Things haven't gone as planned for every team that came into the 2011-12 season with big expectations. Here's a look at four of the teams, some of which have better chances of turning things around than others:
Vanderbilt Commodores
Preseason expectations: The Commodores were considered a top-10 team that several SEC coaches believed would win the conference.
Nonconference issues: The team suffered home losses to Cleveland State and Xavier, plus, an injury and suspension kept starting center Festus Ezeli out all of November.
To read more from Doug on Vanderbilt and three other slow starting teams -- including UCLA and Butler -- become an ESPN Insider.
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Fran Fraschilla is an analyst for ESPN and was previously the head coach at New Mexico, St. John's and Manhattan.
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