Vanderbilt basketball believes it knows the reason for its late-season swoon that included losses to Georgia and Arkansas: the Commodores believe they got too comfortable. Playing two opponents who were on the NCAA tournament bubble and needing wins,

Here's what's at stake for Vanderbilt basketball in the SEC tournament, including impacts on the March Madness bracket.

Vanderbilt basketball will be the No. 12 seed in the SEC tournament and will face No. 13 seed Texas in the opening game Wednesday, a Commodores spokesperson confirmed. The Commodores (20-11, 8-10 SEC) finished tied for ninth in the league with Mississippi State,

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.