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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

7:00 AM ET We’ve spent most of the season talking about the gap between Gonzaga, Baylor and the rest of the country. Now there’s a second tier starting to develop behind the two favorites, a group that includes a trio of Big Ten teams: Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois. Sunday’s game did nothing to change

5:33 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a virtually empty Value City Arena, the matchup between No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Ohio State in February looked more like an intense NCAA tournament game in March: good shooting, timely 3-pointers, fierce play under the rim, few mistakes and some late drama. After six

10:46 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 Thanks to a one-point win at home over Virginia, the Duke Blue Devils can now be found here at Bubble Watch. This is going to take

3:33 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — – Minnesota guard Gabe Kalscheur will miss three to four weeks with a broken finger on his shooting hand, taking a co-captain and the team’s best defender out of the lineup for the stretch run. Coach Richard Pitino said Kalscheur was having surgery on Friday to repair the

1:41 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Dynamic point guard Chris Lykes is unlikely to play again this season for the Miami Hurricanes because of an ankle injury that has sidelined him since Dec. 4. Lykes returned to drills and appeared on the verge of rejoining the lineup in two weeks, but he aggravated the

11:34 AM ET The NCAA will allow a limited number of fans at every round of this year’s men’s NCAA tournament, it announced on Friday. Up to 25% capacity with physical distancing will be permitted at all rounds and the Final Four, a decision made in conjunction with state and local health authorities in Indiana.