Duke’s opener against Gardner-Webb, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed due to a Covid breakout at Gardner-Webb. The player involved is fortunately asymptomatic. G-W’s Covid protocols now kick in as the university tries to contact trace and to contain the outbreak.
It’s no surprise - it’s already happened several times around the country.
There is no word yet on rescheduling the game and no guarantee it will be although both schools would like to. So as of now, the opening game for Duke shifts to Saturday, November 28, against Coppin State in Cameron Indoor.
Like most schools, Duke prefers to open against a few lesser schools to ramp up to ACC competition.