Live Updates: No. 5 Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt

Tennessee basketball is back home to host Vanderbilt in a late game Tuesday, with tipoff set for 9 p.m. Eastern Time at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will be broadcast by SEC Network.

Follow along here for live in-game updates on The General’s Quarters.

The Vols (13-2, 3-0 SEC) host the Commodores (8-7, 1-1) after winning a pair of SEC games by a combined 77 points last week, beating Mississippi State 87-53 at home on Tuesday then winning 85-42 at South Carolina on Saturday.

The 43-point win at Colonial Life Arena was Tennessee’s third-largest margin of victory on the road and biggest since 1965. It was South Carolina’s most lopsided loss in SEC play and the biggest loss in the 20-year history of Colonial Life Arena.

Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt: How to watch, stream, listen

Tipoff Time: 9 p.m. ET, Tuesday

Location: Thompson-Boling Arena

TV: SEC Network

Streaming: ESPN App or WatchESPN.com

Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast (Bob Kesling – play-by-play – Bert Bertelkamp, analyst) can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.

A closer look at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt nearly knocked off Missouri on the road on Saturday, falling 85-82 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. The ‘Dores are ranked No. 98 overall in the KenPom.com ratings. They’re No. 94 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 119 in defensive efficiency. 

Vanderbilt started the season 0-2, losing a pair of home games to Memphis and Southern Miss, and later dropped games against Saint Mary’s, VCU, Grambling State and North Carolina State, before the loss at Missouri. The eight wins so far have come against Tempe, Morehead State, Fresno State, Wofford, Pitt, Alabama A&M, Southeastern Louisiana and South Carolina.

Senior 7-foot center Liam Robbins leads Vanderbilt in both points per game (12.9) and rebounds (6.0). Junior forward Myles Stute averages 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Senior Jordan Wright is the team’s lead guard, averaging 10.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.

“They lost Scotty Pippen (Jr.),” Tennessee assistant coach Rod Clark said on Monday, “and I told Coach (Rick Barnes) that I felt like if Scotty came back, I felt like they were going to be one of the best teams in the league because last year they were playing their best basketball at the end. We watched them when they really challenged Kentucky at the SEC Tournament and played at a high level.

“This year, they still play at a super high level. Guys ask me before the season started who I felt like was the most underrated coach in the league and I said Jerry Stackhouse. I think he’s an unbelievable coach. They run good stuff. His teams are tough, they’re competitive, they make shots and since I’ve been here at least, the team that puts us in the biggest trick bag defensively is Vanderbilt.

“Every year. They get the most wide open shots against us than anybody in the league and it’s partly because of how good of a coach he is.”