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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

6:39 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

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

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

12:15 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga and Baylor remained atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while fourth-ranked Texas has climbed to its highest perch in nearly a decade. Mark Few’s Bulldogs earned 63 of 64 first-place votes in Monday’s latest Top 25, while Scott Drew’s Bears earned the other vote. Gonzaga and Baylor

12:23 PM ET Villanova is again pausing all men’s basketball activities due to COVID-19 issues within the program, and the Wildcats’ next three games have been postponed. The Wildcats were scheduled to play at DePaul on Tuesday, vs. Marquette on Friday and at Xavier on Jan. 13; all three games have been postponed. Villanova had

11:38 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced Monday that this year’s 67 men’s basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely in Indiana. Games will be played on two courts inside Lucas Oil Stadium as well as at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Mackey Arena at

10:10 AM ET The NCAA released its first NET rankings on Monday, with Gonzaga sitting at No. 1 and typical powerhouses Duke and Kentucky ranked outside the top 100. The first run of the rankings have been released earlier in the season the last two years, but with the delayed start to the season and

7:00 AM ET Is it really Gonzaga vs. the field? Gonzaga, Baylor and everyone else? That has been the conversation since Gonzaga began running roughshod over the rest of the country on Thanksgiving. The Zags haven’t slowed down since, while Baylor has looked dominant in its biggest games of the season. Had I written this