College basketball: Schedule, latest COVID-19 news for the 2020-21 season

On Monday, the Pac-12 announced that originally scheduled conference games have been adjusted for the end of  the regular season. Here's the remaining conference schedule:

Monday, Feb. 22

• Oregon at USC - 6 p.m. PT (FS1)

Tuesday, Feb. 23

• Washington at Arizona State - 6 p.m. PT (PAC12N)

Thursday, Feb. 25

• Washington at Arizona State - 4 p.m. PT (FS1)
• UCLA at Utah - 5 p.m. PT (PAC12N)
• Oregon at Stanford - 6 p.m. PT (ESPN/2/U)
• USC at Colorado - 6 p.m. PT (ESPN/2/U)
• Oregon State at California - 7 p.m. PT (PAC12N)
• Washington State at Arizona - 8 p.m. PT (FS1)

Saturday, Feb. 27

• Washington at Arizona - 11 a.m. PT (CBS)
• Washington State at Arizona State - 1:30 p.m. PT (PAC12N)
• Oregon State at Stanford - 4 p.m. PT (PAC12N)
• USC at Utah - 5 p.m. PT (ESPN2/U)
• Oregon at California - 7 p.m. PT (FS1)
• UCLA at Colorado - 7 p.m. PT (ESPN/2/U)

Monday, March 1

• Arizona at Oregon - (ESPN/2)
• Washington State at Arizona State - 12 p.m. PT (PAC12N)

Wednesday, March 3

• UCLA at Oregon - (ESPN2)
• Oregon State at Utah - 4 p.m. PT (ESPN2/U)
• Stanford at USC - 7:30 p.m. PT (FS1)

Thursday, March 4

• Arizona State at Colorado - (ESPN2/U)

Saturday, March 6

• Arizona State at Utah
• USC at UCLA - 1 p.m. PT (CBS)

Sunday, March 7

• Oregon at Oregon State

The American Athletic Conference announced Monday evening the postponement of Thursday's (Feb. 25) and Sunday's (Feb. 28) Wichita vs. SMU games "due to a continuation of a suspension of activities at SMU."

The AAC also postponed Saturday's East Carolina-Tulsa contest "due to a continuation of a suspension of activities at East Carolina," per the release.

UNC men's hoops announced Saturday that they added a midweek game against Marquette. The Tar Heels will host the matchup at Chapel Hill. Tipoff is slated for 7 pm EST Wednesday night. 

On Thursday, Bellarmine announced it is pausing competitive activity due to inconclusive testing results.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday the postponement of three men's basketball games taking place between Saturday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 23 due to COVID-19. Here are the postponed matchups:

• Virginia Tech at Florida State. Was scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20.
• Clemson at Pittsburgh. Was scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 21.
• North Carolina at Boston College. Was scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23.

In response to these postponements, Florida State will now play Pittsburgh on February 20, which make up for their original game scheduled on January 9.

The Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday the postponements of the Texas-Oklahoma and Texas Tech-TCU men's basketball games scheduled for February 18 due to inclement weather. Information regarding rescheduling either game is not yet available.

Maine has opted out of the remainder of the 2020-21 season due to challenges related to COVID-19. The team hasn't been cleared for practice or competition since Jan. 17. 

On Friday, the ACC announced that two women's basketball games have been postponed.

The Louisville-Syracuse game scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 14, was postponed because of "a positive test, subsequent quarantining and contact tracing within the Louisville women’s basketball program."

The Notre Dame-NC State game scheduled for Monday, Feb. 15, was postponed due to "positive tests, subsequent quarantining and contact tracing within the Notre Dame women’s basketball program."

Texas A&M announced Thursday that Saturday's men's basketball game against Florida has been postponed due to "a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals" inside the Texas A&M team. No makeup date has been set yet.

On Wednesday night, Louisville announced its men's basketball game at Virginia Tech has been postponed to March 3.

The Atlantic 10 announced Wednesday that Saturday's Dayton-St. Joseph's men's basketball game has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols that apply to St. Joseph's Tier 1 personnel. 

On Tuesday night, Florida Gulf Coast announced its men's basketball program will enter a two-week pause due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing.

The Big Ten is moving its 2021 men's basketball conference tournament from Chicago to Indianapolis. In a statement, the Big Ten said the decision was made with health and safety in mind and hosting both men's and women's tournaments in the same city would allow for cohesive testing and medical protocols for both events. The men's tournament is scheduled for March 10-14, 2021.

Howard is canceling the remainder of its 2020-2021 men's basketball season out of an abundance of caution due to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a release from the school. The decision follows several positive test results from members of the team in January that prompted the school to put the program on hold. 

Santa Clara announced Monday that its next two games have been postponed because of additional positive COVID-19 tests and quarantining that has delayed the program's return to practice. The two games are listed below.

• Thursday, Feb. 11 vs. Gonzaga
• Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Portland

On Monday, Niagara announced that it has paused team activities because of a positive COVID-19 test among its Tier 1 personnel. The Purple Eagles' game at Iona on Wednesday, Feb. 10, has been postponed. 

The Big East announced the DePaul at Xavier men's basketball game scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 11 is postponed due to COVID considerations. A makeup date has not been announced. 

On Sunday, Siena announced that it had paused team activities because of positive COVID-19 test results among its Tier 1 personnel group. 

The Saints' next two games on Friday, Feb. 12 and Saturday, Feb. 13, against Canisius have been postponed. 

Massachusetts is pausing all athletic activities, including games and practices for all sport programs, due to a surge in COVID-19 cases on campus. 

The pause will be in place for a minimum of 14 days, starting 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 7. According to the press release, it will only be lifted "when public health conditions improve substantially."

On Friday night, the Marist men's basketball program paused all team activities following a positive COVID-19 test within the program.

The Western Kentucky men's basketball series at FAU has been postponed after a positive COVID-19 case and subsequent contact tracing within the Hilltopper program. According to the official WKU release, this is the program's first positive case.

Out of an abundance of caution, Fordham will not travel to VCU for Sunday's game. The team made the announcement Saturday afternoon. 

Today's game between Canisius and Quinnipiac men's basketball will not be played following an inconclusive COVID test result from a Tier 1 member of the Canisius program.

The two teams are still scheduled to play each other tomorrow, Sunday, Jan. 31, pending follow-up test results. 

On Wednesday, Davidson men's basketball announced that it had paused team activities due to "positive COVID-19 test results among Tier 1 personnel."

According to the announcement, Tier 1 personnel includes "scholar athletes, coaches and any staff member whose job requires close regular contact."

Due to the pause, the Wildcats' Saturday game against St. Bonaventure has been postponed. 

On Tuesday, Santa Clara men's basketball announced that it had paused team activities due to "positive cases from COVID-19 testing and related contact tracing."

The Broncos' next three games have been postponed: Saturday, Jan. 30, at Portland; Thursday, Feb. 4, vs. Saint Mary's (Calif.); Saturday, Feb. 6, at Gonzaga. 

On Tuesday, Oregon men's basketball announced it had paused all team activities "because of COVID-19 protocols."

The Ducks' next three games, all on the road, have been postponed: UCLA on Thursday, Jan. 28, USC on Saturday, Jan. 30, and UCLA on Monday, Feb. 1. Makeup dates will be announced once finalized. 

The UMass-VCU game scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 27, has been postponed due to "contact tracing protocols and out of an abundance of caution." The Atlantic 10 will work with both teams to schedule a makeup date.

UMass also announced Tuesday that it had paused team activities. 

On Monday, Texas head coach Shaka Smart tweeted that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Smart is working remotely in isolation, and is away from his team and family. 

On Saturday, Michigan paused all of its athletic programs for up to 14 days after several individuals "linked to the U-M Athletic Department" tested positive for the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19. 

The next four games for Michigan men's basketball have been postponed. The Wolverines' next scheduled contest is Thursday, Feb. 11, at home against Illinois.

Monmouth men's basketball announced on Friday, Jan. 22, that it is pausing all team activities. The Hawks had a positive COVID-19 test within the program. As a result, their road games at Manhattan on January 22-23 are postponed.

On Friday, Jan. 22, Nebraska announced that its January 30 men's basketball game against Penn State has been postponed. The Huskers paused all team activities last week due to COVID-19. The program is scheduled to resume play on Wednesday, Feb. 3.

The Xavier-UConn game scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 20, has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Musketeers' program. A makeup date has not yet been announced. 

Nebraska men's basketball has paused team activities after head coach Fred Hoiberg announced on Sunday that he tested positive for COVID-19.

Hoiberg tweeted that while he's experiencing symptoms, his condition has improved in the last 24 hours. He is currently self-isolating. 

The Notre Dame-Howard contest scheduled for Monday, Jan. 18, has been canceled due to COVID-19 related concerns within the Bison program, per a press release from Howard.

"We are all incredibly disappointed by this cancellation," Howard Director of Athletics Kery Davis said in the release. "This was a tremendous opportunity to bring national exposure to our basketball team and the University. However, it goes without saying that the health and welfare of our student-athletes is our priority first and foremost."

On Friday, Jan. 15, Iowa State postponed its January 16 road game at Kansas due to COVID-19 protocols within the Cyclones' program. ISU has also paused team activities indefinitely.

The Virginia women's basketball team has canceled the rest of its season, the school announced on Thursday, due to healthy and safety concerns.

The Cavaliers last played on Dec. 13. The decision to cancel the rest of the season after the program postponed or canceled six games because of COVID protocols. Injuries have also limited the team with available players.

"As difficult as it is to end our season in this manner, it is a necessary one," Virginia coach Tina Thompson said in the release. "The health and safety of our student-athletes will always be the number one priority. We will continue to focus on their overall well-being and prepare to resume competition in the fall.”

Virginia is the second ACC women's team to cancel its season. Duke did so on Dec. 25.

The Michigan State-Iowa game scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 14, has been postponed out of "an abundance of caution surrounding the health and safety of the participants."

Both schools will work with the Big Ten to determined a makeup date. 

🚨 SCHEDULE UPDATE II 🚨

Thursday's Big Ten game between MSU & Iowa is being postponed as mutually agreed upon out of an abundance of caution surrounding the health and safety of the participants.

The institutions will work with the Conference to identify rescheduling options. pic.twitter.com/3o8ydJenUv

— Iowa Basketball (@IowaHoops) January 14, 2021

The DePaul-Georgetown game scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Hoyas' program. A makeup date has not been determined. 

The Illinois-Nebraska game scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 13, has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 testing within the Huskers' program. 

The Davidson-La Salle men's basketball game originally scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 3, will now be played on Saturday, Jan. 16. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET.

Tuesday night's game between No. 13 West Virginia (9-4) and No. 2 Baylor (11-0) has been postponed because of COVID protocols.

🚨 Schedule Alert 🚨

Tuesday's game at Baylor has been postponed.

➡️https://t.co/6gIpVKlvrc#HailWV pic.twitter.com/QsPzGwfEMo

— WVU Men's Basketball (@WVUhoops) January 11, 2021

According to the official release from the Mountaineers, "The postponement is in response to West Virginia being unable to meet the required COVID-19 thresholds on Monday, as established by the Big 12 Conference. WVU will work with the Big 12 Conference and Baylor to reschedule the game."

Today's Missouri at Auburn women's basketball game has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests and subsequent contact tracing and quarantining within the Auburn program, the SEC announced Sunday.

On Friday, Jan. 8, Drake announced that it's upcoming men's basketball games against Loyola-Chicago (January 10-11) and Missouri State (January 17-18) have been postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test within Drake's program.

On Friday, Jan. 8, St. Bonaventure announced that it's men's basketball game with George Washington has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Colonials' program. The contest was scheduled to be played on Saturday, Jan.9.

The Missouri men's basketball program has paused all activities due to COVID-19 protocols.  As a result, Saturday's home game against LSU has been postponed.

The status of Missouri's Jan. 12 home game against Vanderbilt and Jan. 16 game at Texas A&M is still to be determined, according to the school release.

The South Carolina at Ole Miss men's basketball game originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 9 has been postponed, according to an official release from South Carolina. The postponement comes as a result of "positive [COVID-19] tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals" within the Gamecocks program.

On Thursday afternoon, the ACC announced the postponement of the Florida State at Pitt men's basketball game originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 9. In the same release, the ACC announced the Pitt at Georgia Tech game has now been moved to Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 8:30 p.m on ACC Network.

The Arizona-Washington game scheduled for Friday, Jan.8, has been postponed due to "recent COVID-19 impacts within the Washington program."

Both teams will work with the Pac-12 to reschedule the game. Arizona's game at Washington State on Sunday, Dec. 10 will go on as scheduled. 

The Penn State-Ohio State men's basketball game scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 6, has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 results within the Nittany Lions' program.

Both schools will work with the Big Ten to reschedule the game.

On Tuesday, the Big East announced several schedule changes, with three games that are postponed: Providence at Creighton (Jan. 6), Creighton at DePaul (Jan. 10) and Seton Hall at Creighton (Jan. 13). Creighton is pausing competition due to a recent positive COVID-19 test, and the Creighton-Providence game will return to its originally scheduled date of Feb. 10.

Tuesday night's Ball State vs. Western Michigan men's basketball game has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols. A make-up date has not been announced.

It's official. Indiana is the state synonymous with basketball and it will host the entire 2021 NCAA DI men's basketball championship. The NCAA announced the news Monday, which you can read in its entirety here. These are some of the main points:

• Games will be played on two courts inside Lucas Oil Stadium and at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Mackey Arena in West Lafayette and Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Only one game at a time will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium.
• The NCAA will partner with a local health provider to administer COVID-19 tests within the controlled environment for players, coaching staffs, administrators and officials
• The official hosts of the tournament are Ball State, Butler, the Horizon League, Indiana, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Purdue, which are lending their facilities and staffs to assist with tournament operations.
• The Indiana Convention Center will be used for practices with multiple courts set up inside the venue. 
• Most of the tournament teams will stay at Marriott properties, which are connected to the convention center by skywalks. All teams will stay on dedicated hotel floors, with physically distanced meeting and dining rooms and secure transportation to and from competition venues.
• "Mask Madness" will be a big part of this year's event and include thousands of NCAA-donated masks throughout the state.
• Selection Sunday is still scheduled for March 14. The Final Four and NCAA title game are set for April 3 and 5.
• The NCAA is working with local officials to determine if fans can attend games. A limited number of family members of student-athletes and coaches may attend games.
• CBS Sports and Turner Sports will continue to show all 67 games of the tournament across TBS, CBS, TNT, truTV and digital platforms.
• Duke (above) won the NCAA championship the last time the Final Four was in Indianapolis. It's also hosted in 1980, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2006 and 2010. It's also set to host in 2026.

Villanova men's basketball announced it is pausing all team activities once again due to COVID-19 issues. The Wildcats' next three games against DePaul (Tuesday), Marquette (Friday) and Xavier (Jan. 13) have been postponed.

Villanova first paused activities back on Dec. 27 due to COVID issues, but announced Sunday that it had returned to practices.

Penn State announced that its men's basketball game against Wisconsin scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 3, has been postponed. Both schools agreed to the decision "out of an abundance of caution surrounding the health and safety of the student-athletes, coaches and staff."

VCU men's basketball announced Saturday morning its program has been put on pause due to COVID-19 protocols. Saturday's game between VCU and Davidson has been postponed.

Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski will miss Saturday's game at Florida State after being "exposed to an individual not in the travel party who tested positive to COVID-19." 

Associate head coach Jon Scheyer will serve in Krzyzewski's place for the game. 

The postponed game between Stanford and Oregon State men's basketball will now be played this Monday, Jan. 4 at 3 p.m. ET on Pac-12 Network.

The matchup was originally scheduled for Dec. 31 but was postponed due to COVID-19 testing results and contact tracing protocols within the OSU program. 

On Friday, Marquette women's basketball announced that it had paused team activities due to a positive COVID-19 test. The Golden Eagles' next three games against DePaul on Jan. 3, Creighton on Jan. 6 and Villanova on Jan. 9 have been postponed. 

Temple men's basketball announced that its games against Memphis on Saturday, Jan. 2, and Tulane on Wednesday, Jan. 6, have been postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case. 

Rescheduled dates have not yet been determined. 

The East Carolina-Wichita State game scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 30, has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the Pirates' program. 

The game will be rescheduled at the first opportunity when both teams are available prior to Sunday, Feb. 21, according to a release from the American Athletic Conference. 

The SEC announced that the Ole Miss at No. 5 South Carolina women's basketball game on Thursday, Dec. 31 has been postponed. The decision was made due to a combination of COVID-19 positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Ole Miss program.

On Sunday, TCU men's basketball program announced that they will be playing Prarie View A&M on Wednesday, December 30, instead of Texas Southern. 

The game will take place at 8 p.m. ET and will be aired on ESPN+. 

Loyola Marymount men's basketball announced Saturday that it will pause all program activities due to positive COVID-19 cases and contact tracing. 

The school announced that its final non-conference game, against Southern Cal, has been canceled due to the pause. LMU will also postpone the opening game of conference play. It is working with the West Coast Conference to reschedule the game. LMU's conference opener was supposed to take place on Jan. 2 against Santa Clara. 

On Friday, Dec. 25, Duke announced that the remainder of its women's basketball season is canceled due to safety concerns regarding COVID-19.

The Blue Devils played four games during the 2020-21 season and had been on pause since December 16 due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the program.

UCLA announced that its men's basketball game against Oregon for today has been postponed due to "COVID-19 testing & contact tracing protocols for game officials."

The Pac-12 will work with both schools to reschedule the game. 

On Monday, Dec. 21, South Carolina announced that its men's basketball program is pausing team activities due to COVID-19. This decision follows the results of the team's COVID-19 test results from Monday. The Gamecocks' scheduled contest with South Carolina State on December 23 has been canceled and they will remain on pause until further test results are received.

The ACC announced that the men's basketball game between Notre Dame and Syracuse, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 22, has been postponed due to "positive tests in a recent Syracuse opponent, subsequent quarantining, and contact tracing required for the Syracuse men’s basketball team."

 

On Saturday, Dec. 19, Connecticut announced that its road game at DePaul scheduled for Dec. 23 has been postponed due to COVID-19.

No makeup date has been announced.

On Thursday, Dec. 17, Florida announced that its next three men's basketball non-conference games have been postponed. The Gators last played on December 12 and are scheduled to play next in their SEC opener against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Dec. 30.

Arizona announced that its game against California Baptist has been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Lancers' program, contact tracing and mitigation protocols. 

On Wednesday, organizers for the CBS Sports Classic announced that the new matchups for this year's event will be North Carolina versus Kentucky at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 19, followed by UCLA versus Ohio State around 4:15 p.m. ET.

On Sunday, the ACC announced the the men's basketball game scheduled to be played between NC State and Louisville on Wednesday, Dec. 16 has been postponed due to positive tests and contact tracing within Louisville's program.

Duquesne men's basketball has announced its next two games, scheduled for Dec. 14 and 16, have been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test among Tier 1 personnel.

Both games were scheduled to be played in Indianapolis against nonconference opponents Southern Illinois and Loyola Chicago. The program's next scheduled game, as of now, is Saturday, Dec. 19 at Richmond.

On Friday, Dec. 11, Kansas announced that it's December 13 game against Tarleton State is canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Tarleton State program. The game will not be rescheduled.

On Tuesday night, South Carolina's men's basketball program announced it has paused all activities and that its game against Wofford scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 10 has been canceled.

Wednesday's ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup between No. 13 Wisconsin and No. 25 Louisville will be postponed. Both schools will explore rescheduling for a later date, per Wisconsin's press release.

The Badgers also announced they have replaced its matchup with the Cardinals for a home game against Rhode Island, now scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The game will air on Big Ten Network.

The Atlantic 10 conference announced that Wednesday's game between La Salle and UMass has been postponed. The make-up date will be announced at a later time.

The Iowa State-DePaul men's basketball game scheduled for tonight, Sunday, Dec. 6, has been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols inside the DePaul program.

The Cyclones (1-1) have their next scheduled game on Friday, Dec. 11 at Iowa. The Blue Demons have not yet started their season and are now next scheduled to play Friday at Seton Hall.

The Jacksonville State-FIU game will not be played today due to COVID-19 testing protocols and out of an abundance of caution. 

FIU's next game is Saturday, Dec. 12 at North Florida. Jacksonville State is idle until Sunday, Dec. 13 when it visits Tennessee Tech. 

Two Big Ten men's basketball teams have canceled games scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5.

• Ohio State's home game with Alabama A&M was canceled after Alabama A&M shared results of its most recent COVID-19 testing.
• Maryland's road game at James Madison has also been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test within the JMU program.