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4:37 PM ET Clemson’s next two games have been postponed after a positive COVID-19 test in the Tigers’ program, the ACC announced Friday. The Tigers were scheduled to play at North Carolina on Saturday and at Syracuse on Tuesday. “The postponements follow a positive test, subsequent quarantining and contact racing within the Clemson men’s basketball

3:33 PM ET Associated Press No. 13 Missouri has paused all men’s basketball activities as a result of COVID-19 protocols and postponed Saturday night’s home game against LSU. Missouri (7-1) did not disclose any details in Friday’s announcement and said the status of the Jan. 12 game against Vanderbilt and the Jan. 16 game at

7:30 AM ET The Clemson Tigers ended one of college basketball’s most historic streaks last season, taking down the North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill for the first time. UNC is better in 2020-21, but so is Clemson, which enters their latest ACC foray as a top-20 team. Our experts took a look at

11:33 AM ET The NCAA on Wednesday announced its health and safety protocols for the 2020 men’s basketball tournament, set to take place entirely in Indianapolis and the surrounding areas in March and April. The most significant protocol involves testing. All Tier 1 travel party participants — which includes student-athletes, coaches, trainers, physical therapists, medical

12:30 PM ET Texas Tech freshman Nimari Burnett, a five-star recruit coming out of high school, is leaving the program and plans to transfer, he told ESPN. Burnett, a 6-foot-4 guard, had seen his playing time fluctuate throughout the first 12 games of the season, but he played just six minutes in the Red Raiders’

6:45 AM ET This will be the most difficult challenge — ever — for the NCAA selection committee. Why? Because the committee usually ends each day perusing a wide menu of culinary excellence, often settling upon a nine-course meal after a gastronomic extravaganza of a tasting menu. The committee, in late February and early March,

7:00 AM ET The transition to college basketball is always difficult for freshmen, but the learning curve has steepened even more this season with limited offseason time, shortened preseasons and a choppy first month and a half of the season that saw dozens of games canceled or postponed. Moreover, most of the teams we’re seeing

6:30 PM ET Gonzaga freshman guard Jalen Suggs was among three new names added to the midseason watch list for the 2021 Wooden Award, which was also reduced from 50 players to 25 on Wednesday. The 6-foot-4 Suggs leads the top-ranked Bulldogs (10-0) in assists (5.4 APG) and steals (2.4 SPG) and joins teammates Corey

6:39 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A former Notre Dame men’s basketball assistant coach has been charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic battery. The charges filed Tuesday stem from Ryan Ayers’ relationships with two women over a four-year span in which he allegedly recorded them naked or

5:30 PM ET Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many college sports have been postponed, cut or canceled since March. The world has been confronted by a racial reckoning that came about after the

3:39 PM ET ESPN News Services With the U.S. Capitol locked down and Washington under curfew, the George Washington men’s basketball game against UMass set for Wednesday night was postponed. Lawmakers were trapped inside the Capitol as violent clashes broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump and police. Dozens of people breached security perimeters

2:30 PM ET Georgia is promoting Josh Brooks to a full-time role as athletic director, the school announced Wednesday. Brooks, who has served as Georgia’s deputy athletic director, took over the department in an interim role on Jan. 1 when Greg McGarity retired after a decade at the school. Brooks, 40, has spent 11 years

8:00 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 Thirteen active Division I college basketball teams are undefeated in 2020-21. If that number sounds a little high, keep in mind it includes the likes of

5:28 PM ET Associated Press Top-ranked Gonzaga was scheduled to play West Coast Conference rival Santa Clara in men’s basketball on Thursday afternoon, but the game has been postponed because of COVID-19 protocols in the Santa Clara program. Instead, undefeated Gonzaga will face rival BYU at 5:30 p.m. PT Thursday. BYU’s originally scheduled game against

7:30 AM ET At this point in a normal season, college basketball fans would be looking ahead with excitement about all the action that will lead up to Selection Sunday. But in this season, staged during a pandemic, most just hope we get to Selection Sunday. 2 Related The postponements and cancellations caused by the

2:02 PM ET Associated Press Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski says he won’t be able to coach the No. 21 Blue Devils when they face Boston College on Wednesday night, but he hopes to be out of quarantine in time to return for their game against Wake Forest on Saturday. Krzyzewski said he and his wife

12:00 PM ET In a move anticipated since November, the NCAA on Monday formalized plans to hold the entire 2021 men’s basketball tournament in Indianapolis. Details are still forthcoming, but here’s what is currently known about the implications for the move, including the schedule for the event, venues, and health and safety protocols. ESPN reporters

1:48 PM ET Boston University and Holy Cross will both wear masks for Tuesday’s men’s college basketball game, a Boston University spokesperson told ESPN. It’s considered to be the first men’s college basketball game this season in which both teams will be wearing masks on the court. Stadium reported Monday morning that Boston University has