The men’s basketball game in the men’s quarterfinals in Missouri Valley between Drake and Northern Iowa has been canceled, the league announced.
Drake, currently in the NCAA balloon, automatically advanced to the semifinals in St. Louis. Louis.
The league posted the announcement on Twitter, saying an official statement would appear, but did not motivate the cancellation. Stadium reported that it was due to a COVID-19 problem in the Northern Iowa program.
It’s a particularly notable decision due to Drake’s status on the ball. Bulldogs, 2-seeded at the conference tournament, entered Friday as one of the “Last Four Byes” in Joe Lunardi’s last parenthesis, the ESPN analyst saying Drake should win Friday’s quarterfinals and probably Saturday’s semifinal to stay in the discussion. ample.
The Bulldogs will face Missouri State-Valparaiso winner in a semifinal on Saturday.
It marked the second lost conference tournament of the week; The Holy Cross was forced to leave the Patriot League tournament due to COVID problems, which allowed Loyola Maryland to advance. Jacksonville and Charleston Southern were also forced to miss the conference tournaments due to COVID issues.