INDIANAPOLIS – Post-Christmas basketball in the Big East won’t include bubbles but does allow for interruptions in the schedule.
Butler’s first game after Christmas is Dec. 30 at Providence, resulting in back-to-back dates against the Friars. The teams meet Dec. 23 at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
The Big East announced the rest of the league schedule Monday.
Commissioner Val Ackerman had suggested the Big East might bring teams together in a controlled environment for games at a single site, or small number of sites, during the pandemic. Instead, the schedule calls for a conventional home-and-home format of 20 games.