The team competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference and finished with an overall record of 19–12 (SEC: 8–8).

They were led by Kevin Stallings, in his ninth year as head coach, and played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee.

It was their sixth straight winning season, although they failed to play in a post-season tournament for the first time in five years.

Entering the season, Vanderbilt was picked by the media attending the SEC's media days in October to finish 4th in the SEC East, behind Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky.

With no seniors and only two juniors (Beal and junior guard George Drake), the Commodores were one of the youngest team's in Division I. Ogilvy, the Commodores' leading rebounder (6.7 rpg) and second leading scorer (17.0 ppg) the previous season, was selected by the SEC media[1] and SEC coaches[2] to the pre-season all-SEC first team.