St. John’s vs. Butler game canceled over COVID issues for Red Storm

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Thursday night’s St. John’s men’s hoops crippled vs. Butler University has been canceled owed to the coronavirus.

The crippled was to beryllium played successful Queens, New York.

A quality release from the Butler athletics section says:

“NEW YORK – The BIG EAST Conference has announced that the Butler astatine St. John’s game, which was scheduled for tonight, December 23, has been canceled owed to COVID issues wrong the St. John’s program.

“Per the revised BIG EAST crippled cancellation argumentation announced earlier today, the Conference bureau volition effort to reschedule the crippled successful accordance with the parameters of the policy.”

St. John’s diversion section issued a quality release also:

“QUEENS, N.Y. – Thursday’s crippled betwixt St. John’s and Butler scheduled for 6:30 p.m. astatine Carnesecca Arena has been postponed owed to COVID-19 wellness and information protocols wrong the Red Storm men’s hoops program.

“In accordance with revised BIG EAST argumentation released earlier today, the league bureau volition effort to reschedule the crippled astatine a aboriginal date.

“Individuals holding tickets to Thursday’s crippled tin be the rescheduled crippled with Butler oregon speech tickets for aboriginal games astatine Carnesecca Arena. For much information, delight interaction the St. John’s Ticket bureau astatine 1-888-GO-STORM oregon via email at redstormsports@stjohns.edu.”

The cancelation came aft the Big East earlier Thursday announced a alteration to its crippled cancellation policy:

“NEW YORK (December 23, 2021) – The BIG EAST Conference contiguous announced a modification to its crippled cancellation argumentation for men’s and women’s hoops for the 2021-22 season. The accommodation was the effect of the caller abrupt and important increases successful the fig of COVID-19 cases nationally and wrong BIG EAST programs owed to the dispersed of the Omicron variant.

“Under the modified policy, a Conference crippled volition beryllium canceled successful the lawsuit a schoolhouse has less than 7 assistance players and 1 countable manager disposable for a game. The BIG EAST Conference Office volition effort to reschedule immoderate specified game(s) successful accordance with parameters approved by BIG EAST Directors of Athletics. In the lawsuit the rescheduling parameters cannot beryllium fulfilled, the canceled game(s) volition beryllium designated arsenic a nary contest.

“To date, 4 BIG EAST men’s Conference games had been designated arsenic forfeitures nether the erstwhile COVID-19 crippled cancellation policy. The forfeiture classification volition beryllium removed from these games, and efforts are present underway to reschedule them astatine a aboriginal date. No women’s games to day person been designated arsenic forfeitures.

“The BIG EAST Conference, its subordinate institutions and the Conference’s Health and Safety Working Group volition proceed to show the scenery and find whether further scheduling argumentation changes whitethorn beryllium warranted successful the future.”