Sioux Falls, S.D. – The University of North Dakota men’s basketball home games originally scheduled against South Dakota (Dec. 30) and South Dakota State (Jan. 1) have been rescheduled, with the Fighting Hawks taking on the Coyotes (Jan. 10) and the Jackrabbits (Jan. 31), The Summit League announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Summit League’s Joint Council voted unanimously on Tuesday morning to alter its rescheduling policy based on COVID-19 protocols for the remainder of the basketball seasons.
The League office, in conjunction with its member institutions, will attempt to reschedule all games that have been previously canceled and any future postponements due to COVID-19 protocols.
Rescheduling will be done based upon an agreed set of guidelines, including prioritizing the rescheduled games in the order they were lost. The rescheduled games will likely occur on Mondays or Tuesdays and the conference will also take into consideration travel complexities along with trying to avoid having teams play more than six games during a 12-day stretch among other principles during the process.
The first wave of rescheduled games is set to take place on Monday, Jan. 10, and will include North Dakota vs. South Dakota at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Along with the Jan. 10 game, North Dakota will also take on South Dakota State at home on Jan. 31. Subsequent scheduling adjustments will be announced weekly moving forward.
If games are still unable to be made up due to COVID-19 protocols, those will be considered a “no contest”.
For seeding purposes regarding The Summit League Basketball Championships, if teams have played a different number of League games due to no contests, winning percentage will be used as the first criteria to determine seeds. St. Thomas is not eligible for the Summit League Tournament this season, so the top eight teams in the conference will earn bids to the Summit League Basketball Championships at the conclusion of the regular season.
*Tyler Wells, UND Athletics
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