The Official #6 Tennessee @ Vanderbilt Game Thread, 3:30 PM ET, SEC Network

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#6 Tennessee Volunteers: 16-1 (3-1 SEC)
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Vanderbilt Commodores: 14-3 (2-2 SEC)
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GAME 18 | TENNESSEE at VANDERBILT - Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 | 3:30 p.m. ET | Nashville, Tenn. | Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)


Line: UT -6.5
O/U: 141.5

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Vanderbilt Game Notes

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THE MATCHUP

• UT's 131 wins over Vanderbilt are its most versus any foe. Georgia (100) is the only other school it has defeated triple-digit times.
• The Volunteers are 13-1 in their last 14 contests against Vanderbilt, since 1/9/18. The lone defeat was a one-point road setback, 66-65, on a buzzer-beater on 2/8/23.
• This is the 13th time in the last 15 series meetings, also dating to 1/9/18, Tennessee is ranked and Vanderbilt is not. It is the eighth time in that stretch, including the fifth in a row, UT is in the top 10.
• Ranked UT teams are 23-8 all- time against unranked Vanderbilt squads, including 15-2—both losses are by one—since 2/3/01.
• Mark Byington is the fourth Vanderbilt coach Rick Barnes will face in his 10-year UT tenure. Barnes went 9-1 against Jerry Stackhouse (2019-24), 5-1 versus Bryce Drew (2016-19) and 1-2 against Kevin Stallings (2015-16).
• After going 9-23 (4-14) in 2023- 24, the Commodores were tabbed No. 16 in the SEC preseason poll.
• Junior guard Jason Edwards paces Vanderbilt with 17.0 ppg.
 
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NEWS & NOTES

• Tennessee is 34-6 (.850) against in-state teams under Rick Barnes, including 17-1 (.944) in its last 18 such games.
• Zakai Zeigler logged a career- high six steals in the 74-56 win over #23 Georgia (1/15/25), upping his career total to 215 and breaking the prior program record of 212 by Santiago Vescovi (2019-24). Zeigler also became the second player in the last 20 seasons (2005-25) with 1,000 points, 600 assists and 200 steals in the SEC, joining Texas A&M's Alex Caruso (2012-16). In addition, he now has 1,258 points, 12 shy of a top-30 spot all-time at UT.
• Jahmai Mashack shot 5-of-5 against Georgia, the fifth UT guard in the last 20 years with that line.
• Igor Miličić Jr., whose next start will be his 100th as a collegian, is one of 10 Power Five players averaging at least 10.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg and 2.0 apg. The others are Oumar Ballo, Brooks Barnhizer, Johni Broome, Hunter Dickinson, Collin Murray-Boyles, Great Osobor, Ian Schieffelin, Thomas Sorber and Danny Wolf.
• The Vols' Chaz Lanier, the third- leading scorer in the SEC (18.2), is a Nashville native. The only hometown school he has faced is Lipscomb, against which he went 3-3 while at North Florida, including 2-2 on the road. In his last two matchups with the Bisons, he averaged 19.0 ppg and 3.5 rpg, with a 6-of-11 3-point clip.
• Tennessee is looking to start at least 4-1 in SEC play for the fifth time in seven years, including the third in a row.
• UT's DI-best 24.9 3P% defense is 2.0 percent better than second- place Cincinnati (26.9). That is larger than the gap from No. 2 to No. 23 Nicholls State (28.7).
• Tennessee (16-1), Auburn (16-1) and Iowa State (15-1) are the only three DI teams without two losses. UT, Auburn and Utah State (16-2) are the lone three with 16 wins.
• The Volunteers' 187 victories over the last eight seasons (2017-25) rank seventh nationally. Only Gonzaga (227), Houston (221), Kansas (203), Duke (200), Purdue (196) and San Diego State (188) possess more.
 
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WINNING WAYS

• Over the last eight seasons (2017-25), Tennessee paces all SEC programs in total wins (187), plus is tied for first in postseason victories (18) and sits a close second in overall winning percentage (.736). In that span, UT has three SEC titles (2018 and 2024 regular seasons, 2022 tournament).
• In that same eight-year stretch, the Vols are one of only three SEC teams with an overall winning percentage above even .660, alongside Auburn (.738) and Kentucky (.706).
• In SEC play over the same eight-year period, Tennessee (89-40; .690) is second in the league, behind Kentucky (90-39; .698), in both victories and winning percentage. Only Auburn (85-45; .654) and Alabama (81-49; .623) are at even 75-plus wins.
• Over just the last four seasons (2021-25), the Volunteers own a 95-29 (.764) overall record. That is good for the most victories and the second-best winning percentage (just .0005 behind Auburn [92- 28]) in the SEC over that span.
• In that same four-year stretch, Tennessee (42-16; .724) is tied with both Auburn Kentucky for the best record in conference play among SEC teams.
 
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POLL VOLS

• Tennessee has been in every AP Poll since the 2021- 22 preseason rankings, 70 releases in a row, vastly surpassing the prior program record of 38 (March 1999 to Feb. 2001.) The Volunteers have been top-10 in 40 of those 70, including top-five 19 times.
• UT's 70-week streak is the third-longest in the country, behind only Houston (96) and Kansas (75). No other team is at even 55-plus, while the closest in the SEC, Kentucky (32), is 38 weeks behind.
• Dating to the 2020-21 preseason poll, UT has made 84 of 87 releases (not the final three of 2020-21), with 46 top-10 spots and still 19 in the top five.
• Since 11/28/22, Tennessee has earned an AP top-15 ranking in 44 of the 47 releases.
• UT reached No. 1 this season, fourth last year, second in 2022-23, fifth in 2021-22 and sixth in 2020-21.
• The Vols, who hit No. 1 in 2018-19, have been in the AP top six in six of the past seven years (2018-25). It hit that mark an equal six times in program history before Rick Barnes' tenure (2007-08, 2000-01, 1999-2000, 1969-70, 1967-68 and 1958-59).
• UT has been in the AP top five in five of the last seven seasons (2018-25). It achieved that feat an equal five times before Barnes' arrival (each of the above six seasons except for 1969-70).
• The 2024-25 campaign is the eighth in a row UT has earned an AP top-20 spot. The prior program record was seven straight years (1966-67 to 1972-73).
• UT's 15-week AP top-10 streak (12/18/23 to 4/9/24) to close 2023-24 was the second-longest in program history. Three of the Vols' five all-time double-digit streaks have come since 2018-19 under Rick Barnes.
• The Vols' six-week AP top-three streak this season (12/2/24 to 1/6/25) was its second-best such streak ever and tied its second-longest AP top-five streak.
 
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This one might be iffy. That arena is tough to play in. Lotta new faces on this roster who've never experienced it. Wonder how the guys will handle it? Will it suit Laniers shooting eye or deepen his funk? Upset alert on this one.
 
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CAVPUT said:
This one might be iffy. That arena is tough to play in. Lotta new faces on this roster who've never experienced it. Wonder how the guys will handle it? Will it suit Laniers shooting eye or deepen his funk? Upset alert on this one.
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I think most folks share the opinion this season that losing a road conference game isn’t an upset. Hopefully we will shoot well enough to steal a road win today.
 
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Give Vandy credit - they are scrappy and Byington is a good hire that looks like he’s building a competent system.

As long as we play our game, tighten on the guard (Edward’s?) and limit his looks, I think we’ve got this one around 10 points.
 
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Big game. I feel like this is the kind of win that will prove whether we are an SEC Contender or not. I know they are not one of the top 10 teams on our schedule but they are a tough road opponent in a critical part of our schedule. We need to swing these games in our favor
 
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Howdy Fellers and Gal! Hoping we can come out Churning on all cylinders and take care of Business. I'd like to see a few shots from Chaz to get an idea and Pound the Paint
 
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Well hell Bama just won at Rupp. That was an impressive win. We are going to have to shut down their 3's to win. They live or die on the 3 pt shot. Vols are not built to win a shootout
 
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