NCAABB

5:27 PM ET Duke freshman star Dariq Whitehead will dress and be available for Friday night’s men’s basketball game against Delaware, the school announced Friday. Whitehead hasn’t played yet this season after undergoing surgery on his right foot in late August. A versatile 6-foot-7 wing, Whitehead was the No. 2 recruit in the ESPN 100

8:15 AM ET When Kadar Waller walks around campus, he notices a different energy. When he’s going to class, the junior guard sees posters of the team’s players. And when he gets to the team’s gym, no matter the time of day, he sees teammates working out. Those might seem like small, relatively innocuous observations

12:04 AM ET Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany men’s basketball coach Dwayne Killings, athletic director Mark Benson and the university are being sued by a former walk-on regarding a pregame incident a year ago that involved physical contact and what happened in the aftermath. The lawsuit, first reported by The Daily Gazette of Schenectady,

4:08 PM ET The University of California regents will decide Dec. 14 whether UCLA can depart the Pac-12 for the Big Ten. The regents met Thursday in San Francisco and discussed whether to “affirm, overturn, or abstain” from action on UCLA’s decision to become a Big Ten member in 2024, scheduling a new meeting to

2:53 PM ET Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Guard Jose Perez has enrolled at West Virginia for the spring semester after leaving Manhattan following the firing of coach Steve Masiello. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins announced Perez’s enrollment Thursday, saying the player’s eligibility status for games and practices will be determined at a later date.

1:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Fordham will honor the memories of alumnus and longtime high school basketball scout Tom Konchalski and Hall of Fame Associated Press basketball writer Jim O’Connell with a tournament at the school’s Rose Hill Gym in the Bronx. The school announced this week that the games played Saturday

9:00 AM ET We’re about 10 days into the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season — so what better time for overreactions and sweeping assessments about teams? The first week featured a surprising number of upsets, while the last few days have offered a few more marquee matchups between potential March difference-makers. Sure, it’s still too

8:00 AM ET The Champions Classic serves as an annual introduction for fans and some NBA executives to the next line of elite prospects competing at college basketball’s most prestigious blue bloods. Few will forget Zion Williamson’s 28-point, seven-rebound performance in just 23 minutes in Duke’s 2018 blowout win over Kentucky or guard Grayson Allen

7:30 AM ET On Nov. 20, 2012, former Grinnell College star Jack Taylor put together a stat sheet that would make Steph Curry gasp. He shot 71 3-pointers and made 27 of them. He had 58 points. At halftime. In all, Taylor recorded 108 field goal attempts. (Wilt Chamberlain, when setting the NBA record with

6:00 PM ET A pair of veteran college basketball players plan to use Wednesday night’s game between Pittsburgh and No. 20 Michigan to start publicly campaigning for the NCAA and its schools to share revenue with athletes. Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson and Pitt’s Jamarius Burton are among a group of athletes who will be writing the

3:40 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State College basketball’s busier-than-expected early signing

12:09 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Isaiah Collier, the top-ranked uncommitted

11:00 AM ET The Champions Classic was the start of early-season tournament season in men’s college basketball, with powerhouses Michigan State beating Kentucky in double overtime, while reigning national champion Kansas took down Duke without head coach Bill Self. Seven more tournaments will follow this month and next, with a slate that highlights some of

10:23 AM ET Kyle SoppeESPN We have data about what preseason rankings mean and one of those notes is that the average preseason ranking of the eventual national champion is 5.9. So we know that, in the past, the team that wins the final game of the year has been one we knew was good

9:26 AM ET William E. Ricks The Bronny James recruitment tour could heat up in the coming months as the son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James begins his senior year of high school basketball. 1 Related The 18-year-old prospect, who attends Sierra Canyon High School in Chatsworth, California, will tip off the season

2:11 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — In the practices leading up to No. 6 Kansas‘ 69-64 win over No. 7 Duke at the Champions Classic on Tuesday, Bill Self told his team to play selfless basketball. “I think the biggest thing [he said] was to make sure we play as a team,” said Jalen Wilson, who

7:23 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe, the reigning Wooden Award winner, dominated his season debut despite an 86-77 double-overtime loss to Michigan State at the Champions Classic on Tuesday night. Tshiebwe, who could become the second player to win the Wooden Award twice since Ralph Sampson achieved the feat 40 years ago,

7:18 PM ET Five-star center Baye Fall announced his commitment to Arkansas on Tuesday, giving the Razorbacks their second top-25 prospect of the class and their fifth in the last two years. Fall chose Arkansas over Auburn, Rutgers and Seton Hall. He visited each of his finalists in the fall. “It was really tough,” Fall