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2:49 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana Hoosiers should be at full strength when they visit No. 17 Michigan State on Saturday. Coach Mike Woodson announced Thursday that the five players who were suspended for Tuesday night’s loss at Northwestern will be reinstated this weekend. Starting guards Xavier Johnson and Parker Stewart

7:30 AM ET Kevin ConnorsESPN Close ESPN studio anchor Writer, ESPN mid-major college basketball top 10 4-year member of the Ithaca men’s basketball team There’s no masking the disappointment. On the biggest night of Mike Davis Sr.’s professional life it’s there, etched across his face, his expression an explanation. Moments earlier, the 41-year-old had taken

6:34 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Big 12 on Wednesday fined Texas $25,000 and issued a public reprimand as penalty for fans storming the court after the No. 20 Longhorns beat No. 8 Kansas in men’s basketball. Hundreds of fans rushed onto the court after Texas won 79-76 on Monday night. Host

7:00 AM ET The buzz about the Wooden Award candidates for the 2021-22 men’s college basketball season continues to grow. But just as winning the national award for Player of the Year is worthy of bragging rights, so too is winning a conference’s Player of the Year award. This season, the competition to be the

10:04 PM ET College basketball will likely have a new No. 1 team next week. In front of a record crowd at Bud Walton Arena on Tuesday, Arkansas beat No. 1 Auburn 80-76 in overtime, snapping the Tigers’ 19-game winning streak. It was top-ranked Auburn’s first loss since a double-overtime defeat to UConn on Nov.

4:30 PM ET A college athletes advocacy group filed a labor complaint Tuesday afternoon asserting that the federal government should view all FBS-level football players and Division I men’s and women’s basketball players as employees of their schools. The National College Players Association submitted its claims to the Los Angeles-based regional office of the National

2:45 PM ET Associated Press MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Robert E. Mulcahy, a longtime New Jersey official who served as athletics director for the state’s flagship university and held many high-ranking government posts during his decades of service, has died. Mulcahy’s family announced his death Tuesday, saying he had passed away Monday after a long illness.

2:26 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn will rename its basketball arena in honor of a couple who made the largest single gift to the athletics program. Auburn Arena will become Neville Arena at the end of the regular season for the top-ranked Tigers men’s basketball team during a dedication ceremony on March

7:30 AM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal Welcome to Bubble Watch 2022. For the next 33 days right up to Selection Sunday, you’ll be asking where the boundary is between “in” and “out”

7:30 AM ET North Carolina basketball must be in real trouble. Spend enough time on social media and you’d think the Tar Heels were dropping the sport. Heck, one website has the Tar Heels as a No. 1 seed … in the NIT. I’m not buying it. North Carolina is in trouble — bubble trouble

11:10 PM ET Duke was still thinking about Saturday’s win over North Carolina on Monday night. Virginia was thinking about March. The Cavaliers dominated the first half against a sluggish Blue Devils team, fresh off an emotional win against rival North Carolina, then delivered the final dagger on a 3 from Reece Beekman with 1.1

5:21 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee starting forward Olivier Nkamhoua will have surgery on his left ankle that is expected to sideline him for the remainder of the season. “It’s sad for all of us,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said of losing Nkamhoua. “He’s become such a huge part of our program

5:12 PM ET ESPN News Services LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville leading scorer and rebounder Malik Williams will return to the team this week from suspension for not upholding program standards, interim coach Mike Pegues announced Monday. The fifth-year senior forward did not play against Syracuse or North Carolina following last week’s suspension that Pegues announced

4:40 PM ET The University of Southern Indiana voted unanimously on Monday to formally apply to the NCAA for a move to Division I for the Screaming Eagles, the school announced. Last fall, the school said it was beginning the exploratory process of a possible reclassification. The school surveyed more than 2,200 people from the

12:42 PM ET Star freshman and potential top-10 pick Shaedon Sharpe won’t play for Kentucky this season, John Calipari announced Monday. Sharpe graduated from Dream City Christian (Arizona) early and enrolled for the spring semester at Kentucky – with the expectation he would only practice with the team and then play in games next season.

12:30 PM ET Associated Press Auburn remained No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week, while Texas Tech cracked the top 10 and Murray State joined the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years. Bruce Pearl’s Tigers earned 48 of 61 first-place votes to stay ahead

11:03 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The inaugural NBA HBCU Classic between Howard and Morgan State will be televised nationally as part of All-Star weekend festivities as the league expands support of historically Black colleges and universities. The Feb. 19 game will be broadcast on TNT and ESPN2 from Wolstein Center, Cleveland State’s home

8:24 AM ET Talmage Gunther wasn’t expecting an ordinary Thursday in August, amid the often painful monotony of preseason camp, to become the most emotional day of his college football career. The BYU walk-on wide receiver knew something strange was afoot when he walked into the Cougars’ team facility after practice to find boxes of