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Vanderbilt Basketball Stole That One; Column

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OXFORD, MS—Within the back tunnel of The Pavillion in Oxford, the amount of Vanderbilt players and staffers had dwindled down significantly since Mark Byington began his postgame press conference seven minutes earlier. There appeared to be a race out of Oxford among Vanderbilt’s players and staffers–and while it had to do mostly with their flight, it could’ve had just as much to do with how this team won this game. Vanderbilt trailed by as much as 12, trailed for 34:17, missed 12 layups, couldn’t finish possessions on the defensive end, lost its three rotational bigs to foul trouble and had a general sense of sluggishness present all night. Yet, there it was celebrating following an 89-86 overtime victory. The best way to describe it? “Stole it,” a Vanderbilt staffer said as he left the building. Tyler Tanner and Vanderbilt left Ole Miss after an overtime win. | Vanderbilt BasketballThat was far from the breakthrough that this Vanderbilt team has been in need of since Duke Miles’ return to the lineup.…

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