Tennessee trailed Vanderbilt 76-74 with 2.8 seconds left and Chaz Lanier at the free-throw line. Lanier sunk his first free throw, allowing Volunteers fans to take a breath. However, the Volunteers standout missed his second attempt and Tennessee ultimately lost 76-75.

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 had its worst offensive game in Rick Barnes' 10 seasons, but Barnes' main concern was elsewhere in the 30-point loss at Florida.

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

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It happened right in front of the Tennessee bench. The corner of the court directly in front of head coach Rick Barnes. Vanderbilt moved the ball for a corner 3-point attempt from Jason Edwards and Zakai Zeigler closed out hard on the play,

Rick Barnes didn’t mince words about No. 6 Tennessee‘s costly defensive lapses in Saturday’s 76-75 upset loss vs. unranked Vanderbilt inside Nashville’s Memorial Gymnasium. Especially when the culprits of those lapses are two of the Volunteers’ most veteran players.

Rick Barnes has dominated his in-state SEC rival as Tennessee's coach. He's now 0-1 against Mark Byington at Vanderbilt.

“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.”

Jason Edwards scored 18 points as Vanderbilt held off No. 6 Tennessee 76-75 for the Commodores’ second straight win