Vanderbilt point guard Tyler Tanner is a problem. Kentucky will be tasked with trying to solve him tonight (9:00 p.m. ET | ESPN) in Nashville.
Tanner has been among the most improved players in all of college basketball this season. A native of nearby Brentwood, TN, the 6-foot-flat floor general came off the bench last season as a freshman under new head coach Mark Byington. The lone remaining holdover from the Jerry Stackhouse era, Tanner averaged 5.7 points in 20.4 minutes per outing off the pine in 2024-25.
But he’s turned into a full-on superstar as a sophomore in 2025-26, one who is seeing his name pop up on NBA Draft boards more and more often despite being an undersized point guard.