6:10 PM ET Auburn men’s basketball has self-imposed a postseason ban this season as part of the investigation into bribery charges brought against former assistant coach Chuck Person, the school announced Sunday. The athletic department, university administration and coach Bruce Pearl reached the decision, according to the statement, “in light of the ongoing matter that
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5:59 PM ET Baylor basketball coach Scott Drew has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Sunday, but the Bears are still planning to start their season on Wednesday. Drew announced on Twitter that he tested positive after team-wide testing on Friday. “Following Friday’s team-wide testing, I was notified that I had tested positive for COVID-19,”
12:53 PM ET Associated Press The Florida men’s basketball team has paused activities for at least a week because of positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing protocols. The Gators will not play this week’s scheduled games against UMass Lowell and No. 4 Virginia in a tournament at the Mohegan Sun resort in Uncasville, Connecticut. The
11:58 PM ET Fanbo Zeng, the No. 33 prospect in the ESPN Class of 2022, has committed to play for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, he told ESPN on Saturday. He says he will look to reclassify to 2021 and enroll at the school next summer. “Gonzaga is a very successful program with great people — coaches,
7:26 PM ET Associated Press Washington’s multiteam basketball event for next week has been canceled due to COVID-19 cases among other programs scheduled to participate. Washington announced the decision Saturday after both San Diego and Cal State Fullerton paused basketball activities due to positive cases. Additionally, there was uncertainty about Portland State’s ability to participate.
7:14 PM ET ESPN News Services No. 11 Creighton has pulled out of the Crossover Classic due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the team, meaning the multi-team event scheduled for next week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, still needs one team to fill out the field. Five of the original eight teams announced for the
2:31 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Drew Peterson will be eligible immediately to play for USC this season. Coach Andy Enfield said Friday that the junior guard from Libertyville, Illinois, was granted a legislative relief waiver by the NCAA. Peterson transferred to USC after two years at Rice, where he averaged 11.1 points,
4:54 PM ET Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are temporarily relocating to Texas due to coronavirus restrictions in their home state. Athletic director Eddie Nunez said this week that the men’s program will set up at South Plains College in Lubbock. The women will move to Amarillo and
3:17 PM ET Associated Press The Bellarmine men’s basketball program has paused team activities amid the coronavirus pandemic, delaying the school’s Division I debut until Dec. 4 at No. 9 Duke. The Knights were scheduled to open Wednesday at Chattanooga and make their home debut against Transylvania on Nov. 28 at Freedom Hall, the former
1:10 PM ET The NCAA Committee on Infractions placed the Alabama men’s basketball program on three years’ probation Friday after a former associate athletic director accepted bribes to facilitate a meeting between a player’s father and a financial adviser. The NCAA also fined the Crimson Tide $5,000 plus 1% of their operating budget for men’s
7:00 AM ET We are less than a week from the delayed start of the college basketball season, and I’ve had a couple of more weeks than usual to think about those players who are going to be super, scintillating and sensational in 2020-21. With games set to tip off Wednesday, here are my preseason
5:46 PM ET Associated Press Albany men’s basketball has canceled its season-opener at home against Marist, and the Great Danes won’t participate in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun in December. The Great Danes have not practiced since Nov. 2, after a pooled test returned a presumptive positive within the team.
4:52 PM ET DePaul is pausing all men’s basketball activities due to positive COVID-19 tests and will cancel its first three games of the season, the school announced Thursday. “We have been able to sustain a level of productivity while facing the COVID-19 pandemic during the preseason, but unfortunately, as positive cases have been increasing
1:24 PM ET While he’s interested to learn more about the concept, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said hosting an NCAA tournament in one city is a monumental undertaking. “Logistically, I think it’s a challenge to get that many teams there,” Krzyzewski said. Earlier this week, NCAA senior vice president of men’s basketball Dan Gavitt said
7:30 AM ET As the countdown to the start of the 2020-21 college basketball season on Nov. 25 continues, ESPN.com’s panel of experts is making its predictions for all of the nation’s top leagues. After looking at the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, Pac-12, Big East, American Athletic Conference and the nation’s top mid-majors, we
7:00 PM ET LSU forward Shareef O’Neal, the son of former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, has received a waiver from the NCAA and will be eligible immediately this season for the Tigers. Shareef O’Neal announced the news Wednesday on Twitter. “They cleared my waiver man!” he wrote. “Thank god I can play this season. I
6:58 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council announced Wednesday it was extending the recruiting dead period for all sports through April 15. There has been a dead period in place since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March, meaning there will have been no official campus visits or in-person evaluations in more than a year
6:33 PM ET Washington State men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Wednesday. Smith tested positive earlier this week as part of the Cougars’ regular antigen testing, which was then confirmed by a PCR test. “I was informed last night that I had tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing some