NCAABB

4:44 PM ET Michigan men’s basketball has postponed Thursday’s game against Illinois, extending the program’s two-week pause. It’s the fifth consecutive game that Michigan, a top seed in ESPN’s Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology, will miss. According to a statement Saturday from Michigan, Illinois and the Big Ten, the game is being postponed due to “return-to-play

5:28 PM ET Former NBA All-Star Terry Porter is out as Portland’s head coach, the school announced Friday. Assistant coach Ben Johnson will take over on an interim basis until the end of the season. Porter has been the Pilots’ head coach since 2016 and has struggled to turn the program around since taking over

1:15 PM ET Associated Press The Southeastern Conference says Saturday’s Florida-LSU basketball game has been postponed. The league announced the decision on Friday citing a combination of positive virus tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Florida basketball program, consistent with Southeastern Conference COVID-19 management requirements. No makeup date was immediately determined.

7:30 AM ET The Duke Blue Devils come off a loss to Miami and are on the outside of the Bracketology bubble looking in. The North Carolina Tar Heels come off a loss to Clemson, and though in seemingly better NCAA shape, sit several spots behind Duke in the key metric rankings systems including KenPom.

10:00 PM ET It’s time to add Ohio State to the conversation for a 1-seed come Selection Sunday. The Buckeyes went into Iowa on Thursday, made 14 3-pointers and departed with an 89-85 win over the Hawkeyes. They now have a résumé to rival that of anyone in the country outside of the clear-cut top

6:31 PM ET Baylor, the No. 2 men’s basketball team in the country and one of three undefeated teams remaining, has postponed its next two games, the school announced Thursday. The decision is “due to the Big 12 Conference men’s basketball interruption guidelines.” Baylor’s game vs. TCU on Saturday and the Bears’ road tilt at

1:02 PM ET A new federal bill introduced Thursday would make it illegal for the NCAA or other college sports associations to place any restrictions on the type or size of endorsements deals that college athletes could sign in the future. The bill, co-authored by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts), is

7:00 AM ET Iowa star center Luka Garza is the odds-on favorite to win the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball’s best player this season. It’s what happens to Garza after his career at Iowa (vs. Ohio State, 7 p.m. Thursday, ESPN) ends that remains an open question. NBA scouts are divided on Garza’s

8:00 AM ET The watch list of 20 players for the 2021 John R. Wooden Award was announced Monday in a race that is shaping up as a matchup of Iowa’s Luka Garza — the nation’s leading scorer and last season’s Wooden runner-up — against the field. With roughly a month to play in the

5:00 PM ET Associated Press Saturday’s Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball game between Louisville and No. 14 Virginia has been postponed, with Pittsburgh now scheduled to visit the Cavaliers in Charlottesville that day. The postponement follows one earlier Wednesday of a game scheduled for that evening between Louisville and host Syracuse after a positive test,

4:38 PM ET Florida forward Keyontae Johnson‘s collapse during a game two months ago was “not related to or a result of a previous or current” COVID-19 diagnosis, his family said in a statement Wednesday. Johnson was rushed to a local hospital on Dec. 12 after falling face-first onto the court following a timeout in

7:00 AM ET Every player currently on a college basketball roster is eligible to play in the 2021-22 season if they so choose. The NCAA granted every player an extra year of eligibility, regardless of how many games played this season. What does that mean for the transfer portal? Well, it should be busier than

4:33 PM ET Associated Press The Nebraska men’s basketball team is emerging from a shutdown because of a COVID-19 outbreak that left coach Fred Hoiberg with a severe case. “I got a little scared, to be honest with you, just with everything I’ve had in my past with two open-heart surgeries and being fully dependent

7:00 AM ET What are the big developments in the 2021 NBA draft class? The college season is pushing full steam ahead — we’ve passed the halfway mark, after two action-packed months of competition. What have we learned thus far from some of the biggest standouts of the season? Which players are projected to be

7:00 PM ET The John R. Wooden Award is given annually to the most outstanding players in men’s and women’s college basketball, and the races to win the 2021 Wooden Award are expected to be hotly contested. ESPN has you covered with our updated lists identifying the top players across the men’s and women’s hoops

11:45 PM ET Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue’s charter flight was diverted to Indianapolis on Monday night because of mechanical problems, the athletic department said. The 24th-ranked Boilermakers left their campus in West Lafayette, bound for Maryland, where they were scheduled to take on the Terrapins on Tuesday. According to a statement issued

10:24 PM ET Florida State‘s next three games have been postponed following COVID-19 issues within its men’s basketball program, the ACC announced Monday. The conference said the decision “follows a positive test, subsequent quarantining, and contact tracing within the Florida State men’s basketball program.” The Seminoles’ games at Boston College (Feb. 2), Pittsburgh (Feb. 6)

4:52 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Shaka Smart said Monday — as he and the No. 6 Longhorns prepare for a showdown with No. 2 Baylor — that he had “significant” symptoms while in extended isolation from his team and family after testing positive for COVID-19. “This was not a walk