Vanderbilt hired Byington away from James Madison after he put together a historic season for the Dukes, and even though he was generating plenty of excitement in Nashville based on how the team ...

The Commodores, 15-3 overall and 3-2 in the SEC, are looking to make the NCAA Tournament in Mark Byington's first season. Byington has found success at other stops, but none will be as challenging ...

Mark Byington feels like he's supposed to hate Rick Barnes. After all, Byington coaches Vanderbilt basketball and Barnes coaches Tennessee. The two teams are hated rivals. But when Byington first ...

Barnes adopted that practice, which led him to call Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington after he was hired in March. "That always meant something to me so when new guys come into the league ...

Nashville–Mark Byington–in his easygoing, but stern way– was almost appalled at the thought that he would have any idea what the AP Poll had to say about his team. Byington's team is 12-1 ...

Mark Byington did it in his first try. And while Lawrence’s shot was the high-water mark of the Stackhouse era, Saturday’s 76-75 upset of sixth-ranked Tennessee was a harbinger. It was noisy ...

Then the Commodores upset the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers, engineering a tight 76-75 win. A raucous home crowd at Memorial Gym came to life, helping first-year coach Mark Byington start to realize his ...