TAMPA, Fla. -- Call it Tampandemonium.
After all of Thursday's games yielded just one upset that wasn't an 8-9 game, Tampa gave us four in a row on Friday.
If you're religious, today was Good Friday. If you're a hoops fan, it was great.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Three's a party.
Siena pulled off the third upset of the day here in Tampa against Vanderbilt, the top team in town, and didn't even need overtime to do it.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Siena's lead is still 14 with 3:58 left, and they had a chance to add more before the TV timeout. Instead they got called for traveling and blew a big momentum opportunity. Nonetheless, the Saints are still in control of the game, and there isn't much time left for the Commodores to lay around and still think they can win this game.
Graham had a great follow of an Ogilvy miss. For a 5-11 guy, he has great ups. Stallings must really love Graham's effort. He isn't much of a scoring threat, but he's logging a ton of minutes.
Graham also had an incredible pass to Oglivy under the basket, but he missed two or three times and then dropped the next pass from Graham. Ouch. Ogilvy is making Graham look like the star, not himself.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Tay Fisher can't miss. Seriously, he's 6 for 6 from 3-point land, tying a career high for bombs in a game. Odds are he'll break that, and if he goes much further he could break the Commodores' back as well.Ogilvy had a great block on a Hasbrouck drive, but it was negated due to a foul on Shan Foster.
After faltering a bit, Siena has grown its lead to 65-51 with 7:15 to go. My bracket is crying again. I've got the 'Dores in the Sweet 16.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Rumors abound that actor Mark Wahlberg was here earlier, and that country music singer Vince Gill is behind the Vanderbilt bench. That puts Gill at two games in two days, since he was at the Duke-Belmont contest last night. Props. Also, sounds like quarterback Jeff Garcia and shortstop Derek Jeter were here as well. Where was I for all of this?
Meanwhile, VU coach Kevin Stallings just screwed up nicely, earning a technical foul that yielded 3 points.
The technical came just after Kenny Hasbrouck had a great drive down the middle of the lane for an and-1 layup to make the score 53-43. There was a foul called on Shan Foster that Stallings took exception to, and bam.
Tay Fisher has finally checked back in after resting the first 7:00 or so. Time for him to crank out some more 3's and get this lead back up.
Sure enough, as I type this, he drains one. 5-5 on the day.
It's 58-47 Siena, 11:16 left.
TAMPA, Fla. -- We've got our first airball of the day! Courtesy of Vandy's Jermaine Beal missing a 3-pointer by a mile. A possession or two later, Ogilvy was open at the top of the key, but Vandy fans yelled 'No!' at the big man in unison, probably saving another airball. Instead, Ogilvy dunked.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Siena has fourth-seeded Vanderbilt right where they want them, but this one is far from over. Expect Vanderbilt to come out with some serious intensity after the half, and if Siena can't keep up its hot shooting the Commodores can chip away at that 12-point lead.
TAMPA, Fla. -- We have the makings of another upset.
"All" Tay Fisher is hot as a pistol from 3, and he hit another in the waning seconds of the first half to give the Saints a 46-34 lead. This is really incredible here. All the games have followed nearly the same pattern and Siena might be the quickest team yet.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Vanderbilt just unleashed Jamie Graham, and he's harassing any Siena player who dares to touch the ball. If the dreadlocked guard looks like he's trying to make the squad by over-hustling, that's not far from the truth. He averages 3.9 minutes per game.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Tay Fisher is a marksman. The Siena guard came off the bench and has hit 3 of 3 3-point attempts. The Saints are 5-7 overall from outside - a great total but it makes you wonder what will happen when they stop falling.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Vandy looks like UConn. Nine times out of 10, that's a complement, but not today. The Huskies didn't take San Diego seriously and it cost them big. The Commodores look sloppy early against the Saints, but they have more firepower than Connecticut, which could save them if this goes sour. Siena is hot from outside and leads 20-13 with 11:48 to go.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- It's actually kind of empty right now, which surprises me. After those great early games, I can't imagine not coming back for more.
Siena is looking to provide some more entertainment too. They're out to a 10-6 lead with 15:16 to go in the first half.
TAMPA, Fla. -- There's no way the second session games in Tampa can match the drama of the first. Right?
Vanderbilt and Siena are about to tip off, and if the earlier matchups are any indication, we're in for a doozy.
ATLANTA, Ga. - So Arkansas beat Vanderbilt for the fifth straight time. The Razorbacks pulled out an 81-75 victory.
ATLANTA, Ga. - I've never seen that before.
ATLANTA, Ga. - It's clear that Arkansas matches up well with Vanderbilt.
ATLANTA, Ga. - It appears that Arkansas is trying to let players not named Shan Foster beat them.
ATLANTA, Ga. - After one half of play, Arkansas has a 40-36 lead over Vanderbilt.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Did you know that Vanderbilt has lost four straight games to Arkansas?
ATLANTA, Ga. - Well you know it's over when Shan Foster comes out of the game.
ATLANTA, Ga. - So from about 15 feet out, A.J. Ogilvy just sliced through the Auburn defense cut into the lane and dunked.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Well, it's kind of tough to win when your leading scorer goes out with 12 minutes left in the second half.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Auburn clearly isn't intimidated by A.J. Ogilvy's presence in the paint for Vanderbilt.
ATLANTA, Ga. - I added that question mark because apparently Auburn doesn't have any depth issues.
ATLANTA, Ga. - All 6-foot-4 of Frank Tolbert just blocked all 6-foot-11 of A.J. Ogilvy.
ATLANTA, Ga. - In his final home game, Shan Foster scored 42 points against Mississippi State.
ATLANTA, Ga. - It's kind of funny looking at this stat screen in front of me.
ATLANTA, Ga. - So you'd think that if a team shot 11 of 15 from the field it would be ahead by a pretty good margin.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Pretty much everywhere. Shan Foster just nailed his third 3-pointer of the game.
ATLANTA, Ga. - I mean, this is ridiculous. We're at 12:20 and we just had the 16:00 television timeout.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Another team with five guards?
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Too much Wayne Chism, too much Tyler Smith. That was the case for No. 16 Vanderbilt Thursday night as they fell to No. 6 Tennessee 80-60. Chism had 18 points and a career high 18 rebounds for Tennessee, the only thing he didn't do well was shoot free-throws, he was 0-for-4 for the game.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- No. 6 Tennessee has seemed to withstood the Vanderbilt run and currently lead, 70-59, over No. 16 Vanderbilt with 2:19 to play in Knoxville. UT has been unable to make their free-throws to extend the lead. Wayne Chism has 18 points and 15 rebounds for UT, but has missed four straight shots from the charity stripe.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings picked up a technical foul after arguing a foul that wasn't called on Tennessee's Wayne Chism block against center A.J. Ogilvy. Tennessee leads the game, 66-53, with 4:54 left.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- It took Vanderbilt 31 minutes to make a three-pointer, but they've gotten hot lately making three in a row cutting a 21-point lead to eight at 61-53.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Chris Lofton has finally started heating up for No. 6 Tennessee as they have opened up a 59-38 lead over No. 16 Vanderbilt. Lofton was held scoreless in the first half but has eight points in the last three minutes.
The All-American went one-on-one with Vanderbilt's Andre Walker and hit a long fade away 3-pointer moments ago to bring 21,000 UT fans to their feet in Thompson-Boling Arena.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Chris Lofton started the game missing his first five three-pointers, but finally connected on his first shot to give Tennessee a 48-32 lead over Vanderbilt. Lofton has struggled this season from behind the arc making only 33 percent of his shots.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's leading scorer tonight Wayne Chism has picked up three fouls in 2:24 to start the second half. The referees have called 13 straight fouls on Tennessee. The Vols lead 40-30 with 16:49 left in the game.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeastern Conference's two top scoring offenses haven't fully flexed their offensive muscles yet as No. 6 Tennessee has a 36-23 halftime lead over No. 16 Vanderbilt.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Sophomore Wayne Chism is only a 27 percent three-point shooter on the season, but he has hit two big threes early on to give Tennessee a 33-18 lead over Vanderbilt. Chism averages eight points a game and already has 10 tonight.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- No. 6 Tennessee has jumped out to a 22-15 lead over No. 16 Vanderbilt thanks to a 12-3 run. Vanderbilt led 12-10, but the Vols capitalized on some Commodore turnovers to get some easy scores. A.J. Ogilvy has just come back in the game with 7:19 remaining in the first. Ogilvy has two fouls.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Freshman center may be second in the Southeastern Conference in scoring, but he'll be riding the bench for a while after picking up his second foul with 11:12 left in the first half. Vanderbilt leads Tennessee 12-10 early on.
Ogilvy was caught going over the back of Tennessee's Wayne Chism on an offensive rebound attempt. Both teams have struggled early offensively, neither team is shooting over 40 percent.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeastern Conference's top two scoring teams have started out slowly as No. 16 Vanderbilt leads No. 8 Tennessee, 4-2, four minutes in.
Both teams have missed contested shots close to the basket. Freshman A.J. Ogilvy had his first shot in Knoxville rejected by UT's Wayne Chism. The center picked up an early blocking foul and if he gets in foul trouble it could be a concern for Vanderbilt.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Two in-state rivals with little past basketball success square off tonight in what could be called the SEC's game of the year. No. 6 Tennessee hosts No. 16 Vanderbilt, who is looking to extend its 24-game winning streak in Thompson-Boling Arena, at 7 p.m. ET.
Neither team has made it to a Final Four, but the two are coming off Sweet Sixteen births a year ago and are among the SEC's top teams this season. This is the first time that both teams are ranked since a 1968 meeting where both teams were in the top 10.
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