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Syracuse's Next Game in Doubt After FSU Has Positive COVID Test

Florida State's game against Duke was postponed.
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Syracuse's Next Game in Doubt After FSU Has Positive COVID Test
Syracuse's Next Game in Doubt After FSU Has Positive COVID Test

Florida State has a positive COVID-19 test within their men's basketball program, which led to the postponement Saturday's game against Duke. This further raises questions regarding the status of the Seminoles game at Syracuse on Wednesday, January 6th. 

More from a press release from the ACC: 

"The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today that the Duke at Florida State men’s basketball game has been postponed. The game was scheduled to be played on Saturday, January 2, 2021.

"The postponement follows a positive test, subsequent quarantining, and contact tracing with the Florida State men’s basketball program. The team is adhering to the outlined protocols within the ACC Medical Advisory Group report, which is available on theACC.com." 

Whether or not Wednesday's game is played will likely depend on who tested positive and how many are forced to quarantine due to contact tracing. Syracuse has not played since beating Buffalo December 19th due to contact tracing following a positive COVID-19 test within the Buffalo program. 

If Syracuse's game against Florida State is postponed, they could, theoretically, work to schedule another opponent for that same day. That likely would not be against two of the three games Syracuse has already had postponed as Notre Dame has a game scheduled for the 6th, while North Carolina plays one day earlier. 

Wake Forest's game is against Virginia, however, and the Cavs just had a game postponed due to a positive COVID test within their program. If that game is postponed, the Orange and Demon Deacons could end up playing each other.  

Syracuse has already had three COVID related incidents this season. The first came before the season opener, and the Orange had to pause all team activities for two weeks. They were only able to get one practice in before the first game. Buddy Boeheim then had to miss three games due to contact tracing. All team activities are currently paused due to the positive test within the Buffalo program.

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Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting.  EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans.  After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years.  Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports.  Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. 

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