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01/22 14:25 CST ACC men, UConn women among college hoops games affected by
approaching winter storm
ACC men, UConn women among college hoops games affected by approaching winter
storm
By JOHN RABY
AP Sports Writer
Dozens of college basketball games across a wide swath of the country are being
reshuffled because of an approaching major winter storm.
The storm that meteorologists say could rival the damage of a major hurricane
is expected to bring snow, ice and frigid temperatures from New Mexico to New
England starting Friday. Forecasters warn the weather system could bring
catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather.
The ACC moved up the start times for three men's basketball games on Saturday:
Wake Forest at Duke, North Carolina at Virginia, and Virginia Tech at
Louisville.
The No. 1 UConn women's basketball team's game at Seton Hall was moved up from
Sunday to Saturday. Cincinnati shifted its women's basketball game to a noon
start Saturday against Arizona State.
The number of states where college games were being adjusted showed the large
path of the approaching storm. The forecast comes exactly a year after another
storm forced postponements across U.S. sports.
The Sun Belt Conference preemptively shook up its women's basketball schedule,
moving around the start times on several games from Thursday through Saturday.
The American Athletic Conference also adjusted its weekend men's and women's
basketball schedules, moving some games up to Friday.
North Carolina Central postponed two men's and two women's basketball games
scheduled to be played from Thursday through Monday in Durham, North Carolina.
Appalachian State moved up its men's basketball home game with
Louisiana-Lafayette to Thursday morning and Marshall made its home game against
Louisiana-Monroe a noon Thursday tipoff.
Middle Tennessee State men's basketball moved its Conference USA showdown with
Jacksonville State from Saturday to Friday evening.
Tennessee's swim meet at Georgia and the USC Upstate women's basketball game at
Longwood were pushed to Friday from Saturday because of the forecast.
Among other women's basketball games moved up several hours Saturday included
No. 20 Princeton at Brown and North Florida at Eastern Kentucky, along with
men's games involving Towson at North Carolina A&T and Texas State at James
Madison.
Rice adjusted tipoff times for its men's and women's basketball home games this
weekend. The Rice men's home game against Tulsa originally scheduled for Sunday
at 3 p.m. has been changed to Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Also, the Rice women's game
against Tulane originally scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. has been moved up an
hour to 1 p.m.
Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers canceled their annual Fan Fest event
scheduled for Saturday because of the weather forecast for frozen precipitation
in North Texas and "in the interest of safety for players, fans, and employees."
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