School basketball video games affected by COVID-19: Sunday’s Michigan State vs. Indiana sport postponed

Michigan State’s efforts to get again on monitor following a 2-4 begin to Large Ten play are hitting a snag after two gamers examined constructive for COVID-19. After Thursday’s scheduled sport at Iowa was postponed, it has additionally been introduced that Sunday’s showdown with Indiana has been postponed as properly.

Indiana and Michigan State are anticipated to work with the league to “establish choices for rescheduling the competition,” in response to an announcement from Indiana. For Michigan State, the consecutive postponed video games might find yourself which means this system goes 15 days between video games at a time when it’s attempting to cement an id within the nation’s hardest convention. Michigan State’s subsequent scheduled sport is Jan. 23 towards Illinois.

The Spartans rose to No. 4 within the AP ballot amid a 6-0 begin however have since dropped from the ballot after dropping 4 of six video games to start convention play, together with a 55-54 house loss to Purdue on Friday. Coach Tom Izzo mentioned Wednesday that gamers Steven Izzo and Mady Sissoko examined constructive for COVID-19. 

“I am actually dissatisfied, nevertheless it simply goes to show that this will have an effect on anybody,” Tom Izzo mentioned.  “I really feel so snug that me, my son and my gamers did all the pieces potential and adopted each protocol as finest we might.  I am actually, actually impressed with the best way they’ve carried out themselves. This virus doesn’t discriminate and I am unable to emphasize sufficient how vital it’s to put on a masks, wash your arms and observe protocols.”

Upcoming notable postponements or cancellations

• Jan. 14: Michigan State at Iowa
• Jan. 14: SMU at Memphis
• Jan. 14: Arizona State at Oregon
• Jan. 14: Houston at South Florida
• Jan. 16: Georgia Tech at NC State
• Jan. 16: Georgetown at Windfall
• Jan. 16: Arizona at Oregon
• Jan. 16: TCU at West Virginia
• Jan. 16: Xavier at Seton Corridor
• Jan. 17: Wichita State at SMU
• Jan. 17: Indiana at Michigan State
• Jan. 19: Oklahoma State at West Virginia
• Jan. 20: Georgetown at Marquette

TEAMS NOT COMPETING IN 2020-21

• Bethune-Cookman
• Maryland-Jap Shore
• Chicago State (suspended season after 0-9 begin, citing determination to “concentrate on the well being, security, and educational pursuits of the Males’s Basketball student-athletes.”)
• Ivy League — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale

Earlier notable postponements or cancellations

• Nov. 25: UTSA at Oklahoma 
• Nov. 25: Virginia vs. Maine (Uncasville, Connecticut)
• Nov. 25: Central Arkansas at Ole Miss
• Nov. 25: Gardner-Webb at Duke — rescheduled for Dec. 19, then canceled
• Nov. 25: Northern Arizona at Arizona
• Nov. 25-27: Creighton at Crossover Basic (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
• Nov. 25-27: Texas A&M at Crossover Basic (Sioux Falls)
• Nov. 25: Western Illinois at DePaul
• Nov. 25: UMass Lowell vs. Florida
• Nov. 25: Stanford vs. Utah Valley
• Nov. 25: Drexel at Penn State
• Nov. 26: Baylor vs. Arizona State at Empire Basic (Uncasville)
• Nov. 26: Jackson State vs. Ole Miss
• Nov. 27: Arkansas State at Ole Miss
• Nov. 27; Baylor at Empire Basic (Uncasville)
• Nov. 27: Virginia vs. Florida (Uncasville)
• Nov. 27: Florida State vs. Gardner-Webb — rescheduled for Dec. 21
• Nov. 28 Oklahoma at UCF
• Nov. 28: Chicago State at DePaul
• Nov. 29: Baylor at Seton Corridor
• Nov. 29: Gardner-Webb at Georgia
• Nov. 30: Lengthy Seaside State at UCLA
• Nov. 30: Belmont Abbey at Charlotte
• Dec. 1: Towson at Maryland 
• Dec. 1: Alcorn State at DePaul
• Dec. 1: Vanderbilt vs. UConn (Uncasville)
• Dec. 2: Colorado at Arizona — rescheduled for Dec. 28
• Dec. 3: Vanderbilt at Legends Basic (Uncasville)
• Dec. 4: UNC Greensboro at Louisville
• Dec. 4: Florida A&M at South Florida
• Dec. 5: Gonzaga vs. Baylor (Indianapolis)
• Dec. 5: NC State vs. UConn: (Uncasville)
• Dec. 5: Alabama A&M at Ohio State
• Dec. 5: James Madison at Maryland
• Dec. 5: UT-Martin at Illinois
• Dec. 5: Purdue-Fort Wayne at Notre Dame
• Dec. 5: Ole Miss at Memphis       
• Dec. 6: Florida A&M at Nebraska
• Dec. 6: DePaul at Iowa State
• Dec. 8: Fordham at Saint John’s
• Dec. 8: Tarleton State at Gonzaga
• Dec. 9: Louisville at Wisconsin
• Dec. 9: Michigan State at Virginia
• Dec. 9: NC State at Michigan
• Dec. 9: Robert Morris at West Virginia
• Dec. 10: Southern at Gonzaga
• Dec. 11: Saint John’s at UConn
• Dec. 12: Xavier at Windfall   
• Dec. 12: Northern Arizona at Gonzaga
• Dec. 12: Charleston Southern at Duke
• Dec. 12: Saint John’s at Texas Tech
• Dec. 13: Stanford at USC 
• Dec. 13: SIU-Edwardsville at Northwestern
• Dec. 13: Texas at Baylor
• Dec. 13: William & Mary at Virginia 
• Dec. 13: UConn at Georgetown
• Dec. 15: Tarleton State at Baylor
• Dec. 15: Detroit at Kentucky
• Dec. 15: Seton Corridor at Xavier
• Dec. 16: NC State at Louisville
• Dec. 16: Northern Iowa at Wisconsin
• Dec. 18: Xavier at DePaul 
• Dec. 17: DePaul at Windfall 
• Dec. 19: Virginia vs. Villanova (at Madison Sq. Backyard)
• Dec. 19: Gardner-Webb at Duke
• Dec. 19: Houston at Alabama
• Dec. 19: South Carolina at Clemson
• Dec. 21: San Diego at Arizona
• Dec. 22: Notre Dame at Syracuse
• Dec. 22: VCU at LSU
• Dec. 22: UNLV at Wyoming
• Dec. 23: UCLA at Oregon
• Dec. 23: South Carolina State at South Carolina
• Dec. 23: UConn at DePaul
• Dec. 29: South Carolina at Kentucky
• Dec. 30: Syracuse at Wake Forest
• Dec. 31: San Diego State at UNLV
• Jan. 2: North Carolina at Syracuse (rescheduled for Jan. 12)
• Jan. 2: DePaul at St. John’s
• Jan. 2: Arizona State at Washington
• Jan. 2: Memphis at Temple
• Jan. 2: Virginia Tech at Virginia
• Jan. 2: San Diego State at UNLV
• Jan. 3: Wisconsin at Penn State
• Jan. 4: San Diego State at UNLV
• Jan. 5: Villanova at DePaul
• Jan. 5: Memphis at UCF
• Jan. 5: Nebraska at Purdue
• Jan. 6: Georgia Tech at Notre Dame
• Jan. 6: UMass at George Washington
• Jan. 6: Penn State at Ohio State
• Jan. 6: Oregon State at Utah
• Jan. 6: Temple at Tulane
• Jan. 7: Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara
• Jan. 8: Villanova vs. Marquette
• Jan. 9: Florida State at Pittsburgh 
• Jan. 9: Clemson at North Carolina
• Jan. 9: South Carolina at Ole Miss 
• Jan. 9: Oregon State at Colorado
• Jan. 9: LSU at Missouri  
• Jan. 9: Virginia Tech at Louisville
• Jan. 9: Michigan at Penn State
• Jan. 12: Clemson at Syracuse
• Jan. 12: West Virginia at Baylor
• Jan. 12: Vanderbilt at Missouri
• Jan. 12: Tennessee at Vanderbilt
• Jan. 12: Tennessee at South Carolina
• Jan. 13: Illinois at Nebraska
• Jan. 13: DePaul at Georgetown
• Jan. 13: Iowa State at Kansas State
• Jan. 13: Villanova at Xavier