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

Rick Barnes coached at Texas for 17 seasons, winning more than 400 games before he was fired in 2015 and hired at Tennessee.

Tennessee basketball plays at Vanderbilt on Saturday in the first meeting with coach Mark Byington's Commodores.

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Vanderbilt (15-3, 3-2 SEC) defeated No. 6 Tennessee (16-2, 3-2 SEC), 76-75, on Saturday Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes discussed the Vols’ loss.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes gave leading scorer Chaz Lanier a quick hook just 11 seconds into the second half on Saturday at Texas, benching him for peeling off a screen and hurling an errant pass into the bench area.

“Too competitive,” Barnes said. “Thinking they’re going to block a shot or stop everybody. Thinking we’re literally going to keep people from getting a shot off, and you can’t. You absolutely can’t foul a 3-point shooter.”

Rick Barnes has already done this. The Tennessee basketball coach is returning to Texas again, going back to his home for 17 years and to the school he coached to more than 400 wins. There is one ...

Chaz Lanier had 2 free throws at the end of Tennessee basketball's game vs Vanderbilt, making one but missing the 2nd that would have tied the game.

Rick Barnes said he never considered putting Zakai Zeigler back in the game with two fouls in the first half Saturday afternoon, as Vanderbilt was extending its lead on No. 6 Tennessee before the break.

Zakai Zeigler sat for the final 7:10 of the first half between Tennessee basketball and Vanderbilt on Saturday. The Commodores outscored UT 20-9 then.