COVID-19 Impacting College Basketball

LOS ANGELES (AP) – UCLA postponed its men’s Tuesday night basketball game against Long Beach State. The school says the game was called off out of “an abundance of caution” based on COVID-19 protocols within the Beach’s program. It’s the second time the game has been postponed. The teams were originally scheduled to play at Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 30, but that game was called off for the same reason.  UNLV’s men’s basketball program is pausing in-person team activities due to a confirmed case of COVID-19. The Runnin’ Rebels’ games against Wyoming Sunday and Tuesday will not be played as scheduled. Southern California has postponed or canceled its next three men’s basketball games while team activities continue to be halted because of a confirmed case of COVID-19. The school said it canceled home games against San Francisco on Wednesday and Texas Southern on Dec. 23, and postponed its road game at Oregon State on Dec. 20.