VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Villanova men’s basketball coach Jay Wright has tested positive for COVID-19, causing the fifth-ranked Wildcats to pause basketball activities.
Wright says in a statement issued Sunday by Villanova that he and another staff member tested positive.
Villanova’s game against Xavier scheduled for Saturday has been postponed, but the school outside Philadelphia says no determination has been made for games beyond this week.
In other pandemic-related college sports news:
— The Music City Bowl between Missouri and Iowa has been canceled because COVID-19 issues left the Tigers unable to play. The game scheduled for Wednesday in Nashville is the second bowl called off since the postseason lineup was set on Dec. 20, joining the Gasparilla Bowl.
