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7:31 PM ET Guard Aminu Mohammed announced his commitment to Georgetown on Monday, giving the Hoyas their first five-star recruit since 2014. Mohammed also becomes the first five-star pledge for Patrick Ewing, who took over as Georgetown men’s basketball coach in 2017. Mohammed chose the Hoyas over Georgia, Indiana, Kansas State, Texas, SMU and DePaul.
3:23 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse and Buffalo men’s basketball programs are on pause after a member of the Bulls tested positive for COVID-19. The decisions announced Monday by both teams came after they played Saturday in Syracuse’s Carrier Dome. The Mid-American Conference school did not reveal who tested positive, except
12:33 PM ET On Monday, the sky kept falling around Kentucky men’s basketball when coach John Calipari announced that he has asked freshman Cam’Ron Fletcher to “step away” from the team after the four-star recruit was visibly upset toward the end of the team’s Saturday loss to North Carolina. In a series of tweets, Calipari
12:18 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga has strengthened its hold on the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll after beating Iowa. First-place votes in parentheses: 1. Gonzaga (61)2. Baylor (3)3. Kansas4. Iowa5. Villanova6. Houston7. West Virginia8. Tennessee9. Wisconsin10. Texas11. Rutgers12. Michigan State13. Creighton14. Missouri15. Texas Tech16. Virginia17. North Carolina18. Illinois19.
12:47 PM ET Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has agreed to a five-year contract extension through the 2025-26 season, the school announced Monday. The extension is worth $12.25 million over the five years, starting at $2.325 million in 2021-22 and 2022-23, increasing to $2.5 million the next two years and then $2.6 million for the final
7:00 AM ET Christmas Week is generally reserved for the Diamond Head Classic, the occasional Louisville-Kentucky game … and that’s about it. That’s not quite the case this year. The Big Ten has games on Christmas Day and the day after Christmas, and it’s joined on Dec. 26 by two intriguing nonconference games in Gonzaga
9:34 PM ET Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. — Boo Buie scored a career-high 30 points and Northwestern beat Michigan State for the first time in almost a decade, topping the No. 4 Spartans 79-65 on Sunday night. Pete Nance added 15 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists in Northwestern’s biggest victory since its first NCAA
6:10 PM ET The unwanted history continued for the Kentucky Wildcats in their 75-63 loss to North Carolina on Saturday, as the Wildcats dropped a fifth straight game for the first time under coach John Calipari. The Wildcats, who last won against Morehead State on Nov. 25, are also off to the first 1-5 start
4:31 PM ET Associated Press Pittsburgh basketball coach Jeff Capel has tested positive for COVID-19. The school said Saturday he will be unavailable when the Panthers (5-1) play Louisville on Tuesday. The team will continue to practice and play. Subsequent testing following Capel’s diagnosis resulted in no additional positive results. There was no immediate word
4:11 PM ET Top-ranked Gonzaga showed no signs of rust Saturday in dispatching No. 3 Iowa 99-88 behind yet another star performance from freshman guard Jalen Suggs. The Bulldogs hadn’t played a game since Dec. 2 against West Virginia, due to COVID-19 cancellations and protocols. They didn’t return to practice until earlier this week. “I
WHEN HOPKINS’ SISTER Kesha answered the family’s landline that afternoon, she had no idea where her mother had gone. She passed the phone to her grandmother, who burst into tears when she heard that Greenlee had been rushed to the emergency room. She grabbed the kids — DeAndre was in Georgia, visiting his father’s family
6:05 PM ET Florida Gators star Keyontae Johnson made his first public statements Friday since collapsing on the court in Tallahassee last Saturday, releasing a video on Twitter and Instagram thanking everyone for supporting him. “Hey everybody, first and foremost I’d like to thank God,” Johnson said in a 25-second video. “I know y’all have
1:12 PM ET Florida Gators men’s basketball star Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed on the court during a game Saturday, was the subject of letters from second-grade students at an elementary school in Florida, who sent messages of well wishes for his recovery. Johnson was put into a medically induced coma but is currently in stable
7:30 AM ET Iowa is the newest No. 1 seed in ESPN’s latest Bracketology projection, as a Hawkeyes team that has proved to be much more than just Luka Garza has been the nation’s foremost offensive juggernaut in 2020-21. But is Fran McCaffery’s program, which has never been synonymous with trips to the second weekend
4:21 PM ET An NCAA committee earlier this month voted to endorse a policy designed to increase opportunities for minority candidates seeking high-profile coaching and administrative jobs in college athletics. The NCAA’s committee to promote cultural diversity and equity (CPCDE) met Dec. 3 to discuss the Bill Russell Rule, which was adopted by the West
3:28 PM ET Florida has postponed its next three men’s basketball games as Keyontae Johnson remains at University of Florida Health for tests and evaluation. The Gators, who previously canceled their game on Wednesday against North Florida, have postponed games against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, Florida A&M on Sunday and James Madison on Tuesday. “This
11:48 AM ET Associated Press Virginia has added a men’s basketball game against top-ranked Gonzaga as the 17th-ranked Cavaliers prepare to restart their program after a 10-day shutdown because of COVID-19 issues. Virginia announced Friday that it will play the Bulldogs on Dec. 26 in Fort Worth, Texas. The Cavaliers (3-1) had four games canceled