Big 12 postpones TCU men’s basketball game at West Virginia because of COVID-19
The TCU men’s basketball team won’t be traveling to West Virginia this weekend.
The Big 12 announced that Saturday’s game between TCU and WVU has been postponed due to COVID-related issues within the Mountaineers program. The Big 12 threshold to play basketball games is six players, and WVU does not have that many players available.
The West Virginia games against Baylor on Tuesday and against Oklahoma State on Jan. 19 also were postponed. The Big 12 also had to postpone Tuesday’s Kansas State and Iowa State game due to COVID issues within K-State’s program.
The Big 12 will work with the schools to reschedule games.
WVU is scheduled to play at TCU on Feb. 22. The next game for both teams would be Feb. 27, leaving a five-day gap for a possible makeup game.
The Big 12 also has an open week at the end of the regular season for potential makeup games before the conference tournament starts in Kansas City.
This is the first COVID-related disruption TCU has faced that resulted in a game not being played on the scheduled date. The Frogs had to replace Texas Southern with Prairie View A&M for a nonconference game last month, but the game was played on the same date (Dec. 30).
TCU (9-4, 2-3 Big 12) is at Oklahoma (6-4, 2-3) tonight. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. in Norman.
This story was originally published January 12, 2021 at 1:33 PM.
