An increase in positive coronavirus cases among UM players had already caused the team to announce a two-week pause in its schedule on Monday, making Dec. 5 at Wake Forest the next Hurricanes game day.
What does it all mean for the rest of Miami’s season, which was the team’s most promising since starting 10-0 in 2017?
Diaz can potentially return to the sideline for Miami’s next game. With the game at Wake Forest being 15 days from his initial positive test — or at least Diaz’s announcement that he tested positive — it is outside the minimum 10-day isolation, per Atlantic Coast Conference policies.