The shortest team in the SEC, Vanderbilt, faced one of its tallest tests yet in Alabama basketball. How does the rest of the league measure?

After moving on from Jerry Stackhouse after a 9-23 record last season, first-year Vanderbilt men's basketball head coach Mark Byington has imm

Following Vanderbilt's 103-87 loss to Alabama on Tuesday night, head coach Mark Byington spoke with the media about the challenges that his team faced against the tide.

Here are the biggest concerns from Vanderbilt basketball's loss to Alabama, including slow starts and a lack of bench depth.

Mark Byington pulled off the best win of his short career at Vanderbilt on Saturday, as his Commodores defeated No. 6 Tennessee. The Commodores nearly surrendered an eight point lead at the end, but held on to win 76-75 thanks to a missed free throw.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— The No. 4 Alabama basketball team made good on the first phase of freshman guard Labaron Philon’s word Tuesday night, protecting home court against a Vanderbilt squad with momentum from a weekend upset.

Vanderbilt comes to Tuscaloosa as the nation’s No. 37 scoring team at an average of 82.1 points per game, while also allowing 67.8 to opponents. Elsewhere, the Commodores most noteworthy stat is likely their average of 10.2 steals per game, which currently ranks No. 7 nationally.

Aden Holloway and Mouhamed Dioubate each scored 22 points to help No. 4 Alabama beat Vanderbilt 103-87 on Tuesday night.

Inspired by the football program's upset of Alabama, Vandy players took part in the court storm after defeating their in-state rival

As for Alabama, the Crimson Tide are also 15-3 overall up to this point in the season, as well as 4-1 in SEC play. The Crimson Tide, who have the nation’s No. 1 scoring team at 90.2 PPG, are also a top five team nationally, and come into Saturday off a significant win as well, which was a road victory over the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday.

Here's how Vanderbilt basketball was motivated by the football win over Alabama when it beat Tennessee on Saturday.

Two teams coming off wins over top-10 opponents meet in Tuscaloosa, Ala., when Vanderbilt travels to No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday evening. The Crimson Tide (15-3, 4-1 SEC) excelled with a 102-97 win at then-No.