11:39 AM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Auburn star freshman Sharife Cooper hasn’t practiced in recent weeks for
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7:14 AM ET Arizona State is withdrawing from this week’s Empire Classic, sources told ESPN, following the news that Baylor men’s basketball coach Scott Drew tested positive for COVID-19. No. 18 Arizona State was scheduled to face No. 2 Baylor on Wednesday at Mohegan Sun in the marquee game of college basketball’s opening night. Drew
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 Forgive me for being giddy, but we are now just days away from seeing college basketball being played. It seems like decades ago that the sport
7:30 AM ET Without the abnormal circumstances that 2020 has brought, Luka Garza might have heard his name called by Adam Silver alongside other established college standouts in the 2020 NBA draft. Instead of navigating the increased uncertainty of the draft process, the Iowa star returns as the face of college basketball entering the 2020-21
12:12 AM ET John Thompson Jr.’s death in August was a significant loss for college basketball. But the legendary leader’s legacy will be highlighted with a heartwarming gesture this week. Multiple Black head coaches will wear a towel over their right shoulder during their season-opening games to honor Thompson, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Thompson’s
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
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