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The Latest: Cincinnati-Tulsa Game Off; AAC Title Still On

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

  • Last Updated: December 08, 2020, 22:21 IST

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Michigans football team is relegated to limited workouts for a second day in a row due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the program.

The Wolverines are scheduled to play No. 3 Ohio State on the road on Saturday, but there are increasing doubts about whether they will be medically cleared to compete after canceling last weekend’s game against Maryland.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and some of his players were scheduled to be on Zoom calls with reporters on Tuesday, but those media availabilities have been postponed.

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The Big East Conference has switched a couple of opening night mens basketball games because of COVID-19-related concerns.

St. Johns is now scheduled to visit Seton Hall on Friday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The game will start at 4:30 p.m. Eastern and be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network.

St. Johns was originally scheduled to welcome UConn back into the Big East on Friday in Storrs, Connecticut, and Seton Hall was to play host to DePaul. But UConn and DePaul are both dealing with COVID-19 issues.

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Seton Hall womens basketball coach Anthony Bozzella will miss Tuesday’s season opener against St. Peters because of COVID-19 concerns.

The program paused nearly three weeks ago after positive tests were revealed, the team was quarantined for 14 days and has since completed the protocol process.

Bozzella remains in quarantine. There is no timetable for his return. Assistant coach Lauren DeFalco will serve as interim head coach during Bozzella’s absence.

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East Tennessee State has postponed Tuesday nights men’s basketball game at UNC-Asheville hours before tipoff due to COVID-related issues within the Buccaneers program.

ETSU announced the postponement Tuesday morning. The Bucs also had their Dec. 18 home game against UVA-Wise postponed when that program postponed its final five games this month in accordance with COVID-19 protocols. The Bucs will try to reschedule both games.

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The regular-season football finale between No. 7 Cincinnati and No. 18 Tulsa has been canceled due to COVID-19 cases and contact tracing within the Bearcats’ program.

The American Athletic Conference made the announcement on Tuesday.

The teams are scheduled to play in the AAC title game on Dec. 19. Both teams have perfect league records.

The winner of Saturdays game in Tulsa would have hosted the title game. Now, the host will be the team that’s ranked higher in the College Football Playoff rankings being released Tuesday, per the Americans tiebreaking procedure. Last week, Cincinnati was No. 7 and Tulsa was No. 24.

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