Duke has deferred its game Wed against Clemson as a result of COVID-19 problems among the Blue Devils’ comfort station basketball program, the team proclaimed weekday.
Duke’s game against Notre Dame on Sat conjointly was set to be deferred, though that would currently modification with the ACC shortening isolation choices for immunized people, following updated steerage from the Centers for unwellness management and bar on weekday.
The ACC changed its rescheduling policy last week as a results of the speedily spreading letter variant. Games that don’t seem to be able to be vie are rescheduled, and if a replacement date can not be found, the sport are thought-about a no contest. ACC groups should have a minimum of seven players and one coach so as to play.
Duke (11-1) hasn’t vie since last Wed, once it beat Virginia school 76-65.
The Blue Devils, ranked No. two during this week’s AP poll, are one among the nation’s elite groups this season. They opened the season with a convert Bluegrass State and conjointly beat then-No. one Gonzaga in metropolis in late November. Their loss came at Ohio State within the ACC/Big 10 Challenge.
