DANVILLE — Every coach wants his team to play great defense and offense. Right now, Danville Area Community College coach DaJuan Gouard would be happy with just average defense. For the second game in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Virginia is obviously starting to click on defense, in a way you wouldn’t have expected after watching the ‘Hoos earlier in the season. The D has been getting progressively better since, by and large, ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE ― In one blowout victory over Minnesota, Purdue basketball showed why it's a national championship caliber team. In the same 85-57 win over the Gophers at Mackey Arena on Wednesday, Dec ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.