Across the country leagues are trying to determine how to best rearrange their schedules as makeup dates dwindle with many conference games dying on the vine. The Big 12 announced many tweaks Tuesday in regard to its league schedule from March 1-7. The most notable cancellation was Thursday's scheduled top-10 matchup between No. 10 West Virginia and No. 2 Baylor. That game has been canceled, though a previously postponed game between the Mountaineers and the Bears -- to be played in Morgantown -- has been slotted for next Tuesday.
"To avoid scheduling a team to play three games in successive weeks, the West Virginia at Baylor game scheduled for Thursday, February 25 has been canceled," the league's statement said. The new schedule will have undefeated Baylor playing five games between Feb. 23-March 7. Here is the allotment of new conference games that the Big 12 assigned.
Monday, March 1
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Tuesday, March 2
Baylor at West Virginia
TCU at Texas Tech
Texas at Iowa State
Thursday, March 4
Iowa State at Texas Tech
Oklahoma State at Baylor
TCU at West Virginia
Texas at Oklahoma
Saturday, March 6
Oklahoma State at West Virginia
Iowa State at Kansas State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+)
Sunday, March 7
Texas Tech at Baylor (ESPN), 3:00 p.m. CT
Texas at TCU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+)
Elsewhere: Kentucky matched its longest winning streak of the season on Saturday with its third victory in a row and first triumph of the year over a ranked opponent when it won at Tennessee. But the Wildcats may have to wait longer than expected to try and extend their winning streak to four after the SEC announced that Tuesday's game between Kentucky and Texas A&M has been postponed.
The postponement is due to "a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Texas A&M basketball program," according to the league's announcement. It's the seventh straight Texas A&M game to be postponed as the Aggies last played on Jan. 30.
The Wildcats could still wind up with a mid-week game if another league opponent becomes available. Or Kentucky could resort to a strategy recently employed by North Carolina that entails soliciting nonconference opponents via social media.
Getting a game in somehow before next Saturday's home contest with Florida would likely benefit a Kentucky squad that appears to be maturing following a historically bad start. The Wildcats will almost assuredly need to win the SEC Championship to make the NCAA Tournament and could use more time on the floor to continue tuning their young roster.
Texas A&M is far from the only team dealing with issues related to COVID-19. Even as the postseason fast approaches, pauses, postponements and cancellations continue to happen on a near-daily basis. So below we're tracking all the notable such transactions in our tracker.
Upcoming notable postponements or cancellations
- Feb. 21: Clemson at Pittsburgh
- Feb. 21: Wichita State at East Carolina
- Feb. 22: Oregon State at Utah
- Feb. 23: Texas A&M at Kentucky
- Feb. 23: North Carolina at Boston College
- Feb. 23: UCF at SMU
- Feb. 25: West Virginia at Baylor
TEAMS NOT COMPETING IN 2020-21
- Bethune-Cookman
- Maryland-Eastern Shore
- Chicago State (suspended season after 0-9 start, citing decision to "focus on the health, safety, and academic pursuits of the Men's Basketball student-athletes.")
- Howard (suspended season on Feb. 9)
- Ivy League -- Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale
- Maine (opted out on Feb. 13)
OTHER POSTPONEMENTS
- CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT)
Previous notable postponements or cancellations
- Nov. 25: UTSA at Oklahoma
- Nov. 25: Virginia vs. Maine (Uncasville, Connecticut)
- Nov. 25: Central Arkansas at Ole Miss
- Nov. 25: Gardner-Webb at Duke -- rescheduled for Dec. 19, then canceled
- Nov. 25: Northern Arizona at Arizona
- Nov. 25-27: Creighton at Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
- Nov. 25-27: Texas A&M at Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls)
- Nov. 25: Western Illinois at DePaul
- Nov. 25: UMass Lowell vs. Florida
- Nov. 25: Stanford vs. Utah Valley
- Nov. 25: Drexel at Penn State
- Nov. 26: Baylor vs. Arizona State at Empire Classic (Uncasville)
- Nov. 26: Jackson State vs. Ole Miss
- Nov. 27: Arkansas State at Ole Miss
- Nov. 27; Baylor at Empire Classic (Uncasville)
- Nov. 27: Virginia vs. Florida (Uncasville)
- Nov. 27: Florida State vs. Gardner-Webb -- rescheduled for Dec. 21
- Nov. 28 Oklahoma at UCF
- Nov. 28: Chicago State at DePaul
- Nov. 29: Baylor at Seton Hall
- Nov. 29: Gardner-Webb at Georgia
- Nov. 30: Long Beach State at UCLA
- Nov. 30: Belmont Abbey at Charlotte
- Dec. 1: Towson at Maryland
- Dec. 1: Alcorn State at DePaul
- Dec. 1: Vanderbilt vs. UConn (Uncasville)
- Dec. 2: Colorado at Arizona -- rescheduled for Dec. 28
- Dec. 3: Vanderbilt at Legends Classic (Uncasville)
- Dec. 4: UNC Greensboro at Louisville
- Dec. 4: Florida A&M at South Florida
- Dec. 5: Gonzaga vs. Baylor (Indianapolis)
- Dec. 5: NC State vs. UConn: (Uncasville)
- Dec. 5: Alabama A&M at Ohio State
- Dec. 5: James Madison at Maryland
- Dec. 5: UT-Martin at Illinois
- Dec. 5: Purdue-Fort Wayne at Notre Dame
- Dec. 5: Ole Miss at Memphis
- Dec. 6: Florida A&M at Nebraska
- Dec. 6: DePaul at Iowa State
- Dec. 8: Fordham at Saint John's
- Dec. 8: Tarleton State at Gonzaga
- Dec. 9: Louisville at Wisconsin
- Dec. 9: Michigan State at Virginia
- Dec. 9: NC State at Michigan
- Dec. 9: Robert Morris at West Virginia
- Dec. 10: Southern at Gonzaga
- Dec. 11: Saint John's at UConn
- Dec. 12: Xavier at Providence
- Dec. 12: Northern Arizona at Gonzaga
- Dec. 12: Charleston Southern at Duke
- Dec. 12: Saint John's at Texas Tech
- Dec. 13: Stanford at USC
- Dec. 13: SIU-Edwardsville at Northwestern
- Dec. 13: Texas at Baylor
- Dec. 13: William & Mary at Virginia
- Dec. 13: UConn at Georgetown
- Dec. 15: Tarleton State at Baylor
- Dec. 15: Detroit at Kentucky
- Dec. 15: Seton Hall at Xavier
- Dec. 16: NC State at Louisville
- Dec. 16: Northern Iowa at Wisconsin
- Dec. 18: Xavier at DePaul
- Dec. 17: DePaul at Providence
- Dec. 19: Virginia vs. Villanova (at Madison Square Garden)
- Dec. 19: Gardner-Webb at Duke
- Dec. 19: Houston at Alabama
- Dec. 19: South Carolina at Clemson
- Dec. 21: San Diego at Arizona
- Dec. 22: Notre Dame at Syracuse
- Dec. 22: VCU at LSU
- Dec. 22: UNLV at Wyoming
- Dec. 23: UCLA at Oregon
- Dec. 23: South Carolina State at South Carolina
- Dec. 23: UConn at DePaul
- Dec. 29: South Carolina at Kentucky
- Dec. 30: Syracuse at Wake Forest
- Dec. 31: San Diego State at UNLV
- Jan. 2: North Carolina at Syracuse (rescheduled for Jan. 12)
- Jan. 2: DePaul at St. John's
- Jan. 2: Arizona State at Washington
- Jan. 2: Memphis at Temple
- Jan. 2: Virginia Tech at Virginia
- Jan. 2: San Diego State at UNLV
- Jan. 3: Wisconsin at Penn State
- Jan. 4: San Diego State at UNLV
- Jan. 5: Villanova at DePaul
- Jan. 5: Memphis at UCF
- Jan. 5: Nebraska at Purdue
- Jan. 6: Georgia Tech at Notre Dame
- Jan. 6: UMass at George Washington
- Jan. 6: Penn State at Ohio State
- Jan. 6: Oregon State at Utah
- Jan. 6: Temple at Tulane
- Jan. 7: Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara
- Jan. 8: Villanova vs. Marquette
- Jan. 9: Florida State at Pittsburgh
- Jan. 9: Clemson at North Carolina
- Jan. 9: South Carolina at Ole Miss
- Jan. 9: Oregon State at Colorado
- Jan. 9: LSU at Missouri
- Jan. 9: Virginia Tech at Louisville
- Jan. 9: Michigan at Penn State
- Jan. 12: Clemson at Syracuse
- Jan. 12: West Virginia at Baylor
- Jan. 12: Vanderbilt at Missouri
- Jan. 12: Tennessee at Vanderbilt
- Jan. 12: Tennessee at South Carolina
- Jan. 13: Illinois at Nebraska
- Jan. 13: DePaul at Georgetown
- Jan. 13: Iowa State at Kansas State
- Jan. 13: Villanova at Xavier
- Jan. 14: Michigan State at Iowa
- Jan. 14: SMU at Memphis
- Jan. 14: Arizona State at Oregon
- Jan. 14: Houston at South Florida
- Jan. 16: Iowa State at Kansas
- Jan. 16: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
- Jan. 16: Georgia Tech at NC State
- Jan. 16: Georgetown at Providence
- Jan. 16: Arizona at Oregon
- Jan. 16: TCU at West Virginia
- Jan. 16: Xavier at Seton Hall
- Jan. 17: Wichita State at SMU
- Jan. 17: Indiana at Michigan State
- Jan. 18: Notre Dame at Howard
- Jan. 19: Oklahoma State at West Virginia
- Jan. 19: UCLA at Oregon
- Jan. 20: Texas at Iowa State
- Jan. 20: Texas Tech at TCU
- Jan. 20: NC State at Virginia
- Jan. 20: Boston College at Virginia Tech
- Jan. 20: Nebraska at Minnesota
- Jan. 20: Xavier at UConn
- Jan. 20: Georgetown at Marquette
- Jan. 20: East Carolina at South Florida
- Jan. 20: Texas A&M at Vanderbilt
- Jan. 20: SMU at Tulane
- Jan. 20: Cincinnati at Temple
- Jan. 21: USC at Stanford
- Jan. 22: Seton Hall at Butler
- Jan. 23: Texas at TCU
- Jan. 23: Iowa State at Texas Tech
- Jan. 23: Illinois at Michigan State
- Jan. 23: Tulane at Tulsa
- Jan. 23: Pittsburgh at Boston College
- Jan. 24: Nebraska at Iowa
- Jan. 24: South Florida at Wichita State
- Jan. 26: Georgetown at Xavier
- Jan. 27: Wichita State at Cincinnati
- Jan. 27: Temple at South Florida
- Jan. 27: Boston College at Clemson
- Jan. 28: Villanova at UConn
- Jan. 28: Oregon at UCLA
- Jan. 30: San Francisco at BYU
- Jan. 30: St. Bonaventure at Davidson
- Jan. 30: Indiana at Michigan
- Jan. 30: Boston College at Louisville
- Jan. 30: Cincinnati at South Florida
- Jan. 30: Oregon at USC
- Jan. 31: UConn at St. John's
- Feb. 1: Oregon at UCLA
- Feb. 2: Kentucky at Missouri (moved to Feb. 3)
- Feb. 2: Florida State at Boston College
- Feb. 3: Louisville at Syracuse
- Feb. 3: Vanderbilt at Texas A&M
- Feb. 3: Xavier at DePaul
- Feb. 3: Michigan at Northwestern
- Feb. 4: Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga
- Feb. 6: TCU at Baylor
- Feb. 6: Florida at LSU
- Feb. 6: Florida State at Pittsburgh
- Feb. 6: Santa Clara at Gonzaga
- Feb. 6: Michigan State at Michigan
- Feb. 7: Xavier at Villanova
- Feb. 9: Florida State at Virginia Tech
- Feb. 10: Georgia at Texas A&M
- Feb. 10: Pittsburgh at Louisville
- Feb. 10: Baylor at Oklahoma
- Feb. 11: Gonzaga at Santa Clara
- Feb. 11: Illinois at Michigan
- Feb. 11: DePaul at Xavier
- Feb. 11: Pittsburgh at Louisville
- Feb. 11: Saint Mary's at BYU
- Feb. 11: Cincinnati at Memphis
- Feb. 13: Texas A&M at Florida
- Feb. 13: Texas Tech at Baylor
- Feb. 13: Louisville at Virginia Tech
- Feb. 14: Memphis at Houston
- Feb. 15: Baylor at West Virginia
- Feb. 16: Virginia Tech at North Carolina
- Feb. 16: South Carolina at Tennessee
- Feb. 16: TCU at Texas Tech
- Feb. 17: Clemson at Notre Dame
- Feb. 17: Syracuse at Louisville
- Feb. 17: East Carolina at Houston
- Feb. 17: Boston College at Georgia Tech
- Feb. 18: West Virginia at Baylor
- Feb. 18: Memphis at Wichita State
- Feb. 18: Texas at Iowa State
- Feb. 18: Alabama at Texas (weather)
- Feb. 18: LSU at Ole Miss (weather)
- Feb. 18: Mississippi State at Auburn (weather)
- Feb. 18: Texas at Oklahoma (weather)
- Feb. 18: Texas Tech at TCU (weather)
- Feb. 20: South Florida at SMU
- Feb. 20: Oklahoma State at Baylor
- Feb. 20: Arkansas at Texas A&M
- Feb. 20: Virginia Tech at Florida State
- Feb. 23: West Virginia at Baylor