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2:39 PM ET The NCAA announced policies for how it will handle coronavirus-related withdrawals from the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, saying it will not allow replacement teams after the tournament begins. There will be no reseedings or bracket changes once the bracket is released on Selection Sunday, and replacement teams will only be introduced within

2:03 PM ET Illinois star guard Ayo Dosunmu is out indefinitely after suffering a facial injury, the school announced Thursday. Dosunmu suffered the injury in Tuesday’s loss to Michigan State. He was fouled hard by Spartans freshman Mady Sissoko late in the game; Sissoko was ejected after being hit with a flagrant 2 foul. Dosunmu

1:19 PM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina‘s men’s basketball program was placed on probation for two years by the NCAA on Thursday for former assistant coach Lamont Evans accepting $9,100 in bribes from a sports agent. The NCAA’s decision put an end to South Carolina’s role in the college basketball corruption case that began

1:13 PM ET The deluge of bad news for the Pittsburgh Panthers has continued, as the program on Thursday announced that Au’Diese Toney, the No. 2 scorer in the program, will leave the team and enter the transfer portal based on a “mutual” decision. Toney, who missed Saturday’s 79-72 loss to Florida State due to

11:17 AM ET A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a former female student’s report of sexual assault against three former Michigan State basketball players was just one event and not enough to establish that she had been subjected to “systemic” harassment by the university. In dismissing the lawsuit filed in April 2018 by Bailey Kowalski,

7:00 AM ET Conference tournament season begins Thursday, when the Horizon League becomes the first 2021 postseason event to tip off in men’s basketball. More league tourneys will begin next week, and 31 conference champions will be crowned between March 6-14. Armed with the knowledge that a number of previous college basketball legends have made

Earlier this year, a top mid-major coach said he worried about the way his peers might be treated in a season unlike any in the past. “I don’t want guys to get fired if they struggle because of the pandemic,” he told ESPN. It’s a fair concern. This season, coaches have had to focus on

12:00 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 Creighton has joined Villanova as an NCAA tournament lock atop the Big East. Congratulations, Bluejays. Greg McDermott’s team is projected as a No. 5 seed, a

10:45 PM ET Less than two weeks ago, Virginia was atop the ACC standings, rising in the AP poll every week and a sneaky candidate to end up as a 1-seed on Selection Sunday. After three straight losses — the latest coming at home on Wednesday to NC State by a 68-61 final score —

1:57 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Panthers junior point guard Xavier Johnson is transferring. The school made the surprise announcement Wednesday. Head men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel said in a statement “it was in everyone’s best interests that we part ways.” Johnson will enter the transfer portal immediately. The move ends an eventful three-year run

7:00 AM ET Wisconsin’s final home game of the 2020-21 season is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, a pivotal Big Ten contest against Illinois in which the Badgers’ six scholarship seniors are set to be honored as part of the traditional “Senior Day” festivities. Senior Day always brings the feels, but this year’s event will add

12:20 AM ET On Monday, Baylor Bears star Jared Butler seemed confident in his team’s ability to bounce back after its three-week pause due to COVID-19 protocols, a hiatus he compared to being grounded by his parents while his friends around college basketball were allowed to play outside. “I like to believe we’re going to

7:09 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 has scheduled a dozen makeup games next week in the break the conference had left open for such games before the start of postseason tournament play. No. 2 Baylor, No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 10 West Virginia, No. 14 Texas and No. 18 Texas Tech

4:12 PM ET The top 20 prospects in the ESPN 100 have been named to the 44th annual McDonald’s All American Game rosters, led by No. 1 prospect Chet Holmgren. For the second year in a row, the game won’t be played due to the coronavirus pandemic. The rosters for both the boys’ and girls’

9:16 PM ET Associated Press The Big West Conference will hold its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments without spectators, including family and guests of the teams. The tournaments will be played March 9-13 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, where they were moved from their usual home in Anaheim, California. The Big West’s board of

9:20 PM 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 When Duke lost at home to North Carolina at the beginning of February, the conventional wisdom held that the Blue Devils were finished. Any true believers

5:00 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville coach Chris Mack admits it was “not a good look” to be shown maskless in a video while celebrating the Cardinals’ Dec. 26 victory over rival Kentucky. The 33-second clip, tweeted Saturday night by Drew Franklin of Kentucky Sports Radio, shows the third-year Louisville coach with former Cardinals

12:28 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga and Baylor remain atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll in a week of little change. The top five from a week ago remained the same in the poll released Monday and no teams dropped out of the AP Top 25. Gonzaga received 60 first-place votes from a