{"id":177700,"date":"2025-08-26T18:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177700\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:30:11","slug":"vanderbilt-basketball-schedule-2025-26-non-conference-games-announced-including-lipscomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177700\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt basketball schedule 2025-26: Non-conference games announced, including Lipscomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/sports\/columnists\/gentry-estes\/2025\/07\/29\/mark-byington-vanderbilt-basketball-2025-coaching-carousel\/85270977007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vanderbilt men&#039;s basketball;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vanderbilt men&#8217;s basketball<\/a> has announced its non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>In coach Mark Byington&#8217;s second season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/sports\/vanderbilt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vanderbilt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vanderbilt<\/a>, the Commodores will host seven non-conference opponents at Memorial Gym and play four non-conference opponents on the road. They will also participate in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament (Nov. 26-28) in the Bahamas along with seven other teams, including Saint Mary&#8217;s, Virginia Commonwealth and Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After exhibition games against Virginia (Oct. 16) and Alabama-Birmingham (Oct. 23), Vanderbilt&#8217;s non-conference schedule begins with a home game against Lipscomb on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Vandebilt&#8217;s SEC schedule has already been announced and begins at South Carolina Jan. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The Commodores will look to build off last year&#8217;s success (20-13), which included a return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight years. Returning players include forward Devin McGlockton, forward Tyler Nickel and guard Tyler Tanner.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderbilt basketball schedule 2025-26 for non-conference games<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full non-conference schedule for Vanderbilt in 2025-26:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Virginia (Oct. 16) exhibition<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">at UAB (Oct. 23) exhibition<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">at Central Florida (Nov. 8)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 12)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 15)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament (Nov. 26-28) in the Bahamas<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Southern Methodist (Dec. 3)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Central Arkansas (Dec. 13)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>TRANSFER PORTAL: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/newcomers-improve-vanderbilt-mens-basketball-100247553.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:How newcomers can improve Vanderbilt men&#039;s basketball, Mark Byington;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How newcomers can improve Vanderbilt men&#8217;s basketball, Mark Byington<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex Daugherty is the Predators beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Alex at <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/mailto:jdaugherty@gannett.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:jdaugherty@gannett.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jdaugherty@gannett.com<\/a>. Follow Alex on X, the platform formerly called Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexDaugherty1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@alexdaugherty1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@alexdaugherty1<\/a>.\u00a0Also check out our Predators exclusive Instagram page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tennessean_preds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@tennessean_preds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@tennessean_preds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/sports\/college\/vanderbilt\/2025\/08\/26\/vanderbilt-basketball-schedule-2025-26-non-conference-games\/85574112007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vanderbilt basketball 2025-26 schedule: Non-conference games announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vanderbilt basketball 2025-26 schedule: Non-conference games announced<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt men&#8217;s basketball has announced its non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 season. 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