NCAAB RUMORS AND NEWS

National Post "South Carolina starting junior forward Alanzo Frink will miss the rest of the season due to medical reasons, coach Frank Martin announced Tuesday. Frink played in just three games — all starts — and was averaging 3.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 18.4 minutes per game. " January 26

Michigan Live "Michigan State has seen a fifth player test positive for COVID-19 in less than three weeks but is still planning to return to game action later this week. Spartans junior Gabe Brown has tested positive for the virus, Spartans coach Tom Izzo announced on Tuesday. Izzo didn’t give..." January 26

Click on Detroit " Calls to allow winter sports to resume before the end of February may boil over into a legal battle, according to a group of parents, players and coaches from across the state. Late last week, Whitmer announced MDHHS would be extending a pause on winter contact sports, namely..." January 26

New York Post "Conference tournament week is a highlight to every season. It gives every team a chance to dream. Big East Tournament quarterfinal Thursday is my third favorite day of the season, right behind the first day of the NCAA Tournament and Selection Sunday. But this year there should be no..." January 25

SI "Following the cancellation of last season's NCAA men's basketball tournament amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA experienced a $600 million annual decline in its total revenue for the 2020 fiscal year, according to USA Today. USA Today obtained a copy of the..." January 25

Essentially Sports "The Duke Blue Devils are having a very rough season. While being 5-5 isn’t a big issue, it is a massive cause of concern for the NCAA heavyweights. They fell to a rough loss at the hands of the Louisville Cardinals two days ago. While Duke was outmatched for that game, the loss was still..." January 25

The Roanoke Times "The Virginia Tech men's basketball program announced Monday that starting forward Tyrece Radford has been indefinitely suspended from all team activities "for not upholding the high standards Virginia Tech has for its students and athletes." Radford has been charged with..." January 25

KXAN "Texas Longhorns basketball coach Shaka Smart says he tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation away from the team and his family, according to a post on his Twitter account. The Longhorns were expected to host Oklahoma on Tuesday following a week off due to COVID-19 issues at..." January 25

Yardbarker "Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was criticized for the way he treated a student reporter following Saturday night’s game. As you might expect, the student seemed a bit surprised by the exchange. Jake Piazza, an economics major who writes for the Duke Chronicle, asked Coach..." January 24

The Score "The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is immediately shutting down all Michigan athletic activities for up to two weeks after multiple student-athletes tested positive for the new COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant, the school announced Saturday. The school..." January 24

Larry Brown Sports "Coach K got testy with a student reporter after Duke’s 70-65 loss to Louisville on Saturday. A student reporter asked Mike Krzyzewski during his postgame press conference where the team goes from here. Coach K took issue with the question. Rather than just say his Blue Devils..." January 24

CBS Sports "Oklahoma State star freshman Cade Cunningham missed Saturday's game vs. No. 2 Baylor as the Bears cruised to a comfortable 81-66 win at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Cunningham was unable to play because of COVID-19 protocols, according to CBS announcer Tom McCarthy. The Cowboys were..." January 23

Yardbarker "The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball program will remain idle through at least the end of January.  Nebraska confirmed on Friday that a matchup against the Penn State Nittany Lions scheduled for Jan. 30 has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues that have..." January 22

CBS Sports "Out of 32 Division-I conferences in college basketball, 31 are playing this season. As of today, all of them plan to hold league tournaments.  But will they actually happen? Should they?  There are more than a few head coaches across the country who don't see..." January 22

Detroit Free Press "Detroit Mercy’s women’s basketball team is cancelling the remainder of its season, and it is not due to COVID-19 issues. A letter obtained by the Free Press and signed by 14 players and their parents was sent Sunday to Titans athletic director Robert Vowels Jr. It detailed..." January 22

Yardbarker "In what's been a rarity among schools during the coronavirus pandemic, both the men's and women's basketball teams of the Old Dominion Monarchs announced on Thursday that they are pausing activities due to COVID-19 issues.   Old Dominion confirmed the..." January 21