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Ogilvy Watch: 2008/09 Season

AJ's chances of an outside shot at the NCAA Tourney are over following a disappointing 75-82 loss to Alabama in the first round of the SEC Tourney today.

I'm not sure what actually happened, but AJ had just the 8 points on 2/7 shooting (4/7 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, an impressive 6 asssists and 2 blocked shots in 31 minutes of action.

No recap is yet available.

Ogilvy has been named to the 2nd All-SEC Team this year...not bad considering he was playing injured for most of it!

Link: http://linky.com.au/p9951

AJ and his Commodore's get a good mention via Andy Katz on ESPN today as a sleeper for the SEC Tourney and thus an outside chance at an NCAA Tourney berth if they can win it all:

"This year's Georgia -- a surprise team that shockingly wins the SEC tournament -- could end up being Vanderbilt. The Commodores, who drew the SEC East No. 5 seed, play Alabama in the first round, then would face Tennessee in the second round. Vandy has won three straight games, including a 13-point win over South and a victory at LSU. Australian big man A.J. Ogilvy is scoring of late and had a 33-point outing in the win over LSU. The Dores could be dangerous."

Link: http://linky.com.au/2uwok

Vandy won today over Arkansas behind a double-double from AJ Ogilvy in just 23 minutes on court.

Ogilvy had 12 points (5/12 shooting) to go with 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot in the 75-58 win. The Commodores finish with a 7-8 SEC record and 18-11 overall.

They will have to win the SEC Tourney to secure a berth at the NCAA Tourney.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/ifzdy

More on AJ's big game today: http://linky.com.au/erzvn

The Commodores rode a career-high game from Aussie AJ Ogilvy to record a huge upset win over the #11 ranked LSU today, 75-67.

Ogilvy scored a game and career-high 33 points on 12/17 shooting (9/14 FT) to go with 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocked shots in 33 minutes of game time. It was his 4th double-double of the season, and the first time he had scored 30 pioints in a game in college basketball. What a time to do it against the #1 SEC team and #11 team in the nation!


It was AJ's 2nd straight 20 point plus game and the second straight game for which he has recorded a career-high in points. Ogilvy has now scored double figure in points for 24 of the 27 games he has played this season, one in whcih he has been plagued by injury. It looks like he is returning to form following a battle against a nagging foot injury (plantar fasciitis).

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/031qe

AJ and his Vanderbilt Commodores are currently battling the #11 ranked LSU right now.

Ogilvy is playing a blinder, and is on track to break his career-high in scoring as his team lead by 4 late in the 2nd half. He is currently on 27 points (12/16 FG) - his third straight 20 point + performance.

ESPN Gamecast Live: http://linky.com.au/0hkzk

Vandy beat South Carolina in a huge upset today 96-83 and Australia's AJ Ogilvy hit a timely game and career-high 28 points!

He did so on an amazing 12/15 shooting, including 1/2 from long range and just 3/7 from the line. He also had 5 rebounds and 4 blocked shots in just 30min of game time!

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/cddjq

Vandy lost to Georgia today 57-61.

AJ top scored for VU with 12 points on 3/7 shootin (5/9 FT to go with 8 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals and 3 blocks in 33 min.

The Commodores now have a 16-11 overall record, and are 5-7 in conference play.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/jrtmj

Vandy lost to Florida today, 68-82 despite the best efforts of AJ Ogilvy.

Ogilvy hit 9/13 shots on his way to a game high 18 points. He also had 6 rebounds and 1 blocked shot.

Vanderbilt recorded a big win today against SEC rivals Kentucky who boast the red-hot Jodie Meeks, 77-64.

AJ played another leading role, scoring 15 points on 4/6 shooting (7/9 FT) and pulled down 8 rebounds, had 1 assist, 2 steals and 3 blocked shots.

Vanderbilt now improve their conference record to 5-6 (16-9 overall) whilst Kentucky are 7-4 (18-8 overall).

Vanderbilt lost to Tennessee today, 50-69. The Commodores ar enow 4-6 in conference play.

AJ played a solid game, scoring 11 points on 3/7 shooting (5/6 FT). He also had 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 1 steal in 27 minutes.

Still looked like he was being hampered by his foot.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/ytro6

Vandy continued their mini-revival with Ogilvy once again leading the way in a 71-61 win over Mississippi.

AJ led his team with 17 points (7/12 shooting), 9 rebounds and 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/x1gj0

I saw he had been taken off that Mock too. Only time will tell however AJ has always said his study came first so maybe he will stick around for another season?

AJ's performances appear to be on the rise following Vanderbilt's good win against Alabama today, 79-74.

Ogilvy recorded a double-double, made up of an equal game-high 20 points on 7/14 shooting, including 2/2 from downtown (4/10 FT) and 12 rebounds. He also notched up 1 assist, 1 steal and 4 blocked shots in a noteworthy all-around performance.

Vandy beat Auburn on the weekend 82-75 to break a 4-game losing streak.

AJ saw some increased minutes (29min) in the good win as he battles to overcome his foot injury. He scored 14 points on 5/9 shooting (4/5 free throws) to go with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/1shyw

Ogilvy battled through his foot injury to rack up 21 minutes of game time before fouling out in Vanderbilt's 76-86 loss to USC today.

AJ was 0/3 from the field, and hit all 3 of his points from the free throw line. He did manage to pull down 11 rebounds.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/2muf4

AJ continued to battle plantar fasciitis in his foot as he scored just 4 points in limited minutes in a loss to Florida today.

It's not looking good for Vanderbilt, losing it's 3rd straight game and 4th in 5.

Sorry for the late post, but Ogilvy's Commodore's went down to Tennessee on Wednesday, 63-76.

In a poor shooting performance by Vanderbilt, AJ scored a season-low 7 points on 1/6 shooting (5/7 FT), with 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in 29 minutes of action.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/f2u89

Vanderbilt went down to Mississippi State today, 66-73. Ogilvy played 26 minutes and scored 14 points on 6/9 shooting, had 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks in the loss.

The Commodores now have a 12-5 overall record and 1-2 line in conference play.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/u316r

Vanderbilt next plays Tennessee.

Ogilvy sat our Vanderbilt's 10-point loss to Kentucky on Sunday with a heel injury.

ESPN Recap: http://linky.com.au/y10fk

Since my last post, Ogilvy has played 2 games against St Francis (NY) and Massachusetts.

The Commodores easily beat St Fracis 84-55 with AJ sitting on the sidelines with a foot injury.
Recap: http://linky.com.au/tv9mw

AJ was back in action against UMass and led all scorers with 14 points on 5/12 shooting, along with 8 rebounds and 1 assist in just 22 minutes on court.

Recap: http://linky.com.au/cyoav

A glowing report for AJ in the ESPN recap: http://linky.com.au/g43gl

3 straight 20+ point games in a row for AJ.

Vanderbilt defeated Furman 68-49 today, with Ogilvy leading all scorers in another great showing.

AJ scored 22 points on 6/8 shooting (11/13 FT), and pulled down 8 rebounds to go with 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal in 28 minutes of action.

Furman also boasted an Aussie in Forward Alex Opacic. He came off the bench to score 4 points along with 2 rebounds and 1 block in 19 minutes of game time.

The Commodores now improve to a 9-3 record on the season so far.

AJ has recorded another very good performance against Tennessee Tech today, with the Commodores winning 83-63, and improving to 8-3 on the season.

Ogilvy was the game's leading scorer with 20 points on 6/10 shooting, hitting all 8 of his free throws. He also notched up 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

AJ stepped it up today in a 19 point win over South Florida.

He scored 18 points on 5/7 shooting (8/13 FT), pulled down 14 rebounds and recorded 1 assist.

He is now averaging 15.3ppg, 6.6rpg and 2bpg on the season so far.

Yep - and he had a block. The Commodores also halted a 2-game losing streak.

Recap: http://linky.com.au/ca0oi

Vanderbilt lost to Georgia Tech this morning, 51-63.

AJ top-scored for the Commodores with 15 points on 5/11 shooting (5/8 FT). Hed also had 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks.

On nother note, Davidson's Curry hit 44 points in their win over North Carolina State.

Here some facts and figures for AJ so far for this season:

- 12th in the SEC for scoring this season so far (15.3ppg)

- 15th in rebounding in the SEC (6.3rpg)

- 5th in FG % in the SEC (54.2%)

- 12th in FT % in the SEC (78.8%)

- 8th in blocked shots in the SEC (1.67bpg)

- AJ has scored in double digits in 39 out of his overall total of 41 collegiate games!

Ogily's team went down to Illinois-Chicago today. AJ had 14 points on 5/13 shooting (1/2 3PT), along with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 4 blocks.

Disappointing results for Vanderbilt. Interestingly Illinois-Chicago's Josh Mayo hit 8/10 three's on his way to 30 points and his team hit 12/19 from downtown.

AJ had his best stats line of the season in the Commodores solid win over Virginia Commonwealth 71-66.

Ogilvy hit 11/16 from the field (2/2 3PT) on his way to a team leading 24 points to go with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in 30min of action.

Recap: http://linky.com.au/bdbhs

The Commodores beat Drake today 72-57. They hit 10/22 from downtown for the game.

AJ had 13 points on 5/8 shooting with 3 rebounds and 1 block in 18 minutes of action. It looks like his time was limited due to foul trouble.

HOT on the heels of Andrew Bogut's declaration yesterday he will enter the National Basketball Association draft comes news SA's own Luke Schenscher will follow suit.

Schenscher, 23 and 216cm from Hope Forest and a Noarlunga Tigers junior, has been a starter at Georgia Tech for the past two seasons.

He also will nominate for the NBA draft in June 29 and as a good passer and rebounder, easily could emulate Luc Longley's stellar career.

First Bogut - now Schenscher throws his hat into the NBA ring

Best of luck Luke!