GU@Creighton, GU-SJU, GU-Xavier CANCELLED Discussion

[DanMcQ]

Bring the Defense to Omaha.

On edit: hold that thought.

[professorhoya]

Dec 23, 2021 11:58:59 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

Bring the Defense to Omaha.

[mfk24]

Not our defense, a better one.

[hoyaroc]

Bring the JT2 defense. Keep the game in the low fifties. Go Hoyas!

[DanMcQ]

[Deleted]

Sweet.

2 games away to start the season - CANCELED

4 game homestand - ENGAGED

and you guys don't think the program knows what it's doing...

[iheartdurenbros]

Rest up Dante and Tim! The program indeed knows what it’s doing 😏

[jwp91]

Haven’t lost a conference game yet!

[professorhoya]

Not surprised. Fully expected thhis

[SSHoya]

Frankly, I'm skeptical about the St. John's game on New Year's Day being played.

[professorhoya]

Dec 24, 2021 13:16:02 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

Frankly, I'm skeptical about the St. John's game on New Year's Day being played.

New York and dc.
Top of the hardest hit areas by Covid.

I also expect omicron to hit really hard in January after all the holiday travel/gatherings so don’t anticipated fans in January

[HometownHoya]

As I said in the Provvy thread: rest up and enjoy the holidays with family. It's a rare treat for basketball players.

[hoyainla]

What was the benefit of us ever saying we didn't have Covid for this game? Worst case scenario we get a no contest in a game we likely wouldn't win. Best case we get to play the game when we are more healthy. Does anyone know who does the auditing on the infections or is it all self reported? This could be opening up quite a scenario since Omicron is likely to be heavy through January.

[HometownHoya]

Dec 24, 2021 16:40:32 GMT -5 hoyainla said:

What was the benefit of us ever saying we didn't have Covid for this game? Worst case scenario we get a no contest in a game we likely wouldn't win. Best case we get to play the game when we are more healthy. Does anyone know who does the auditing on the infections or is it all self reported? This could be opening up quite a scenario since Omicron is likely to be heavy through January.

I'd assume it's all self-reported. I did find it interesting that we cancelled days before the game on the 28th. If we're fully vaccinated, wouldn't there be plenty of time for negative tests to come back?

[kghoya]

Dec 25, 2021 11:13:37 GMT -5 HometownHoya said:

Dec 24, 2021 16:40:32 GMT -5 hoyainla said:

What was the benefit of us ever saying we didn't have Covid for this game? Worst case scenario we get a no contest in a game we likely wouldn't win. Best case we get to play the game when we are more healthy. Does anyone know who does the auditing on the infections or is it all self reported? This could be opening up quite a scenario since Omicron is likely to be heavy through January.

I'd assume it's all self-reported. I did find it interesting that we cancelled days before the game on the 28th. If we're fully vaccinated, wouldn't there be plenty of time for negative tests to come back?

Yeah I don't get how it was canceled so far in advance

[BSM]

Presumably if someone tests positive, even if fully vaxxed, they're still stuck with the 10 day Quarantine/isolation followed by having to clear the cardio exam. The Big East announced the Providence cancelation on Tuesday so depending on when the positive test came in, Gtown was running into the team not getting back together until next Wednesday or possibly even Thursday.

The fact that they announced the Creighton cancelation when they did suggests that there's been a positive test among the remaining healthy players.

St. John's game on Thursday against Butler was canceled because the Johnnie's didn't have enough healthy bodies. Champagnie is the only one announced as testing positive.

Those planning on sleeping in on New Year's Day may get their wish.

[bamahoya11]

It seems like omicron is everywhere right now. I hope that our team can get well and return to the floor soon, but it seems like the spring is going to look quite a bit different than people thought. Right now, I am not even sure how things will look with the playoffs approaching in football. The spread of COVID is having a major impact across sports. I hope any of our players with this illness recover fully and quickly — I’ll be praying for them as well as all who are ill.

[nbhoya]

Dec 25, 2021 18:00:07 GMT -5 bamahoya11 said:

It seems like omicron is everywhere right now. I hope that our team can get well and return to the floor soon, but it seems like the spring is going to look quite a bit different than people thought. Right now, I am not even sure how things will look with the playoffs approaching in football. The spread of COVID is having a major impact across sports. I hope any of our players with this illness recover fully and quickly — I’ll be praying for them as well as all who are ill.

They are all 18-22, vaccinated, incredibly fit athletes. They will be fine.

[drquigley]

Hoping the three Big East games scheduled for Wednesday are played. Have tickets for Saturday's game and not feeling confident...

[HoyaFanNY]

St Johns and Xavier also cancelled