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Virginia, Georgia Tech Cancelled Due to Positive Covid Test, Impact on Syracuse Unknown

The Orange played Virginia on Thursday.
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Virginia, Georgia Tech Cancelled Due to Positive Covid Test, Impact on Syracuse Unknown
Virginia, Georgia Tech Cancelled Due to Positive Covid Test, Impact on Syracuse Unknown

Virginia’s ACC Tournament semifinal matchup with Georgia Tech has been cancelled, the ACC announced Friday morning. The cancellation is due to a positive covid test with the Virginia men’s basketball program, along with subsequent contact tracing and quarantining. Georgia Tech will advance to the ACC Tournament championship game, and the matchup between Florida State and North Carolina in the other semifinal will tip at 8:30 p.m.

Virginia played Syracuse Thursday afternoon, with the Cavs knocking off the Orange 72-69 on a buzzer beating three pointer. The positive test came after that game, and how it impacts Syracuse is still unknown. Matt Norlander of CBS Sports has reported that the positive test did come from a player who played in the quarterfinals against Syracuse. That is not ideal news, but it is still not yet known if contact tracing will force the Syracuse program, or any players, to go into quarantine or pause.

During the ACC Tournament, every player has a chip in their jersey to help with contact tracing and length of exposure with each player. Syracuse did not have a positive test prior to the Virginia game. They are still waiting on results of the postgame tests.

Syracuse has dealt with covid related issues all season. Syracuse went on pause for two weeks prior to the start of the regular season and in the middle of the season. Two games against Louisville were also cancelled due to a positive test within the Cardinals program prior to those games.

Selection Sunday is just a few days away, and Syracuse is one of the teams on the bubble. You can check out its resume compared to other bubble teams HERE as well as which games to watch on Friday HERE.

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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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