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The eagerly awaited showdown on Saturday between No.. 1 Gonzaga and No.. 2 Baylor has been canceled for the time being due to COVID-19 reasons. The news that the game would not be played came about an hour and a half before the scheduled notice between the top two teams in college basketball at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
A Gonzaga player and another member of his tour group tested positive for COVID-19, according to the schools, causing the game to be abandoned.
« Following surveillance tests for COVID-19, a student athlete and a non-student athlete from the Gonzaga men’s basketball travel company tested positive, » said both schools. « The student-athlete didn’t play West Virginia on Wednesday. After careful consultation with the Marion County Director of Public Health, the Indiana State Health Commissioner, and team doctors Gonzaga and Baylor, it was agreed that tonight’s game would not be played. Both teams have agreed to postpone the game at a later date. «
The game between the high-ranking bulldogs and the No.. 2 Bears should be one of the best games of the 2020-21 season. It should only be 43. Time to be the No.. 1 vs.. . No. 2 teams in the AP Top 25 survey played against each other and only for the third time the No.. 1 team in the AP Top 25 and No.. 1 team in the coaching survey (with Baylor at the top) played against each other.
Baylor coach Scott Drew and Gonzaga coach Mark Few made a joint statement after the game was abandoned.
« We are disappointed that we are unable to play one of the most anticipated games of the season but we are following the advice of health officials, » their statement said. « When we decided to play during a pandemic, our priorities were protecting the health and safety of athletes and complying with public health guidelines. We pride ourselves on how both programs kept these promises. There are much bigger problems in this world than not being able to play a basketball game. That is why we will continue to pray for everyone affected by this pandemic. «
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