Saturday’s game between No. 10 Michigan State basketball and Michigan has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Wolverines' program, the schools announced less than eight hours before the scheduled tipoff.It is the first time during the two coronavirus-disrupted seasons that the rivalry has been postponed. It was scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. tipoff at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Fox, but the network's college basketball podcast “Titus & Tate” tweeted early Saturday morning the game had been postponed "due to issues related to COVID-19."
Michigan in a statement said the team after testing Friday night "fell below the Big Ten Conference roster minimum, with fewer than seven scholarship players available.