeroy prediction: Vanderbilt 69, LSU 60 (VU with an 80 percent chance to win)

Series record: VU leads 59-47 and has won the last six meetings

VANDERBILT COMMODORES STARTERS							LOUISIANA STATE STARTING LINEUP
Player	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	PPG	RPG	Pos.	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	PPG	RPG
Brad Tinsley	6-3	210	Sr.	9.1	2.8	PG	Anthony Hickey	5-11	172	Fr.	9.8	3.7
John Jenkins	6-4	215	Jr.	19.7	3.0	SG	Andre Stringer	5-9	170	So,	10.2	2.1
Jeffery Taylor	6-7	225	Sr.	17.7	5.8	SF	Ralston Turner	6-6	193	So.	9.0	2.7
Lance Goulbourne	6-8	225	Sr.	9.6	7.1	PF	Johnny O’Bryant III	6-9	250	Fr.	8.1	6.5
Festus Ezeli	6-11	255	Sr.	9.2	6.2	C	Justin Hamilton	6-11	260	Jr.	13.5	7.4

About LSU

Perhaps no Southeastern Conference school has seen its highs so high and its lows so low as LSU has in the past 16 years. In the old divisional format, the Tigers have finished first four times, and last eight times. Five times during that span, LSU has had the league’s worst overall record, and twice, the league’s best, including the 2006 Final Four squad.

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