1.   But he could not get a sniff of the ball in the first half, as Tulsa collapsed its defense on him and denied him the ball.

2.   Forget that Kent State tried to collapse its defense and prevent the much bigger Hoosiers from dominating in the middle with layups.

3.   Teams are consistently able to drive the lane, collapse the defense and get easy layups or kick to the open man.

4.   Those factors helped the Lakers draw within five points, but then, with nobody to stop Miller, the defense collapsed.