(Minneapolis, MN) — The Golden Gopher men’s basketball team did not play at Illinois Tuesday night due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the program.
U of M athletic officials say the Big Ten game is being postponed until Monday February 20th in Champaign. Minnesota is scheduled to host Iowa on Sunday afternoon. The Gophers are hoping they have enough healthy players to take the floor. Gopher Gopher head coach Ben Johnson says this has been quite a week so far.
Johnson says they just were not going to be able to put enough players on the floor for a game Tuesday night.
Johnson says he is glad they are going to make up the postponed game.
He says his healthy players are still trying to be as careful as they can to keep this contained.
Johnson says they are trying as hard as they can to stay healthy.
Finally Johnson says the players who tested positive are feeling okay.
Tip off at this point is scheduled for noon on Sunday in Minneapolis. The Hawkeyes are in action Thursday night at top ranked Purdue. Opening tip is set for 6:00 pm.
