UNC basketball is back home after a week-long break to play Wake Forest at the Smith Center. Ranked No. 17 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll and AP Top 25, the Tar Heels will aim for win No. 500 at ...

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue basketball, so accustomed to practicing contagious shooting, has learned turning defense into offense can be communicable as well. In one first-half crescendo from Monday's ...

The Duke basketball defense had been on the struggle bus since the holidays. Despite a suffocating second half against Louisville the Blue Devils have been unable to consistently stop its opposition ...

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.

The 15th-ranked Tar Heels lost 95-90 at Stanford in their second ACC road game, allowing 16 3-pointers in the worst defensive effort from the perimeter of the Hubert Davis era. Two of UNC's worst ...

Some games the culprit might be a tough opposing defense. Other times it’s as simple as shots just not falling. Only one thing matters to Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson at the end of ...

Purdue defeated Kent State 101-60, with a strong performance turning defense into offense. The Boilermakers have shown significant defensive improvement since a loss to Iowa State. Purdue forced ...