College Basketball News

The draft date has been pushed back to Oct. 16 and the NBA Draft Lottery is expected to be held on Aug. 25, with the league's season restart coming on July 30. As a result of the dates being pushed back, the NCAA gave the date of Aug. 3 or 10 days after the NBA Draft combine, whichever comes first, for players to withdraw their names from the draft and retain their college eligibility. Below, we've broken down the players from around the Big Ten who must make decisions before the deadline (those transferring out of the conference or are undecided on a destination are not included).

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Basketball will not be played until Jan. 1st at the earliest.

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Stanford was already facing some difficult financial choices as it tried to support one of the nation's largest athletics departments. The coronavirus forced a dramatic and painful decision: Faced with a nearly $25 million deficit next year, Stanford became the first known Power Five school to eliminate athletic programs because of the pandemic, announcing Wednesday that 11 of its 36 varsity sports will be shuttered next year. The school will discontinue men's and women's fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men's rowing, co-ed and women's sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men's volleyball and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year.

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Stanford has a $27 billion endowment and is cutting sports because of financial concerns. You can bet others will soon follow the Cardinal's path.

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Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton kept star recruit Cade Cunningham from leaving the program, in part, because he was willing to lose him. Cunningham, one of the nation's top basketball recruits, has chose to remain at Oklahoma State despite the program being banned from the 2021 postseason. Cunningham was impressed with the way Boynton approached him after the NCAA handed down its decision.

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The goal of C4C is to help student-athletes engage, educate, empower, and evolve on issues of social injustices, systemic racism, & power of voting

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This was a fun podcast to record.

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Florida guard Tre Mann is returning for his sophomore season. Mann withdrew his name from the NBA draft Tuesday and plans to stay in school at least another year, a significant and somewhat expected development for fifth-year coach Mike White. Mann surprised the Gators by announcing in late April he planned to explore his professional options.

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Alex Shepherd Photography After testing the waters, Florida combo guard Tre Mann is withdrawing from the 2020 NBA Draft and will come back to school next season. The news was first reported by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.

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