5:14 PM ET Associated Press Oregon’s men’s basketball game against UCLA scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed because of COVID-19 testing protocols for game officials. The Pac-12 initially announced that the start of the game set for noon Pacific time between the No. 25 Ducks and the Bruins was being delayed while the conference was
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4:15 PM ET Chicago State is suspending its men’s basketball program for the remainder of the 2020-21 season “to focus on the health, safety, and academic pursuits of the Men’s Basketball student-athletes.” “It was a difficult decision, but a necessary decision in order to prioritize the health, wellness, and academic success of the student-athletes,” athletic
9:15 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 Four of the seven Big Ten college basketball teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25 will be in action on Christmas Day. With luck, this
6:33 PM ET Pittsburgh Panthers forward Justin Champagnie, one of the most productive basketball players in the country, will miss the next six to eight weeks after suffering a knee injury in practice over the weekend. Panthers guard Au’Diese Toney also suffered a right ankle injury in practice and is considered day-to-day. He is out
3:15 PM ET Paul Pierce, Doug Collins, Michael Cooper and Lauren Jackson headline the group of first-time nominees for the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, announced Tuesday on ESPN’s The Jump. Also joining the first-time group is Howard Garfinkel, Lou Henson, Val Ackerman and Yolanda Griffith, to go with popular returning candidates
1:09 PM ET Ten days after collapsing during a game, Florida star Keyontae Johnson is being released from the hospital. “Today is a great day! Keyontae is being released from the hospital. We continue to be amazed at the pace of his recovery and look forward to spending Christmas together as a family,” Johnson’s family
7:00 AM ET A version of this column first appeared in January, 2001. Some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Congratulations to Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame. They are the unsurprising “final four” of college football. We won’t use the initial caps Final Four until the powers that be
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7:31 PM ET Guard Aminu Mohammed announced his commitment to Georgetown on Monday, giving the Hoyas their first five-star recruit since 2014. Mohammed also becomes the first five-star pledge for Patrick Ewing, who took over as Georgetown men’s basketball coach in 2017. Mohammed chose the Hoyas over Georgia, Indiana, Kansas State, Texas, SMU and DePaul.
3:23 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse and Buffalo men’s basketball programs are on pause after a member of the Bulls tested positive for COVID-19. The decisions announced Monday by both teams came after they played Saturday in Syracuse’s Carrier Dome. The Mid-American Conference school did not reveal who tested positive, except
12:33 PM ET On Monday, the sky kept falling around Kentucky men’s basketball when coach John Calipari announced that he has asked freshman Cam’Ron Fletcher to “step away” from the team after the four-star recruit was visibly upset toward the end of the team’s Saturday loss to North Carolina. In a series of tweets, Calipari
12:18 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga has strengthened its hold on the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll after beating Iowa. First-place votes in parentheses: 1. Gonzaga (61)2. Baylor (3)3. Kansas4. Iowa5. Villanova6. Houston7. West Virginia8. Tennessee9. Wisconsin10. Texas11. Rutgers12. Michigan State13. Creighton14. Missouri15. Texas Tech16. Virginia17. North Carolina18. Illinois19.
12:47 PM ET Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has agreed to a five-year contract extension through the 2025-26 season, the school announced Monday. The extension is worth $12.25 million over the five years, starting at $2.325 million in 2021-22 and 2022-23, increasing to $2.5 million the next two years and then $2.6 million for the final
7:00 AM ET Christmas Week is generally reserved for the Diamond Head Classic, the occasional Louisville-Kentucky game … and that’s about it. That’s not quite the case this year. The Big Ten has games on Christmas Day and the day after Christmas, and it’s joined on Dec. 26 by two intriguing nonconference games in Gonzaga
9:34 PM ET Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. — Boo Buie scored a career-high 30 points and Northwestern beat Michigan State for the first time in almost a decade, topping the No. 4 Spartans 79-65 on Sunday night. Pete Nance added 15 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists in Northwestern’s biggest victory since its first NCAA
6:10 PM ET The unwanted history continued for the Kentucky Wildcats in their 75-63 loss to North Carolina on Saturday, as the Wildcats dropped a fifth straight game for the first time under coach John Calipari. The Wildcats, who last won against Morehead State on Nov. 25, are also off to the first 1-5 start
4:31 PM ET Associated Press Pittsburgh basketball coach Jeff Capel has tested positive for COVID-19. The school said Saturday he will be unavailable when the Panthers (5-1) play Louisville on Tuesday. The team will continue to practice and play. Subsequent testing following Capel’s diagnosis resulted in no additional positive results. There was no immediate word
4:11 PM ET Top-ranked Gonzaga showed no signs of rust Saturday in dispatching No. 3 Iowa 99-88 behind yet another star performance from freshman guard Jalen Suggs. The Bulldogs hadn’t played a game since Dec. 2 against West Virginia, due to COVID-19 cancellations and protocols. They didn’t return to practice until earlier this week. “I