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Nebraska’s weekend game with Florida A&M canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
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Even with a vaccine allegedly on the very-near horizon, Covid-19 continues to wreak destruction on scheduled athletic events across the country.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball program was forced already to re-arrange the first week of its schedule and the trouble has flared up again in week three as the Florida A&M Rattlers were forced to cancel their game against Nebraska due to Covid-19 issues on their roster.
The game was the Husker’s last tune-up contest before their Big Ten/ACC Challenge game at home against Georgia Tech the night of Dec. 9. Nebraska went 3-1 in their early non-conference games with the only loss a 69-66 defeat at the hands of the Nevada Wolfpack.
Update: Sunday's game against Florida A&M has been canceled due to COVID-19 related issues within Florida A&M's program. https://t.co/JWnE1FHbs1
— Nebraska Men's Basketball (@HuskerMBB) December 4, 2020
New head coach Fred Hoiberg is in his second season in Lincoln and—after finishing 7-25 (2-18 league) in his first campaign—is expected over time to make the relatively invisible Cornhuskers basketball program at least good enough to compete in the always strong Big Ten conference.
Mark Schipper is a reporter, sportswriter, and aspiring novelist living in Chicago, Illinois.