Huskies’ COVID issues nix another game
Matchup with Butler canceled by Big East; conference will attempt to reschedule later
The Big East Conference announced that Saturday’s Uconn men’s basketball game against
Butler was canceled due to COVID issues within the Uconn program. The game was schedule to be played at the XL Center.
Per the Big East game cancellation policy, the conference office will attempt to reschedule the game in accordance with the parameters of the policy.
On Monday, Uconn men’s basketball team announced that its Big East Conference game at Xavier on Tuesday was canceled.
Uconn head coach Dan Hurley was among those testing positive. Currently, he is in isolation at home.
As the omicron variant rages, the Big East Conference announced a change to their COVID-19 policy regarding games last Thursday. According to new Big East COVID-19 policy, the teams need at least “seven scholarship players and one countable coach” for the games to not be canceled. Games will be rescheduled for later in the season, according to Big East release, unless schedules do not allow, in which case the games will be ruled no contest.
Uconn announced that if a game is canceled due to COVID19, season ticket holders will retain access to their seats for rescheduled contests. If the game cannot be rescheduled, Uconn will credit the account of the ticket holder at the end of the season. If a threegame mini-plan or single game ticket has been purchased for a canceled game, the same ticket can be used for the rescheduled game.
Per release, fans can manage their tickets by logging into their account at Uconntickets. com. For any additional questions fans can contact Uconn Athletics Ticket Office via email athtickets.uconn.edu or by calling
1-877-AT-UCONN.
The news comes just one day after the Uconn women’s basketball team canceled its game against Depaul due to COVID-19 issues within the program. Earlier this week, they also had a home game canceled again Marquette due to COVID-19 issues within the Marquette program.
The next opportunity to play a game for the men’s side will come on Jan. 8 when they head on the road to face Big East foe Seton Hall. The Huskies last played game dates back to Dec. 21, when Uconn defeated Marquette 78-70. In that game, Huskies star Adama Sanogo returned from a four game absence due to abdominal strain and played 12 minutes. Sanogo put up six points and two rebounds.