First scheduled SEC men’s basketball game postponed because of COVID
Turns out the SEC is not immune to its conference schedule this season being disrupted by COVID-19.
The league announced Tuesday afternoon that Wednesday’s game between Florida and Ole miss has been postponed because of COVID protocols. Scheduled for a 5 p.m. tip-off on Wednesday, the game was to be the first conference game played in 2021-22.
“The Florida at Ole Miss men’s basketball game of December 29 has been postponed due to COVID issues within the Florida basketball program, consistent with Southeastern Conference COVID-19 management requirements,” said the league in a statement. “A makeup date has not been determined at this time.”
Last week, the SEC changed its guidelines for games by stating that a game could be played if seven scholarship athletes and one coach was available.
Wednesday’s South Carolina State at South Carolina game has also been postponed.
Missouri Coach Cuonzo Martin tested positive for COVID-19 and will not make the trip to Lexington for the Tigers’ game with Kentucky on Wednesday. That game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on the SEC Network.
The ACC has already postponed three games this week, including Duke’s games with Clemson and Notre Dame. The Big East has had several postponements, including Tuesday night’s Xavier-Connecticut matchup.
The Kentucky women’s basketball game against Auburn on Thursday has also been postponed.
Here is the schedule for Wednesday’s men’s SEC games:
- 7 p.m. - LSU at Auburn (ESPNU)
- 7 p.m. - Missouri at Kentucky (SEC)
- 7 p.m. - Gardner-Webb at Georgia (ESPN Plus)
- 8 p.m. - Central Arkansas at Texas A&M (ESPN Plus)
- 9 p.m. - Tennessee at Alabama (ESPN2)
- 9 p.m. - Arkansas at Mississippi State (SEC)
As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, here is the list of postponed or canceled college basketball games over the next two days:
Tuesday, Dec. 28
- Cincinnati at Houston
- New Orleans at Ohio State
- Colorado State at New Mexico
- UConn at Xavier
- Connecticut College at Saint Peter’s
- Hartford at Cornell
- James Madison at Penn
- Siena at American
- Sacramento State at Oregon State
- Prairie View A&M at Valparaiso
- Eastern Michigan at Ohio
- LSU Alexandria at North Texas
- Maryland-Eastern Shore at Columbia
- UC Riverside at UC Davis
- Georgetown at Creighton
Wednesday, Dec. 29
- Duke at Clemson
- New Hampshire at Dartmouth
- South Carolina State at South Carolina
- Texas Southern at TCU
- Florida State at Boston College
- Delaware State at Penn State
- Drexel at Charleston
- UNC Asheville at Indiana
- Elmira at Binghamton
- Virginia Tech at North Carolina
- Norfolk State at Campbell
- Wartburg at Northern Iowa
- Marquette at St. John’s
- Bellarmine at Bradley
- Florida A&M at Illinois
- Florida at Ole Miss
This story was originally published December 28, 2021 at 3:02 PM.
