SEC weekend basketball game has been postponed, non-conference game could take its place
Some unfortunate news to share out of the Southeastern Conference as the league has announced the postponement of the upcoming Arkansas at Texas A&M game.
The reason for the postponement? Texas A&M is having COVID issues, according to the SEC.
This marks the seventh postponement for the Aggies this season.
Arkansas coach Eric Musselman says his team found out as they were boarding the bus to leave Fayetteville to travel to Texas A&M. According to the leader of the Razorbacks, the team is holding out hope a non-conference game can take the place of the Texas A&M matchup.
“Found out while boarding the bus to travel to College Station today that our game tomorrow was cancelled. Our players are devastated that they do not get to compete. We are working with the league to see if we can add a non-conference game,” Musselman shared on Friday.
The Razorbacks have won seven SEC games in a row and are currently in second place in the SEC.
Texas A&M has not played a game since Jan. 31 and has had to postpone two matchups against Arkansas in a row.
A&M still having COVID issues? Their season is probably over. It’s odd that A&M was to play Bama this past Wednesday, then moved to Thursday, and then postponed (cancelled) due to the ice/snow storm they were having. No mention of COVID and the game was scheduled to be played.
Someone needs to teach the A&M kids how to social distance and tell them to quit partying or whatever they’re doing wrong.
Would it have been cancelled if they were playing Vandy? Did they assume the outcome and say why bother?
It appears that the Aggies have given up on the season. They shouldn’t even be in the comfy tournament at this point. Let them sit out like Auburn.
What the h@#l is going on at A&M. This a story that just keeps on going. Its like everyone should be looking at what they are doing and teach everyone to “not do that”. I wonder if this would still be going on if they were having a decent season.
That’s too bad..both A&M vs Arkansas games now cancelled. Those two wins would have looked good on the Hog record going into the NCAA.
Look good? Domn’t think so, playing A&M could only be a bad loss, not a good win. Maybe two weeks ago when we were the last four in. Looks like we are solidly in barring a total collapse.
Bama nearly had a bad loss today. They tried with all their might to lose this game. Meanwhile, Vandy gave all their might. Hopefully this is a wake up call for Arky next week. We have got to value the ball better and stop the turnover machine that we are.
I’m just talking about window dressing on your record and conference won/loss record. It could only help with NCAA seeding.
A&M should forfeit the game and end their season. Seven postponements is ridiculous. They obviously are not being managed properly or lack the discipline to stay safe.
When I saw the game was postponed I thought it was from the disaster that Texas is going thru with power and water issues. Nope another COVID issue for A&M. Typical Texas, deny everything and when you can’t deny put the blame elsewhere.