UConn coach Dan Hurley stated that Solo Ball had 'some type of a foot sprain' and was in a walking boot, but his status for the game was uncertain. However, Ball was not listed on the initial player availability report released later Sunday.
Nate Oats has turned Alabama into one of the most consistent programs in college basketball since arriving in Tuscaloosa in 2019, guiding the Crimson Tide to five Sweet 16 appearances in the last six years, including a Final Four run in 2024.
Jalen Smith appeared in federal court in Philadelphia and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and bribery charges, becoming the first of 26 people charged in the scheme to formally do so. It came a week before the start of March Madness, in which bettors will wager billions legally - and illegally - on the 68 college basketball teams in the tournament.
On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia brought charges against 26 people they say were involved in a scheme to fix bets on college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games. The point-shaving scheme, according to a 70-page indictment unsealed that morning, involved at least three dozen players on 17 different teams. Twenty of the defendants played college basketball during at least one of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 NCAA seasons.
The Mishawaka Police Department on Sunday said it had completed its investigation after obtaining video from the gym and interviews with Fleeger and multiple witnesses. When asked by police if he could have "inadvertently touched" Fleeger as he walked past, Freeman said he didn't know. "A review of the video evidence does not support those assertions [of a two-handed push by Freeman]," the prosecutor's office said in its statement Monday, adding that Freeman's left hand remained in his pocket during the interaction and that Fleeger didn't stumble backwards as originally alleged.