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ANOTHER ONE: COVID Issues Cause Georgetown Hoyas to Cancel Game at Creighton Bluejays on December 28th

ANOTHER ONE: COVID Issues Cause Georgetown Hoyas to Cancel Game at Creighton Bluejays on December 28th

Tuesday’s Georgetown Hoyas game, at Creighton (12/28), is OFF due to COVID issues within the Georgetown program. The BIG EAST will attempt to reschedule the game per their revised policy. After the cancelation of the Providence game on Wednesday, this is the second game needing to be rescheduled for Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas.

Georgetown’s next opponent – St. John’s – had to their game canceled yesterday with Butler b/c of covid issues with the Red Storm.

— Bobby Bancroft (@BobbyBancroft) December 24, 2021

As of early Thursday, this cancelation would have resulted in a forfeit, and Georgetown would have been 0-2 in conference play. Now, if the game can’t be rescheduled, it will not count as a loss.

The BIG EAST’s new policy now states:

Under the modified policy, a Conference game will be canceled in the event a school has fewer than seven scholarship players and one countable coach available for a game. The BIG EAST Conference Office will attempt to reschedule any…

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