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 ...

Cumberland senior guards Riggs Abner and Ty Buckley were named the Mid-South Conference Basketball Defensive Players of the Week on Monday by the league office. Abner was a force on the glass in the ...

Jon Scheyer didn't shy away from how he felt after Duke basketball's first meeting of the year with UNC on Feb. 7 at the Smith Center. "I was really disappointed with how I had our guys prepared ...

There are no outliers this year. No Virginia-style team dragging opponents into the mud with elite defense but limited offense. Instead, the top of college basketball is dominated by complete teams.

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 ...

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 ...

Before a full minute of game time elapsed in the UConn women’s basketball team’s matchup against Marquette on Wednesday, the Huskies already had forced three turnovers against the Golden Eagles. The ...

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 ...

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.

Jon Scheyer rolled with a different starting five ahead of Duke basketball's ACC contest against SMU with a clear goal in mind: defense. The No. 6 Blue Devils (15-1, 4-0 ACC) saw Maliq Brown make his ...

CHAPEL HILL — Brendan Malone was a basketball coach for 50 years, getting his start at Power Memorial Academy in New York City. Malone, who went on to spend a decade in the college game and 30 years ...

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 ...