11:19 AM ET Gonzaga will hold two players out of Friday’s game against Auburn, the school announced, due to the results of coronavirus testing after Thursday’s game. The father of Gonzaga freshman Dominick Harris tweeted that his son is in quarantine “because he was in close proximity with a player who tested positive.” Gonzaga, the
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12:26 AM ET Associated Press No. 2 Baylor made an unexpected Thanksgiving night flight to Las Vegas, where the Bears now hope to open their men’s basketball schedule with two games this weekend. Baylor expects to play Saturday against an opponent that was not initially revealed and then take on Washington the following day. The
4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Drew Timme scored 25 points, Jalen Suggs had 24 and Corey Kispert added 23 as No. 1 Gonzaga pulled away from No. 6 Kansas for a 102-90 victory Thursday in the men’s basketball season opener for both teams. The Bulldogs built a double-digit lead in the first half at
1:40 PM ET Temple and Butler both announced Thursday that their men’s basketball teams are pausing activities following positive COVID-19 tests within their programs. The Owls said they will undergo a 14-day quarantine, with the individual who tested positive going into isolation for 10 days. Temple had games against Virginia Tech, No. 3 Villanova and
11:00 PM ET We finally got college basketball on Wednesday. Sure, it wasn’t as much as we hoped and the marquee game originally expected to highlight the slate (Arizona State-Baylor) didn’t happen, but there was certainly college basketball — and plenty of it. Was it a normal opening day? Not really, but what’s normal in
1:09 PM ET West Virginia is replacing Tennessee in next week’s Jimmy V Classic, it was announced on Wednesday. West Virginia will face preseason No. 1 Gonzaga next Wednesday night in Indianapolis. The other game in the event features No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 8 Illinois. The No. 12 Volunteers had to withdraw on Tuesday
10:02 AM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — The NCAA has suspended Nebraska basketball player Derrick Walker for the first 16 games of the season for a rules violation while he was at Tennessee in 2018-19. The Nebraska athletic department made the announcement Wednesday, shortly before the Cornhuskers’ opener against McNeese State. The 6-foot-8, 232-pound
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8:00 AM ET Welcome back, college hoops! It seems like only yesterday that you were so abruptly taken away from us. Those terrible handful of days when plug after plug was pulled on the 2020 postseason, just as it was tipping off. A stack of conference tournaments shuttered, followed by what will forever be remembered
5:25 PM ET Gonzaga guard Andrew Nembhard, who transferred from Florida in the spring, is eligible to play immediately this season after the NCAA approved his waiver Tuesday. Prior to his waiver, Nembhard was considered the top sit-out transfer in the country for the 2021-22 men’s basketball season. A 6-foot-5 point guard from Canada, Nembhard
3:06 PM ET Sunday’s game between Baylor and Seton Hall has been canceled, both programs announced Tuesday. For the Bears, ESPN’s preseason No. 1 team, it’s their third game cancelled since coach Scott Drew tested positive for COVID-19 last Sunday. “While we were excited about this Big 12-Big East Battle matchup, we agreed that canceling
1:35 PM ET Tennessee is out of next week’s Jimmy V Classic after extending its men’s basketball shutdown following further COVID-19 test results, the school announced. The Volunteers announced Monday they were pausing team activities due to positive COVID-19 test results, including one from coach Rick Barnes. The entire program was retested on Monday, while
By Joe Lunardi 11/24/20 The 2020–21 college basketball season is unique. All involved — coaches, players, administrators, media, fans — can expect postponements, cancellations and adjustments to the normal cycle of games and the postseason. This includes the NCAA tournament, which is under the largest microscope after the abrupt end to the 2019–20 season. The
7:00 AM ET The ACC coaches weren’t completely clueless when, back in September, they proposed an expanded NCAA tournament. The notion that a pandemic-riddled season requires more, not less flexibility has merit. The ACC proposal just went too far. About 275 teams too far. We don’t need an all-inclusive tourney to crown a worthy champion.
8:02 AM ET The parents of some of America’s top men’s and women’s basketball players have formed a new organization that aims to build a national network that empowers parents across the country and helps educate them about the culture and climate of the sport and their role within it, while also advocating for the
7:00 AM ET The 2019-20 college basketball season ended unceremoniously, and in unprecedented fashion, as a global pandemic started. Never before, not even during times of war or other catastrophe, has the NCAA tournament been canceled or otherwise not played. On March 12, 2020, the lights went out on college basketball, and there was uncertainty
9:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Utah men’s basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak and multiple Utes players have tested positive for COVID-19. Krystkowiak announced the positive tests on his weekend radio show. 1 Related The Utah women’s basketball team also announced it was pausing basketball activities because of a positive coronavirus case. It’s two opening games
9:15 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Billy Evans, a member of the 1956 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and Kentucky Hall of Famer who helped the Wildcats go 25-0 in 1953-54, has died. He was 88. The school announced Evans’ death on Sunday upon confirmation from his family. He had 716 points and