NCAABB

2:31 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Drew Peterson will be eligible immediately to play for USC this season. Coach Andy Enfield said Friday that the junior guard from Libertyville, Illinois, was granted a legislative relief waiver by the NCAA. Peterson transferred to USC after two years at Rice, where he averaged 11.1 points,
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4:54 PM ET Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are temporarily relocating to Texas due to coronavirus restrictions in their home state. Athletic director Eddie Nunez said this week that the men’s program will set up at South Plains College in Lubbock. The women will move to Amarillo and
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3:17 PM ET Associated Press The Bellarmine men’s basketball program has paused team activities amid the coronavirus pandemic, delaying the school’s Division I debut until Dec. 4 at No. 9 Duke. The Knights were scheduled to open Wednesday at Chattanooga and make their home debut against Transylvania on Nov. 28 at Freedom Hall, the former
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1:10 PM ET The NCAA Committee on Infractions placed the Alabama men’s basketball program on three years’ probation Friday after a former associate athletic director accepted bribes to facilitate a meeting between a player’s father and a financial adviser. The NCAA also fined the Crimson Tide $5,000 plus 1% of their operating budget for men’s
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5:46 PM ET Associated Press Albany men’s basketball has canceled its season-opener at home against Marist, and the Great Danes won’t participate in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun in December. The Great Danes have not practiced since Nov. 2, after a pooled test returned a presumptive positive within the team.
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4:52 PM ET DePaul is pausing all men’s basketball activities due to positive COVID-19 tests and will cancel its first three games of the season, the school announced Thursday. “We have been able to sustain a level of productivity while facing the COVID-19 pandemic during the preseason, but unfortunately, as positive cases have been increasing
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1:24 PM ET While he’s interested to learn more about the concept, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said hosting an NCAA tournament in one city is a monumental undertaking. “Logistically, I think it’s a challenge to get that many teams there,” Krzyzewski said. Earlier this week, NCAA senior vice president of men’s basketball Dan Gavitt said
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6:58 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council announced Wednesday it was extending the recruiting dead period for all sports through April 15. There has been a dead period in place since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March, meaning there will have been no official campus visits or in-person evaluations in more than a year
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6:33 PM ET Washington State men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Wednesday. Smith tested positive earlier this week as part of the Cougars’ regular antigen testing, which was then confirmed by a PCR test. “I was informed last night that I had tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing some
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1:04 PM ET Eight of the top 13 teams in college basketball will highlight a two-night slate of marquee games from the Champions Classic and Jimmy V Men’s Classic at the start of December. ESPN announced the details for the two nonconference events on Wednesday. The State Farm Champions Classic is set for Dec. 1,
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9:15 PM ET Associated Press LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The New Mexico State men’s basketball team will temporarily move to Phoenix due to coronavirus restrictions in its home state. The Aggies are expecting to be in Arizona for five weeks, but could extend their stay depending on developments with the pandemic, deputy athletic director Braun
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7:20 PM ET Associated Press Kentucky will sell fan cutouts for men’s basketball games Rupp Arena, and at women’s basketball and volleyball games and gymnastics events at Memorial Coliseum. Prices start at $50 with options ranging from four- to six-foot tall cutouts and an upgraded version autographed by men’s coach John Calipari. The Rupp premium
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7:10 PM ET Associated Press The Texas A&M men’s basketball team won’t open the season at the Crossover Classic tournament in South Dakota because of concerns about the coronavirus. The Aggies were scheduled to begin their season on Nov. 25 against No. 15 West Virginia in the tournament. Instead, they’ll play their season opener at
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6:23 PM ET Associated Press ITHACA, N.Y. — Jimmy Boeheim, a senior forward at Cornell and the oldest son of longtime Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim, has placed his name in the NCAA transfer portal, according to a university spokesman. The decision came after the Ivy League announced last week that it had canceled
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