The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball program announced Monday that the Mocs’ Southern Conference games this Wednesday at East Tennessee State and Saturday at Furman have been canceled due to a positive test within the team’s Tier 1 personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, athletic trainers and physical therapists, medical staff and equipment and officials.
The school announced that its “following CDC guidance as well as NCAA and SoCon protocols for contact tracing and a plan for getting safely back on the court.” A confirmation test on the individual along with further testing on everyone within the Tier 1 bubble is ongoing.
It’s not the first time that UTC has had games adjusted due to COVID protocols, but the first time it’s had to postpone a game due to a test within its program. The season opener on Nov. 25 against Bellarmine was canceled and replaced by Lander, while a game against Northern Kentucky scheduled for Nov. 28 was pushed back a week.
The next scheduled game is Feb. 3 at Western Carolina.
UTC is currently 12-5 after Saturday’s 74-66 home loss to UNC Greensboro, with the Mocs 3-5 and in seventh place in the SoCon.