If Northwestern men’s basketball takes on No. 10 Michigan State on January 2 as scheduled, it will be just the fourth game that the Wildcats have played in 33 days.
Meanwhile, Northwestern women’s basketball was supposed to take on conference foe Minnesota today. That game isn’t being played, however. The Wildcats’ Solstice Showdown against Oregon, which was meant to be played on December 21, never happened. Both of these cancelations came after multiple members of the NU program tested positive for COVID-19.
This is the unfortunate reality that many college basketball teams around the country are currently facing as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 runs rampant.