How Florida's Kasey Hill morphed from an offense-first guard into a shutdown defender

1:14 | College BasketballKasey Hill pulled the blue and orange jersey from his bag and peeled back each fold until the name on the back was revealed. It said STARKS. As Florida’s senior point guard rolled the Knicks throwback down his torso, he explained why he had to rock the jersey of John Starks, who checked Michael Jordan in the 1993 playoffs while Hill was in the womb. “Defensive game,” Hill said with a smile.

Hill had just finished smothering Virginia guard London Perrantes in the Gators’ 65–39 second-round win Saturday in Orlando. Perrantes, Virginia’s leading scorer, made two of 12 shots (none of his four three-point attempts) and left with a measly six points. His frustration had…