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,

Here's what Mark Byington said about Vols coach Rick Barnes and the rivalry before the Vanderbilt basketball game vs Tennessee on Saturday