Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington and Kentucky coach Mark Pope, who will meet up on Saturday, have defied the perceived challenges of inheriting a college basketball program in year one. Pope's ...

Vanderbilt is off to its best start in a decade and a half, sitting at 15-4 on the year with a statement win over No. 6 Tennessee this past weekend in Mark Byington‘s first season in Nashville. That ...

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

Though Byington, 48, was an under-the-radar hire compared to high-profile moves elsewhere in the SEC, in particular John Calipari moving to Arkansas and being replaced by Mark Pope at Kentucky ...

On a two-game losing streak, Kentucky faces a road trip to Tennessee and then John Calipari’s return to Rupp Arena.

Despite the Wildcats' showing some heart in the second half against the Rebels, Mark Pope is right. This is Kentucky. There ...

Pope said Butler is "giving us everything ... The Commodores, helmed by first-year coach Mark Byington, have defeated two top-10 teams in a season for the first time since 2006-07 after also ...

Byington's jump from James Madison to Vanderbilt ... including Kentucky's Mark Pope, Mississippi State's Chris Jans, Ole Miss' Chris Beard and Missouri's Dennis Gates. CHAZ:Why Rick Barnes isn ...