Tennessee basketball and Vanderbilt play Saturday in Nashville for the first meeting since Mark Byington was hired as the Commodores coach.

Vanderbilt defeated Tennessee for just the second time in the two teams’ last 14 meetings. Moreover, they did so in front of the first sellout crowd at Memorial Gym since 2019. Naturally, with the game being an in-state rivalry,

Those in Nashville, and those who are fans of Vanderbilt basketball, know what this team has accomplished early in the season, but they were largely flying unde