COLLEGE BASKETBALL: NCAA season set to open day before Thanksgiving

Florida guard Trey Mann goes for a shot around Alabama’s John Petty Jr. (23) last season at the O’Connell Center. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball season will begin Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving.

The Division I Council voted Wednesday to push the start date back from the originally scheduled Nov. 10 as…