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 ...

One of the leaders for arguably the top defense in the area this past season on the hardwood was Teutopolis senior Gavin Addis. Addis, one of two Boys’ Basketball Defensive Players of the Year, ...

Luke Wilson, a four-star transfer center and an excellent defensive player, is on a visit to Syracuse basketball, or at least he was on Monday, according to an Instagram story post. The transfer ...

The 22-year-old center received every first-place vote, becoming the youngest player ever to win the award. He also joins David Robinson and Michael Jordan as the only players to win both Rookie of ...

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 ...

Victor Wembanyama won his first Defensive Player of the Year Award on Monday. It won't be his last. Petre Thomas / Imagn Images The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter.

There were a few traits Larry Bird and Charles Barkley shared as players: nobody could stop them, nobody could best them in trash talk, and nobody could keep them from winning when everything was on ...

Former Purdue player Kenneth Lowe has been hired as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team. Lowe, a two-time Big Ten defensive player of the year, is expected to help improve the team's ...