Jared Sullinger

Anthony Davis, whose defense has been compared to Bill Russell's, entered last Thursday's draft as the Franchise Player, a title that was reaffirmed when the Hornets chose the willowy 6'10" forward from Kentucky with...

WHO WILL WIN THE BATTLES IN THE BIG EASY

DON'T FEAR THE MADNESS! BRUSH UP ON THE BEST PLAYERS, DEFENDERS, CLUTCH GUYS—AND THE GUYS WHO ARE ANYTHING BUT

Teamwork, toughness and tumultuous crowds have combined to make the Big Ten the nation's best conference and primed its top two teams—Michigan State and Ohio State—for tournament time

For a sport awash in stats, accurate measurements of defensive prowess are hard to come by. So SI did its own possession-by-possession study of five title contenders, graded every player and every play—and came to...