The 2024-25 college basketball season is barely two weeks old at this point, and yet already there have been some major surprises. Programs like Alabama, Duke, and Houston have already taken early losses.

A basketball player at Alabama's University of Mobile is dead after collapsing after a gym workout, according to his coach. Kaiden Francis was a freshman basketball player from Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

A University of Mobile men’s basketball player has died, News 5 has learned. Kaiden Francis, a freshman student-athlete from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, collapsed on campus on Tuesday morning. He never recovered and was pronounced dead.

Despite the quick and heroic efforts of students and medical professionals, Kaiden never recovered,” the university's president said