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7:00 AM ET The selection process for the NCAA tournament is never going to please everyone. This season, with cancellations and postponements due to the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on team schedules and résumés from coast to coast, the complaints are going to be at an all-time high. Most of those arguments are going to

7:36 PM ET Associated Press Alabama forward Jordan Bruner is out indefinitely with a right knee injury after having a procedure for a meniscus injury Wednesday, the school announced. He suffered the injury in Tuesday night’s win over Kentucky. Bruner’s procedure Wednesday morning was performed by Dr. Lyle Cain of Andrews Sports Medicine in Birmingham.

5:26 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn men’s basketball guard James Bouknight will be out indefinitely after having surgery on his left elbow, the school said Wednesday. The school had earlier said the sophomore hyperextended his left elbow while diving for a loose ball in the first half of the Huskies’ win at

1:49 PM ET Associated Press Michigan State says center Mady Sissoko and guard Steven Izzo have tested positive for COVID-19. Spartans coach Tom Izzo, who tested positive for the coronavirus in November, said his son and the freshman from West Africa are roommates. Both are currently isolated and will be held out of competition for

7:00 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 Even in this most challenging and uncertain of seasons, we’ve now seen enough basketball to update our rankings for the top 25 players in the game.

Jan 7, 2021 The 2021 NBA draft cycle promises to be the most unusual of its kind, with restrictions on the NBA side and postponements and cancellations throughout college basketball making for a high degree of difficulty for evaluators. With that in mind, ESPN’s draft experts Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz touch on a range

8:24 PM ET Associated Press The 22nd-ranked Oregon men’s basketball team has paused all team-related activities because of COVID-19 protocols. The Ducks won’t play planned games at home against Arizona State on Thursday and Arizona on Saturday. The games will be rescheduled. Oregon (9-2, 4-1 Pac-12) is in second place in the Pac-12 behind UCLA.

3:15 PM ET West Virginia‘s next three games have been postponed due to COVID-19 issues, the school announced Tuesday. On Monday, the Mountaineers announced their game against Baylor, scheduled for Tuesday night, was postponed due to West Virginia not being able to meet the required COVID-19 thresholds. Two more games were postponed Tuesday, with the

12:43 PM ET Kentucky baseball player Ben Jordan, who walked on to the basketball team last season when it had a need, has died at age 22, the school said. No cause of death was given. We love you, Ben. Your memory will live forever in our hearts. pic.twitter.com/j7aYZ3uJYc — Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) January 12,

11:15 AM ET Associated Press The Southeastern Conference has postponed Tuesday night’s basketball game between in-state rivals No. 10 Tennessee and Vanderbilt because of a combination of positive coronavirus tests, contact tracing and quarantining within the Commodores’ program, it was announced Tuesday. The game was a late addition to the schedule because of COVID-19 issues

7:30 AM ET On Sunday, Texas men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart punctuated a weekend that included a thrilling victory at West Virginia — cancer survivor Andrew Jones made the winning 3-pointer — by playing in the snow with his daughter during a rare winter snowstorm in the Lone Star State. “My daughter has never lived

10:40 PM ET Kentucky president Eli Capilouto and athletic director Mitch Barnhart on Monday supported the men’s basketball team, which has faced backlash after players and coaches, including coach John Calipari, knelt before Saturday’s win over Florida at Rupp Arena to protest social injustice days after rioters stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Beyond the

11:43 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona junior guard Jemarl Baker Jr. will miss the remainder of the season with a broken wrist. Wildcats coach Sean Miller said during his radio show on Monday that X-rays showed a broken bone in Baker’s wrist. Baker was injured in the first half of Saturday’s loss

5:53 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Former Indiana star Wayne Radford, a prominent backup on the Hoosiers’ 1976 unbeaten national championship team, has died. He was 64. Athletic department officials confirmed Radford’s death Sunday with one of his family members but did not provide any details. Radford spent his entire career playing for

5:38 PM ET Dan Murphy Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The NCAA will not meet its self-administered deadline to update rules that dicatate how

12:13 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga and Baylor remain atop The Associated Press men’s basketball poll for the seventh consecutive week in the regular season. The Zags received 63 of 64 first-place votes from a national media panel in the poll released Monday, and the Bears had the other one. Villanova, Texas and Iowa rounded

7:00 AM ET It feels like the Pac-12 is being a bit underrated this season — and that’s coming from someone who doesn’t have a single Pac-12 team in his Power Rankings. But the league has four teams in the top 28 at KenPom, four teams in the top 35 of the BPI and four

7:37 PM ET West Virginia transfer Oscar Tshiebwe has committed to Kentucky, he announced Sunday night. “I am grateful for the time I spent at West Virginia, and the lessons that I learned. I’ve spent a lot of time praying to God to help me make the best decision for my future,” Tshiebwe wrote on