NASHVILLE—-This time last week, Vanderbilt had just wrapped what Mark Byington called an “embarrassing” performance against Arkansas and was last in the SEC in defensive efficiency. What Byington ...

The modern NBA landscape rewards adaptability, seamless communication, and a ruthless commitment to defensive structural ...

Protecting a one-point lead in the final five seconds of a playoff game, do the coaches most trust a pesky on-the-ball guard, a versatile wing, or a shot-blocking big to get the clutch stop? There’s ...

Georgetown men’s basketball fell 93-89 to the Butler University Bulldogs in their third consecutive loss and fifth Big East loss by a margin of 5 points or fewer this season. (Haan Jun (Ryan) Lee) In ...

EFFINGHAM — Defense comes from the heart. Effingham assistant coach and “defensive guru” Aaron Witges couldn’t have said any truer words when discussing senior guard Averie Wolfe. Standing at 5-foot-2 ...

Iowa had a rough February on the defensive side of the floor, but the recent stretch, sans Wisconsin, shows promise that the Hawkeyes can take a step forward on defense to raise their ceiling come ...

Since the first week of the 2025-26 season, the UConn women’s basketball team has been building a case as the best defensive unit in the country. The Huskies rank in the upper echelon in nearly every ...

INDIANAPOLIS - It was clear on March 13 what needed to happen. Illinois basketball blew two separate 15-point leads to Wisconsin. Giving up over 90 points to the Badgers, 69 of which came from just ...

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference released its basketball All-RMAC teams on Thursday, with Fort Lewis College redshirt sophomore men’s basketball guard Stewart Erhart achieving something that the ...

Defense doesn’t always get its flowers in the fantasy basketball realm. But when a big flashes versatility and elite rim protection, it can turn in massive fantasy gains. There are the obvious two-way ...

SCRANTON — Ask members of the University of Scranton women’s basketball team for words to describe its defense and the same adjective keeps being mentioned. “Tenacious and together,” Meghan Lamanna ...

UNC basketball had its second-worst defensive performance since 1997 in a 97-83 loss to SMU. Coach Hubert Davis cited multiple defensive failures, including one-on-one breakdowns and slow rotations.