Chaz Lanier started practicing his free-throw motion before he ever stepped to the line. Tennessee’s fifth-year senior guard had just been inexplicably fouled in the backcourt with 2.8 seconds left and Vanderbilt leading the Vols by two points.

Everything Rick Barnes said after No. 6 Tennessee’s 76-75 loss to Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium Saturday afternoon: What Vanderbilt did well against Tennessee offensively in the win “Well, they really play with four guards and we knew what they did,

Tennessee basketball and Vanderbilt play Saturday in Nashville for the first meeting since Mark Byington was hired as the Commodores coach.