This is unlikely to push Vanderbilt out of the NCAA Tournament completely. But the Commodores haven't looked in the last two games like a team that could put a scare into top seeds in March, and the problem becomes magnified if MJ Collins and Grant Huffman, who missed Saturday's game with injury, can't return soon.

Georgia entered Saturday's game with a No. 32 NCAA NET rating. It's possible the Bulldogs could have survived losses to Vanderbilt and in their SEC Tournament opening game against Oklahoma on Wednesday night in Nashville and still made the NCAA field.

The Vanderbilt Commodores basketball program is enjoying a resurgence under first year head coach Mark Byington. The 'Dores are in the middle of the SEC standings after being picked last in the preseason,