Vanderbilt basketball came to Knoxville and pushed top-five Tennessee to a point where the Vols had to learn something about ...

“Rick Barnes teams play the right way,” Pearl ... Former James Madison coach Mark Byington relayed that when he was hired by Vanderbilt, one of the first calls he received was from Barnes.

The Commodores nearly knocked off the Volunteers for the second time this season but came up short in Knoxville.

Meanwhile, Kentucky’s defensive efficiency ranking dropped into the triple digits after a 98-84 loss at Ole Miss on Feb. 4.

When he was hired by Vanderbilt to rebuild the men’s basketball program after years of mediocrity, Mark Byington envisioned ... stretch at some point, and Rick Barnes and the Vols are going ...