Horizon League Updates this Week’s #HLMBB and #HLWBB Schedules
INDIANAPOLIS – The Horizon League announced Thursday updates to this week’s men’s and women’s basketball schedule.
Green Bay’s men’s basketball’s scheduled contests for Jan. 7 and 9 have been canceled. In addition, Cleveland State’s women’s basketball’s scheduled contest for Jan. 8 has been canceled.
Horizon League policy, vetted by multiple membership groups and approved by the Horizon League Council, states that contests that are canceled due to COVID-19 are to be considered forfeits unless deemed a no contest by the Commissioner. League policy authorizes the Commissioner to deem a cancellation a no-contest when the involved institution can demonstrate that extraordinary circumstances led to the cancellation. Given the surge in positive cases due to the Omicron variant, the Council agreed that a high volume of breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals is considered extraordinary.
Green Bay men’s basketball and Cleveland State women’s basketball sought to deem missed competition this week no contests since both teams were unable to field teams due to breakthrough cases among vaccinated student-athletes. Commissioner Julie Roe Lach granted the requested relief noting that both teams satisfied the extraordinary standard.
The announcement follows positive COVID-19 tests within the Green Bay men’s basketball and Cleveland State women’s basketball tier I individuals.
If needed, additional updates to the schedule will be announced at a later date.