Despite the overall success on defense — KU has held nine teams to 61 points or fewer — the Jayhawks are last in the league ...

The Toronto Raptors have been shocking many people around the NBA for their stellar play, winning 15 of their first 22 games to control second place in the Eastern Conference. After consecutive losing ...

Michigan has strong individual defenders across the lineup. The 7-foot-3 Aday Mara and the 6-foot-9 Morez Johnson Jr. are ...

3. Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee: Gillespie is carrying a heavy load for Tennessee as the primary creator who simultaneously doubles as the best off-movement shooter on the roster. He toggles between ...

Oklahoma City is off to its best start in franchise history, leading the NBA with a 15-1 overall record. After last season’s NBA title run, it’s clear that there’s no championship hangover with this ...

It’s no secret that the strength of this Kansas men’s basketball team is defense. Just ask KU guard Melvin Council Jr. “(Coach Bill Self) was preaching it in the summertime of how his best teams were ...

Toronto's Scottie Barnes battles for the ball against Houston's Kevin Durant. Kevin Sousa / Getty Images TORONTO — Don’t tell Scottie Barnes what he’s been doing. Don’t tell him that he’s been hanging ...

LEXINGTON — Virtually any time Mark Pope stepped near a mic after Kentucky basketball's 2025-26 roster came together, he pledged the team's defense — a sieve at times last season — would showcase ...