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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,

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

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

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

7:00 AM ET We are less than a week from the delayed start of the college basketball season, and I’ve had a couple of more weeks than usual to think about those players who are going to be super, scintillating and sensational in 2020-21. With games set to tip off Wednesday, here are my preseason

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.

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

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

7:30 AM ET As the countdown to the start of the 2020-21 college basketball season on Nov. 25 continues, ESPN.com’s panel of experts is making its predictions for all of the nation’s top leagues. After looking at the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, Pac-12, Big East, American Athletic Conference and the nation’s top mid-majors, we

7:00 PM ET LSU forward Shareef O’Neal, the son of former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, has received a waiver from the NCAA and will be eligible immediately this season for the Tigers. Shareef O’Neal announced the news Wednesday on Twitter. “They cleared my waiver man!” he wrote. “Thank god I can play this season. I

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

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

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,

7:30 AM ET Soon after five-star recruit Cade Cunningham posts his first monstrous performance for Oklahoma State‘s men’s basketball team in the coming weeks, he is going to hear his phone ping. The Cowboys’ projected NBA lottery pick will be presented a series of content he can instantly — and legally — show off to

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

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

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

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