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Three College Basketball Teams Self Isolating After Two Referees Test Positive for Coronavirus

Three college basketball teams are currently in self isolation after two referees tested positive for coronavirus.

UIC, Wright State and Siena College have all decided to self isolate after the positive tests.

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Men’s basketball players, coaches and staff at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Siena College and Wright State are self-isolating as a precaution after two officials who called the schools’ games tested positive for the coronavirus.

Siena spokesman Mike Demos said Thursday the school learned earlier in the week that two officials who worked Siena’s game against Manhattan in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday, March 11 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, had tested positive for COVID-19.