After Ray Salnave graduated from Monmouth University in the spring, he enrolled at DePaul as a graduate transfer with visions of stepping up from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the Big East. He averaged 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game last season, and wanted to prove himself on a bigger stage.
But after Salnave, a 6-foot-3 guard from Elmont, N.Y., and a few of his DePaul teammates contracted the coronavirus this summer and fall, the team has yet to play. Other teams are about a month into the season.
The last time Salnave played was on March 6, in Monmouth’s regular-season finale, against Siena, before the M.