The 500-mile excursion from Alabama A&M’s campus to Ohio State couldn’t have been fun, and what happened when the men’s basketball team arrived only made it worse.
On Friday, a day before the non-conference matchup between the Buckeyes and Bulldogs was set to tip off in the Schottenstein Center, the teams got the news that somebody in Alabama A&M’s travel party had tested positive for coronavirus upon arrival. Thus, the Big Ten-SWAC game was called off.
David Egelhoff, Ohio State’s 15th-year director of basketball operations, told head coach Chris Holtmann of the news with about 10 minutes remaining in their practice that day.