Amid pandemic uncertainty, schedules, like rules and assumptions, are made to be broken.
Before the 2020-21 season was 10 days old, at least 23 games involving 11 ACC men’s teams were zapped due to Covid-19 concerns.
Beyond the ACC Tennessee had five games deferred and coach Rick Barnes got the disease. A game pitting No. 1 Gonzaga against No. 2 Baylor was postponed this past weekend after two members of Gonzaga’s travel party tested positive for COVID.
When the virus forced Temple to stand aside, Virginia Tech got an unexpected matchup with highly regarded Villanova. The Hokies came away with an overtime win in Connecticut’s Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament at a site nicknamed “Bubbleville at Uncaville”.