Tennessee basketball used its elite defense to crush UCLA in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and advance to the Sweet 16 again.

Meet Purdue basketball's defensive coordinators, Paul Lusk and Terry Johnson. They have different styles but the same goals, tasked with a difficult job.

beat Avery County in girls basketball playoffs The defense was back in third quarter, giving up only four points to the Mavericks. By the time the fourth rolled around, McDowell was content ...

Eastland stepped up its own defense and never trailed on the way ... at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in the 1A state boys basketball semifinals at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

It controlled the pace in a way that only an elite defense does. Finally, it created opportunities — not through a high-flying offense, but through sheer grit in the moments that mattered.

Carr, a fifth-year senior forward, grabbed the ball and passed it up the floor for Kentucky basketball to begin its next possession. Carr’s block was emblematic of UK’s defensive effort ...