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Vanderbilt coach Shea Ralph spent 20 minutes Friday walking around historic Memorial Gym soaking in the atmosphere with March Madness and NCAA Tournament branding everywhere. This is what Ralph has spent five seasons building toward with the Commodores hosting for the first time since 2012 among the goals. Ralph says it's almost surreal knowing they've checked off the next box on their list of things in the push to win championships. The No. 2 seeded Commodores went undefeated at Memorial on the way to earning the program’s highest seed since 2007. Vanderbilt hosts No. 15 seed High Point in the first round of the Fort Worth Region 1 on Saturday night. Illinois and Colorado are the other game in Nashville.