Commodore Banter (3/14)

Rivals.com lists Shan Foster as the No. 1 shooting guard in America, ahead of players like Eric Gordon, O.J. Mayo, and Chris Douglas-Roberts.  

Vanderbilt may be one of the few SEC schools that doesn't get Martin Luther King Day off, but did you know that the first black varsity athlete in the SEC was a Commodore?

Shan Foster is a star on and off the court and finds himself on his teammates' iPods, writes Ray Glier.  

Billy Donovan didn't have very nice things to say about his team, writes Mark Schlabach.

Ross Neltner will try to avoid being the Chris Webber who fatefully called a time-out when his team didn't have one, explains Jerry Tipton.   

Vanderbilt has  all the ingredients to make a run in the NCAA tournament, writes Jim Mashek.