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Oklahoma basketball: Season opener pushed back by COVID

Rob Thomas, an employee with CSE Sports, talks on the phone from a team bench after the SEC announced Thursday morning the cancellation of the 2020 SEC men's college basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena. The SEC Conference announced the cancellation of the 2020 SEC Men's College Basketball Tournament after the COVID-19 outbreak. March 12, 2020. Sec Tournament

The men’s Oklahoma basketball team is going to have to wait awhile to tip off the 2020-21 college season.

The Sooners paused organized team activities on Thanksgiving Day eve because of positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing, according to information posted on the OU athletic website.