Monday was not a great day if you're a Xavier basketball fan.
First, the Big East Conference announced that Xavier's Jan. 4 trip to Washington, D.C., is canceled because of COVID-19 issues within Georgetown's program.
Then, a few hours after head coach Travis Steele held his pre-game press conference in advance of Tuesday's home game against Connecticut, the league announced that Tuesday's game is canceled because of COVID-19 issues within UConn's program.
The league is referring to these games as "canceled," but in reality, they're closer to postponements.
Initially, the Big East instituted a forfeit policy if teams were unable to play due to COVID-19, but the league reversed that decision last week as a "result of the recent sudden and significant increases in the number of COVID-19 cases nationally and within Big East programs due to the spread of the Omicron variant.