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.
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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
8:30 AM ET ESPN.com staff When John Thompson Jr. died on Aug. 30 at age 78, it robbed the world of one of college basketball’s truly titan figures, a Hall of Fame coach whose presence and outspokenness on the issues that face the game left a lasting mark on not only college basketball but also
7:30 AM ET The two biggest college basketball storylines of the past week raised similarly passionate debates. There was Duke’s decision to cancel its remaining nonconference games, which prompted Alabama coach Nate Oats’ suggestion that Mike Krzyzewski wanted to shut it down not out of concern for college basketball or its players but because the
7:02 AM ET The countdown to significant changes in the business of college sports can now be measured in months and days. The details of what new rules will exist at the start of the next academic year and who will be in charge of implementing them remain up for debate amid a growing labyrinth
7:00 AM ET The most recent congressional proposal to reshape college sports aims to go far beyond codifying a college athlete’s ability to earn endorsement money. The College Athlete Bill of Rights, proposed Thursday by co-authors Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would create sweeping changes for college sports, including provisions that
11:38 PM ET Associated Press The men’s basketball game between No. 7 Villanova and No. 17 Virginia scheduled for Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York has been canceled. It was supposed to be a matchup of the past two NCAA champions — and the first college basketball game at The Garden since