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 ...

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 ...

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 folks of Dallas-Fort Worth have heard for months that defense wins championships. While that phrase might fall on deaf ears for some, it certainly holds a kernel of truth as it pertains to TCU ...

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 ...

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 ...

WILKES-BARRE — McKenzie Chimock made it look easy, when in actuality, it wasn’t. Picking up the defense at half court, the Holy Redeemer senior stuck her hand in, and poked the ball away from a Holy ...

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 ...