The Minnesota Gophers and the Big Ten announced Monday afternoon that the Gophers game at Illinois slated for Tuesday night has been postponed due to COVID in the Minnesota program. The Big Ten requires a minimum of seven scholarship players to be able to play a game. Minnesota was down to eight as of their most recent game a 81-46 loss to Maryland Saturday night.
The Gophers made the decision after practice on Monday. The Gophers were hopeful that Dawson Garcia may have been able to return from his leg injury that has kept him out the past four games, but it appears he would not be able to go, and thus the Gophers would be short of the required number of available players.