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The 2020-21 college basketball season won’t look like anything we’ve seen before. Teams will be forced to cancel practices and games because of the inevitable Covid-19 cases and contact tracing that is already happening.
Games will be canceled booked at the last minute, and travel plans will be rearranged very quickly. There’s also the matter of having officials for the game, which the protocols will make more difficult.
Here is the best list we could compile of college basketball teams that are canceling games or practices due to Covid-19 presently:
Teams that have canceled the 2020-21 season:
The Ivy League: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale
Bethune-Cookman
Maryland Eastern-Shore
Teams canceling games or not practicing right now:
Akron
Akron men’s basketball is going on a pause due to COVID, sources tell CBS Sports.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) November 20, 2020
Alabama St
Alabama State, one of the three basketball teams set to compete in the Wake Forest Classic next week, won't come to Winston-Salem after all. https://t.co/6qedzarwPI
— Record and Landmark (@statesville) November 20, 2020
Alcorn State
The Alcorn men's basketball game at Kent State has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.
— Alcorn Sports (@BRAVESSPORTS) November 28, 2020
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Butler
Butler Postpones Two Additional Games Due to COVID-19 Positive Test
— Butler Basketball (@ButlerMBB) November 28, 2020
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Cal State Fullerton
The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team has canceled its first three games of the season after one player tested positive for COVID-19, according to the athletic department. https://t.co/SoalnpOKWb
— Daily Titan (@thedailytitan) November 21, 2020
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Colorado
UPDATE: The University of Colorado Athletic Department has temporarily paused operations of the men's basketball program due to COVID-19, forcing the postponement Wednesday's scheduled Pac-12 Conference opener at Arizona.https://t.co/xfLPKXV7rz
— Colorado Men's Basketball (@CUBuffsMBB) December 1, 2020
Colorado State
The Colorado State men’s basketball program’s season has been put on pause before it even started. https://t.co/dIXGt4yBSt
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) November 21, 2020
Fresno State
An update from @CoachJHut on today's news.#NoDogsDown pic.twitter.com/GaD9LQFCZb
— Fresno State Men’s Basketball (@FresnoStateMBB) November 29, 2020
Fordham
Fordham Men’s Basketball Pauses All Activities https://t.co/rULYXg0Zf0
— Fordham Basketball (@FordhamMBB) November 30, 2020
Gardner-Webb
#FSU men's basketball opener vs. Gardner-Webb on Friday has been postponed. G-W has had COVID positive(s) on the team.
— Bob Ferrante (@BobFerrante) November 24, 2020
Maine
Maine men’s basketball returning to campus, will quarantine before returning to play https://t.co/t8HcPPeFst
— Eric Gullickson (@gullysports) November 26, 2020
Manhattan
Manhattan men’s basketball against Fordham on Dec. 3 has been postponed. According to @JonRothstein, the Jaspers will only be getting out of Quarantine on either the Dec. 3 or 4, per head coach Steve Masiello.
— Pete Janny (@pete_janny) November 28, 2020
Milwaukee
Per release, #Milwaukee is pausing all basketball related activities due to a positive COVID-19 test, and the MTE featuring #NorthDakotaState and #SouthernMiss has been canceled.
— Kyle Cohen (@kylecohenNBA) November 22, 2020
Missouri State
Bears vs. Evangel Game Canceled https://t.co/w1szO6QTnF
— Missouri State Basketball (@MSUBearsHoops) November 27, 2020
Monmouth
Official Statement from Monmouth Basketball pic.twitter.com/kRs3j4rrXO
— Monmouth Basketball (@MonmouthBBall) November 25, 2020
NJIT
The NJIT men's basketball team has paused all team activities for two weeks following a positive COVID-19 test result among the program's Tier 1 personnel, which consists of coaches, student-athletes and support staff.
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) November 25, 2020
Northeastern
BREAKING: Northeastern has postponed all sports until 12/18 after a small cluster of COVID cases on the women's hockey, women's basketball, and men's and women's track and field teams.
— Milton Posner (@miltonposner) November 24, 2020
Northern Arizona
UPDATE: This week's games vs. Eastern Washington have been rescheduled for December 18 and 19.#NAUStrong ⚒️ #BigSkyMBBhttps://t.co/ceVPlvPtfG
— NAU Men's Basketball (@NAUBasketball) November 30, 2020
Northern Colorado
Schedule Update pic.twitter.com/BLavcNFT49
— UNC Men's Basketball (@UNC_BearsMBB) November 25, 2020
Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s game against UTSA today has been canceled due to positive COVID tests with OU, source told @Stadium. Oklahoma’s game Saturday at UCF also off, per source.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) November 25, 2020
Ole Miss
We will be back! Hotty Toddy pic.twitter.com/wttspu8Fj0
— Kermit Davis (@OleMissKermit) November 24, 2020
Prairie View A&M
Prairie View A&M has bowed out of #TheWade because of Covid issues. Louisville is still planning to play today and Friday as scheduled. pic.twitter.com/dkpncDaLZE
— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) December 1, 2020
Richmond
After its momentous win over Kentucky that pushed it into the Top 25, Richmond now must press pause because of COVID-19 testing and contact tracing. Wednesday’s game at Charleston has been canceled. It’s unclear when the Spiders will return to action.
— Brian Bennett (@GBrianBennett) December 1, 2020
Robert Morris
Robert Morris postpones men's basketball opener, team on hold after positive covid test https://t.co/C2OdSpm4QM
— Jerry DiPaola (@JDiPaola_Trib) November 19, 2020
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart has now officially postponed all their gms thru 12/8. Gone are gms @ Stony Brook (12/1), @ UMass Lowell (12/4), @ St. John's (12/6) & @ NJIT (12/8). Their next scheduled gm is 12/11 at home vs Hartford which would be exactly 2 wks from when their pause began. #NECMBB
— Nelson Castillo (@NelCastNY) November 30, 2020
San Diego
A local college team has been hit by Covid. USD men’s basketball has paused all team activity for 14 days due to a positive covid test within the team. @usdmbb will postpone or cancel 2 games. Now, USD’s 1st game is Dec 9th at UCLA.
— Todd Strain (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD) November 20, 2020
St. Joe’s
BREAKING: St. Joes Men's Basketball has paused its basketball operations due to COVID 19, contradicting the info in this sports brief we just posted. Temple's next scheduled game is December 22nd, at Houston. https://t.co/g76vE4ERnE pic.twitter.com/mYJPRVTHh7
— The Sports Desk (@TU_SportsDesk) November 29, 2020
Stony Brook
BREAKING NEWS‼️- The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has withdrawn from “Bubbleville” and paused all team activities after a positive COVID-19 test result within the program, according to a press release from the SBU athletic department. pic.twitter.com/WTrXPtUAxe
— SBU-TV Sports (@sbutvsports) November 19, 2020
Syracuse
Syracuse men’s basketball players sport wristbands that sound when players get within 10 feet of another, and they’re isolating in their homes in to stop their most deadly opponent of the season, COVID-19. From @AnthonyDabbundo.https://t.co/UW7TGEjWPF
— Daily Orange Sports (@DOsports) November 20, 2020
Temple
Temple Pauses Men’s Basketball Activities Due to Covid Protocol Issues https://t.co/8ibacJcM2j
— Temple Men's Basketball (@TUMBBHoops) November 26, 2020
Tennessee
Tennessee basketball pauses activities due to positive Covid tests.
— FOX Sports Knoxville (@FOXSportsKnox) November 23, 2020
Rick Barnes tested positive on Sunday. They will be retested today.https://t.co/ep22mBNW8n
UMass
UMass men’s basketball becomes latest program to pause season due to positive COVID-19 test https://t.co/sIC0DuZXyG
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) November 18, 2020
Utah Valley
Another men’s basketball team hits the pause button: Utah Valley is on a COVID halt, a source tells CBS Sports. This means its game at Stanford tomorrow is off.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) November 24, 2020
Vermont
Vermont basketball programs pause activities due to positive COVID-19 test result. https://t.co/ds0LNOyM4l
— NEWS10 ABC (@WTEN) November 19, 2020
Wichita State
Source: Wichita State is now on pause following positive COVID-19 tests. https://t.co/r6WUArZLaU
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) November 24, 2020