Vanderbilt basketball vs Stanford in Hawaii canceled because of COVID-19 protocols
Vanderbilt basketball's game Saturday against Stanford in the championship of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic was canceled an hour before tipoff because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Stanford program.
The game in Honolulu was declared a no contest.
Stanford announced that "team-related activities have been paused, and the status of future games is to be determined."
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Vanderbilt (8-4) was 2-0 in the tournament with a 68-54 win over Hawaii in the opener on Wednesday and a 69-67 victory against BYU on Thursday.
The Commodores start SEC play on Jan. 4 (7:30 p.m. CT, SEC Network) at Arkansas.
Drew Weikert goes on scholarship
During the team dinner on Friday night, coach Jerry Stackhouse announced walk-on senior guard Drew Weikert would be put on scholarship.
"A guy that I feel like really represents who we are and what we do."
⚓️ At our team dinner last night, @jerrystackhouse announced that @drewweikert10 is our newest scholarship student-athlete.
Congrats, Drew‼️#AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/1hsAEPlPkF— Vanderbilt Men's Basketball (@VandyMBB) December 25, 2021
Weikert, a graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy, has played in four games this season. In 21 minutes he scored eight points. He played in two games as junior and four as a freshman.
His father, Doug, played basketball at Vanderbilt from 1979-83.
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