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10:30 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 One of the most striking features of this year’s bubble is the unmistakable prevalence of mid-majors. Usually at this time of year, we should be debating

5:57 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — No. 2 Baylor is set to resume the season Feb. 23 following a six-game hiatus that started because of COVID-19 protocols and there is plenty of uncertainty over the rest of the regular season. The Bears are scheduled to play Iowa State at home after the Big

4:44 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — The wintry blast causing misery across Texas has prompted the postponement of an NBA game in Dallas and a second consecutive NHL game and has disrupted the college basketball schedule for a number of teams. The Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons were supposed to play Wednesday night. NHL

6:56 AM ET Mike SchmitzESPN STILLWATER, Okla. — Cade Cunningham isn’t your typical No. 1 draft pick. He doesn’t defy physics like Zion Williamson did at Duke. He’s not a human highlight reel like Ben Simmons was at LSU. He’s not loaded with traditional upside like Anthony Davis at Kentucky. He’s not a speed demon

10:00 PM ET The Duke Blue Devils and freshman phenom Jalen Johnson announced in a joint statement on Monday that Johnson would forgo the remainder of his freshman season and enter the 2021 NBA draft. Johnson played in just 13 games during what has been a disappointing season for both the five-star forward and a

8:04 PM ET Duke freshman and projected lottery pick Jalen Johnson is opting out of the rest of the season and will declare for the NBA draft, according to the school. Johnson, the No. 13 prospect in the ESPN 100 last season, has had an up-and-down season with the Blue Devils. He opened his career

5:49 PM ET Associated Press After another postponement, the North Carolina men’s basketball team is looking for another opponent. The program’s official Twitter account posted Monday that the Tar Heels are seeking a home game for this week. That plea comes after Tuesday’s visit from No. 18 Virginia Tech was postponed, the third Atlantic Coast

2:40 PM ET Boston College fired men’s basketball coach Jim Christian on Monday, bringing an end to a chapter that saw Christian go 78-132 (.378) in seven seasons at the school. With a much-coveted ACC position now open, we sized up the realities around BC’s place in the rugged league, the model programs the Eagles

12:22 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga and Baylor lead an unchanged quartet atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while Kansas has returned to the rankings at No. 23 after a one-week absence. Coach Mark Few’s Bulldogs received 59 of 64 first-place votes in Monday’s latest AP Top 25, while Scott Drew’s Bears claimed

12:36 PM ET Boston College has fired head coach Jim Christian, effective immediately, the school announced Monday. Assistant coach Scott Spinelli will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. “I know that Jim gave everything that he had into leading our program and mentoring our student-athletes,” athletic director Pat Kraft

7:00 AM ET The NCAA tournament selection committee’s mock reveal on Saturday didn’t bring too many surprises, with the 16 teams mostly matching the consensus top 16 entering the weekend. But it did raise one interesting talking point that will be worth considering the rest of the season: the pecking order at the top of

4:18 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Isaiah Livers scored 20 points and Hunter Dickinson had a double-double as No. 3 Michigan returned from a three-week layoff and rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat No. 21 Wisconsin 67-59 on Sunday. Michigan (14-1, 9-1 Big Ten) scored the game’s final eight points and pulled

4:30 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 The NCAA held its annual bracket preview Saturday and revealed the top 16 teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket if the selection had been

5:24 PM ET Just hours prior to Oklahoma’s 91-90 double-overtime win over West Virginia on Saturday — which completed the Sooners’ season sweep of the Mountaineers — the NCAA tournament selection committee signaled its confidence in OU’s men’s basketball team by listing the program as a 3-seed in the first top-16 bracket reveal of the

2:02 PM ET Maine‘s men’s basketball team has opted out of the rest of the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19 issues, the school announced Saturday. The team made its decision Friday, with the school’s president and athletic director supporting the decision. “Our players’ safety and well-being will always come first,” Maine coach Richard Barron said.

1:34 PM ET Gonzaga was the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee’s mock bracket reveal on Saturday afternoon, edging out fellow unbeaten Baylor. The Bulldogs and Bears have been atop the rankings since the first week of the season, and they’re the final two undefeated teams remaining in college basketball.

8:47 PM ET Bluefield College players have decided to stay in the locker room during pregame playing of the national anthem for the rest of the season rather than risk the potential penalty of additional game forfeitures, forward Stanley Christian said Friday. A day after the Virginia school forfeited its NAIA Appalachian Athletic Conference game

7:00 AM ET John Petty Jr. didn’t digest the magnitude of his popularity until the day in 2017 when he led Mae Jemison High School in Huntsville, Alabama, to a 5A state championship. After the title game, the five-star recruit and Alabama commit told his head coach, Jack Doss, he wanted to find his family