MBB: University Athletic Association

[Gregory Sager]

As posted on the Region 3 board, Buff State had 6 players test positive for COVID, and three more have apparently been dismissed.

Bengals had a 17 player roster but only 8 including 4 regular starters saw action.

Hopefully no superspreader event here.

My men's & women's Bears are scheduled to play in Buffalo on Friday night.

I hear that beef on weck sandwiches and Genessee Cream Ale are the culinary equivalent of a monoclonal antibody treatment.

[Gregory Sager]

$5 for a stream with no commentary! Terrible!

Did you say, "[That's] terrible!" in your best Charles Barkley voice?

[thebear]

I hear that beef on weck sandwiches and Genessee Cream Ale are the culinary equivalent of a monoclonal antibody treatment.

I don't partake of alcohol, but beef on weck is certainly high on the list of favorite comestibles since I was a kid.  I would bet that very hot Buffalo-style wings would also immunize you against certain viruses.

Were it not for my ever advancing age, a foot of snow currently falling downwind of the lakes, and COVID, I was considering making the WNY trip, as my Bills are also playing their final regular season home game on Sunday, but wiser minds prevailed and I will sit here in my cozy abode in the North Woods.

[deiscanton]

No tweet yet from NYU Athletics or Brandeis Athletics, but Saturday's NYU at Brandeis men's basketball game scheduled for a 1 PM Eastern tip has been postponed to a future date, per Brandeis schedule site: 

(Postponement has probably already been announced for the men's game due to COVID-19 protocols among the Brandeis men's basketball team.  As of now, NYU at Brandeis women's basketball game is still scheduled for Saturday, now with a rescheduled tip for 2 PM Eastern. If the postponement was due to dangerous travel conditions because of COVID-19, NYU has until tomorrow to announce a postponement because of travel.)

brandeisjudges.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/schedule

NYU men's basketball schedule also confirms the postponement:

gonyuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Confirmed on the UAA Men's Basketball Schedule as well as to the postponement:

uaasports.info/sports/mbkb/2021-22/schedule

[ADL70]

No spectators at CWRU

https://athletics.case.edu/general/2021-22/releases/20220105dhal3j

[deiscanton]

NYU has published a digital game program today for the NYU home basketball weekend of January 14 and January 16, when the Violets host Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon, with stats through January 7 for both the men's and women's basketball teams.  This is leading me to believe that NYU has partially lifted its athletics activity suspension so that the basketball teams can compete in UAA competition.   The new spectator policy that NYU announced earlier this week is now also leading me to conclude that the December 15 athletics suspension has at least been partially lifted so that the NYU basketball teams can return to competition for UAA play.

2021 New York University Basketball Gameday 4

[deiscanton]

I just read a tweet from Dave McHugh posted at 3:07 PM Eastern acknowledging that the Brandeis men's basketball team has COVID-19 issues.  Yes, the NYU at Brandeis men's basketball game for this Saturday has been postponed to a future date.  At this time, the schedules for Brandeis, CWRU, Carnegie Mellon, and the UAA men's basketball schedule site do not yet reflect that the Brandeis men's basketball games for January 14 and 16 have been postponed.

The Brandeis v Union men's basketball non-conference game has been cancelled.  The Brandeis men's basketball non-conference game vs Bates has been rescheduled to February 16.  The NYU at Brandeis men's basketball game scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed.  That is all I know.  Any UAA talks this week have been done behind closed doors.

Dave McHugh also speculates that the first 3 UAA games involving Brandeis men's basketball have been cancelled and will not be made up.  First of all, I refer you to the UAA Covid 19 Cancellation and Forfeit policy which was published in a memorandum from UAA Executive Vice President Dick Rasmussen on August 18, 2021 on which site policies and procedures for UAA games also have been attached.


UAA COVID Cancellation and Forfeit Policy


Every effort is to be made to reschedule a UAA game that is postponed due to COVID-19 issues if at all possible.

The UAA contests cannot be cancelled without mutual agreement from the athletic administrators of all teams affected by this decision.  Decisions on rescheduling may be delayed to an appropriate point in the season in the event that rescheduling may involve substantial expenditures beyond budget.

I do not know where Dave is getting his information, but have the athletic administrators of Brandeis, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, and Case Western Reserve directly spoken to Dave about this, where if I directly asked what the situation was, those adminstrators wouldn't tell me this?

I have no reasons to believe that the Brandeis men's basketball games up to January 16 have been cancelled yet, or that "UAA teams scheduled to play the Judges are now scrambling to fill with non-conference games."  I believe that the last sentence that Dave tweeted is unfounded speculation unless he has concrete proof and evidence to back up his assertions.  The Brandeis/NYU men's basketball game can be made up in the midweek of the last week of the season. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Brandeis has them all marked postponed now on their schedule.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I was simply told that coaches are looking for replacements. It doesn't mean those games get replaced, but that coaches are looking for games. They very well could be hedging their bets.

[deiscanton]

Okay, Brandeis Athletics tweeted at 4:11 PM Eastern on Thursday, January 6, 2021, and just confirmed the postponement of the men's basketball games of January 14 and January 16 between Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve University and the rescheduled tip times for the women's basketball games of those 2 dates between Carnegie Mellon and CWRU, as Dave McHugh earlier tweeted about an hour before.

Now, the information is public record.

But, it only says that the games have been postponed, not cancelled.  Under the UAA Covid Cancellation and Forfeit Policy, these games are supposed to be made up if at any way possible.  A decision on the make-up dates can be delayed to later in the season because there are substantial expenditures involved in making up the games.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I don't think the fact teams might be looking for games this weekend means the UAA games are cancelled.  Almost every school has lost non-con games to COVID this year (although I think CWRU might be an exception) and might likely use a postponed conference weekend to pick up one they weren't sure they were going to get.

[deiscanton]

I was simply told that coaches are looking for replacements. It doesn't mean those games get replaced, but that coaches are looking for games. They very well could be hedging their bets.

This can be very important.  If the first 3 UAA Brandeis men's basketball games have been agreed by all teams involved to be cancelled games, this could mean that the Brandeis men's basketball team will be disqualified from competing for the UAA Men's Basketball Championship and AQ this season due to failure to play all 14 UAA games scheduled.    Do we have a Johns Hopkins situation involving Brandeis this season where the results vs Brandeis men's basketball cannot be used to break ties?  I do not know these answers.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

To be blunt ... no one has all the answers right now. It is a very fluid situation and even situations where conferences had set plans going in are getting thought about again.

And I'm not following the Hopkins reference ... or I'm forgetting it.

[WUPHF]

To be blunt ... no one has all the answers right now. It is a very fluid situation and even situations where conferences had set plans going in are getting thought about again.

This is the thing!  No point in referencing Covid-19 policies from last semester or even last week because they will certainly change.

[deiscanton]

I was simply told that coaches are looking for replacements. It doesn't mean those games get replaced, but that coaches are looking for games. They very well could be hedging their bets.

Okay, I have NYU still needing 2 non-conference games to schedule and play, and I have Carnegie Mellon still needing 1 non-conference game to schedule, as they already have a Monday January 10, 2022 game scheduled vs La Roche.  Case Western Reserve has already completed its non-league schedule at 10-1.

NYU is currently 8-1, and Carnegie Mellon is currently 6-3.  Assuming that NYU at least partially lifted their athletics suspension on Tuesday, January 4 when they announced the new spectator policy, NYU men's basketball could play a non-conference game this weekend or on another date to be determined, and so could Carnegie Mellon for Friday, January 14, or some other date to be determined.  (Jan. 16 has Carnegie Mellon at NYU.)