The SEC announced that it had inflicted a fine of Vanderbilt University $ 500,000 after the fans stormed the court After his 74-69 victory over Kentucky n ° 9 Saturdayviolating the league access to the competition zone. The incident qualifies as a third offense for the school in the context of revised league policies after a field incident in October after the football team defeated Alabama, and an incident on the court last weekend when he defeated no. 6 Tennessee.
The first offense brought a fine of $ 100,000 and the second offense was $ 250,000. The third (and all subsequent incidents) have a maximum fine of $ 500,000. Because it is a conference game, Vanderbilt will pay money directly to the University of Kentucky, by dry policy.
Vanderbilt’s sports director Candice Lee was seen on the field on Saturday while the commodores closed the big victory over Kentucky and would have pleaded for students not to precipitate the ground so that they can “use the money to Nile “next year. Fans have not taken into account, so Vandy will start more than $ 500,000 – to which the entire product will go to the richest dry program.
Vanderbilt (16-4, 4-3 sec) was one of the major surprises in university basketball during the first year under coach Mark Byington with two victories against the first 10 opponents in the past two weeks . The program has not been to the NCAA tournament since 2017, but makes it this season after hot start, Jerry Palm projecting the commodores as 9 seeded in its latest support.
