Dec 16, 2021, 07:14pm
Several high-profile college basketball games have been canceled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
College basketball has been affected by a lot of Covid-caused cancellation this week.
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The Ohio State men's basketball team, which is ranked 15th by the Associated Press, was forced to cancel its game against Kentucky due to multiple Covid cases.
The UCLA game was canceled less than an hour before it was scheduled to start.
The game between Iona and Seton Hall will be canceled due to Covid-19 protocols.
Kentucky and North Carolina had their weekday games knocked off due to Covid-19 issues.
The difficulties of maintaining a normal sports schedule has been a reminder this week. Several teams are pushing for a two-week shutdown of the league after the English premier league players and personnel returned a record-high number of positive Covid-19 tests. The National Football League has yet to cancel a game despite dealing with record Covid-19 cases. The National Basketball League and National Hockey League both announced game delays earlier this week.
The NCAA had unpleasant memories of the early days of the Pandemic after this week's cancellation. The NCAA missed out on $600 million of revenue when the 2020 men's basketball tournament was canceled, according to financial records viewed by USA Today.
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