Another postponement for UConn
UConn’s return to Big East Conference play will have to wait at least another few days.
The Huskies’ slated game at Providence on Dec. 17 has been postponed to a later date following instruction from the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
According to a release sent out by UConn, the CT DPH advised UConn against playing a game before completing its recommended modified quarantine of 14 days.
The Huskies have been on pause since Sunday, Dec. 6, when a player tested positive for COVID-19. A non-Tier-1 member of the staff later also tested positive. The program has not had any other positive tests since then, and if that continues, the team will be allowed to return to practice on Monday, with additional risk-mitigation strategies in place until the 14-day quarantine is complete on Dec. 20.
UConn is slated to host eighth-ranked Creighton on
Dec. 20 at Gampel Pavilion
Previously, UConn’s scheduled Big East season debut at home against St. John’s on Friday, and a Sunday game at Georgetown were also postponed.
UConn (3-0) returned to the Big East this season after spending the past seven seasons in the American Athletic Conference. The move was celebrated by a fan base that had become disillusioned with the lack of rivalries in the AAC and was excited to return to rivalry games in the league (at least in name) of which
UConn was a founding member.
But not only are fans not allowed at home (or most away) games this season, the Huskies haven’t even started league play yet. Of course, they’re not alone: Providence has now had its first two league games postponed. DePaul has yet to play a single game — league or non-league — this season.
The Huskies’ final game in the Big East was on March 9, 2013 against Providence — a game the Hus