Mississippi State meets Vanderbilt in game with huge bubble stakes

Mississippi State and Vanderbilt have spent the past four-plus weeks racking up victories and bolstering their NCAA Tournament resumes.

But the Commodores will have to overcome a major blow when they host the Bulldogs in Saturday's Southeastern Conference regular-season finale in Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt lost standout center Liam Robbins for the rest of the season with a broken right leg.

Robbins sustained the injury