No. 4 Virginia picked as ACC favorite ahead of No. 9 Duke

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Fourth-ranked Virginia is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference race while North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks is the preseason pick as player of the year.

New faces: Mississippi State leans on freshmen, transfers

Mississippi State faces a taller task than usual to maintain its recent success under Ben Howland.

Mizzou leans on experience as it heads into uncharted season

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — There are two ways to look at Missouri's basketball program as it heads into the new season.

Ball, Haliburton, Hayes top list of NBA draft point guards

LaMelo Ball opted to play professionally overseas instead of making a brief stop in college basketball. That unconventional route to the NBA now has him set to be the top point guard taken – and maybe the first pla…

Barnes restocks Tennessee roster, ready to contend again

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes has restocked the roster so well that the 12th-ranked Volunteers should quickly erase the painful memory of last season once play begins.

Stackhouse sees Vanderbilt better prepared in his 2nd season

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt coach Jerry Stackhouse knows he has a more complete roster going into his second season. He also believes both the Commodores, along with he and his assistants, are better prepare…

Jury still out on Notre Dame's 1-and-done ACC member status

LSU has added size and a new philosophy in the 20-21 season

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Will Wade was able to add more size and on-the-ball scrappiness to his roster this season and expects it to show up in a big way when the Tigers are defending.

Arkansas to depend on newcomers after Joe, Jones leave early

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas will have a distinctly different look this season.

Marshall remembers worst US sports disaster 50 years later

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — After a plane crash killed most of Marshall University's football team in 1970, school administrators could have resorted to the simplest choice — dropping the losing sport altogether.

Georgia-Missouri becomes 4th SEC game postponed this week

The Southeastern Conference schedule for this weekend lost a fourth game to COVID-19 on Wednesday as No. 12 Georgia at Missouri was postponed because the Tigers are short on players.

Ole Miss banking heavily on contributions from 3 transfers

Kermit Davis took Mississippi back to the NCAA Tournament in his first season two years ago. He’s banking heavily on transfers for any chance to make another run.

Auburn tries to sustain success with Pearl's youngest team

Bruce Pearl has another rebuilding job of sorts at Auburn as the Tigers must replace virtually all their key players after the best

Wheeler taking lead role as Georgia looks to replace Edwards

Tom Crean is thrilled to see sophomore Sahvir Wheeler emerging as the leader on a Georgia team that must replace

Petty, Alabama looking to add defense, wins to repertoire

Nate Oats brought points galore in his first season at Alabama with his up-tempo coaching style. Now, he's hoping the defense — and wins — will follow.