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Thirteen SEC schools will play an exhibition game. Vanderbilt won’t.

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There was a basketball game played at Memorial Gym on Sunday.

You mean you didn’t know? That’s because it was a so-called secret scrimmage.

It’s a rather arcane NCAA rule (but then, calling a NCAA rule “arcane” is redundant.) Under NCAA rules, Division I schools can play a maximum of two preseason games; but only games against lower-division schools are allowed to be open to the public. (Or, for that matter, announced in advance, televised, or even have stats kept.) Here’s an article from ESPN explaining this a bit more, but since it’s ESPN, don’t expect any critical thinking.