Vanderbilt lands commitment from transfer forward out of TCU
The Vanderbilt Commodores are working on putting together their roster for the 2021-22 season.
On Monday, they landed a commitment from a talented power forward who played his freshman season at TCU this past year.
As you can see below, former 3-star recruit Terren Frank announced he was 100% committed to coach Jerry Stackhouse and the Commodores:
100% committed to @VandyMBB ⬇️⚓️ #AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/ZCfUiBicUc
— Terren Frank (@TerrenFrank) April 19, 2021
Frank appeared in 14 games in 2020-21, averaging 1.9 points in 8.6 minutes per contest. He scored 8 points against Iowa State on Feb. 9 and followed that up with 8 more points against Texas on Feb. 13.
Per the 247Sports composite rankings, Frank was the No. 40 power forward in the class of 2020 and the No. 17 overall recruit from the state of California.
Once again, the term “expansion franchise” best fits Vanderbilt basketball in the Stackhouse era. Vanderbilt loses Pippen, Brown, Evans, and others, and they bring in B-/C/C- talent to replace them. The overall talent level at best decreases a little and at worst decreases a lot. The end result is that Vanderbilt separates itself more and more from the other 13 teams, but unfortunately the wrong way.
To Vandy fans too ignorant to understand–Bryce Drew was 4-0 with a Quad 1 win before Darius Garland, the top QB in the league, was injured and gone. Talent wins games. Vandy’s had #14 talent since Stackhouse came and will likely stay in the #12-13-14 talent range for his duration.
Drew had the nation’s number one recruiter on staff. Roger Powell had top 5 classes lined up for the last two years had he remained, including Jalen Suggs. In addition, Chet Holmgren was likely coming to Vanderbilt as well. Hey, but the retreads you picked up that weren’t in line to play for Gonzaga or Illinois will look really good against all those #300-350 rated low majors. Meanwhile, Holmgren is leaning toward Powell’s new team.