NCAABB

10:25 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Nahziah Carter left the Washington basketball program this week after being suspended by the university following investigation of two sexual assault allegations against him. Carter announced Friday he was leaving Washington to begin his professional career. Carter, who was expected to be the Huskies’ top player this season,

7:34 PM ET ESPN News Services HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Rick Pitino won his first college basketball game in more than three years on Saturday as Iona defeated Hofstra 82-74. Pitino took over at Iona back in March after not having coached in college since being fired from Louisville in October 2017. Guard Isaiah Ross helped

4:21 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston coach Kelvin Sampson and his son, assistant coach Kellen Sampson, will sit out Saturday because of COVID-19 concerns when the No. 10 Cougars host South Carolina. The school said the Sampsons would miss the game because of the virus and contact tracing protocols. It said both Sampsons

11:55 AM ET The much-anticipated matchup between No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 2 Baylor has been called off, both schools announced Saturday. Two members of Gonzaga’s travel party, one student-athlete and one non-student-athlete, produced positive coronavirus test results. The student-athlete did not play in the Bulldogs’ 87-82 win over West Virginia on Wednesday. “In consultation

1:20 AM ET Associated Press NC State says Saturday’s men’s basketball game against UConn has been canceled because of a positive COVID-19 test for a member of the Wolfpack’s traveling party. The school announced the cancellation early Saturday. The matchup was scheduled to be the final game in “Bubbleville,” a series of college basketball games

10:36 PM ET Marquette forward Justin Lewis‘ tip-in at the buzzer gave the Golden Eagles a 67-65 win over in-state rival and No. 4 Wisconsin. “That may have been a rush the floor-type moment for our fans,” Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski told reporters after the game. Marquette has now won three of the last four

6:23 PM ET Associated Press The Atlantic Coast Conference says it has postponed the men’s basketball game between the No. 15 Virginia Cavaliers and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons set for Dec. 16. The announcement comes amid positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and quarantines within the Wake Forest program. The Demon Deacons announced earlier this

7:35 AM ET New Mexico State basketball head coach Chris Jans’ new home is still growing on him. About a week before the season commenced, his team left its campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico, for the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix to avoid its state’s ban on games and practices. The Aggies

7:00 AM ET The unusual, late-starting 2020-21 college basketball season has been anything but typical, yet there has been no denying the bounty of interesting games and storylines through the first week-plus. That continues this weekend, when the top four teams in the KenPom rankings — Baylor/Gonzaga and Villanova/Texas — will square off for a

12:49 AM ET ESPN News Services One member of the Syracuse men’s basketball team has tested positive for COVID-19. The school said in a release the positive result stemmed from testing that occurred last week. Consistent with local health department guidelines, that individual and the team are taking all necessary precautions. Syracuse did not reveal

11:51 PM ET The Louisville men’s basketball program has paused team activities because of a positive COVID-19 test, the school announced Thursday. The Cardinals’ game against UNC Greensboro on Friday has been canceled. “We are adhering to the ACC and university protocols, and will monitor the matter day-to-day,” athletic director Vince Tyra said. Louisville (4-0)

7:00 AM ET Before the college basketball season began, I reached out to several coaches to get a feel for their biggest concerns entering a pandemic-impacted campaign. Aside from the safety of their players and the 14-day quarantine rule, there was one concern that came up multiple times that I hadn’t really thought about: the

7:30 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — When Bobby Hurley hits the recruiting trail looking for a point guard, he has a particular player in mind. Sometimes he finds him; sometimes he doesn’t. But the Arizona State head coach knows exactly what he wants — almost to the point of being too specific. Hurley wants the

8:06 PM ET Jalen Suggs, the electrifying Gonzaga freshman and projected first-round NBA draft pick, suffered a left ankle injury and had to be carried off the floor late in the first half of the team’s matchup against No. 11 West Virginia in the Jimmy V Classic in Indianapolis on Wednesday night. Suggs was running

7:00 AM ET Gonzaga is good, but the Basketball Power Index thinks Villanova is the best team in college basketball. On Dec. 3, Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis plays host to the Jimmy V Men’s Classic. The games are part of V Week from Dec. 1-12. Donate to the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The

7:00 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 Oklahoma State freshman Cade Cunningham is currently projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA draft. If that does indeed happen, Cunningham will join

11:27 PM ET For all of Tom Izzo’s success in college basketball, there was one thing he had never done: get a win at Cameron Indoor Stadium against Duke. Until Tuesday. No. 8 Michigan State came back from an early nine-point deficit to beat No. 6 Duke 75-69 in the first game of the Champions

7:08 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Sophomore forward Joel Ntambwe has left Texas Tech‘s men’s basketball program after the former UNLV transfer played in only three games for the 17th-ranked Red Raiders. Coach Chris Beard said Tuesday that Ntambwe told him the decision to leave the program was based on personal reasons and