Duke basketball withdrew from the ACC Tournament last week due to a positive COVID-19 result. One of the key details in these reports suggested that only one player on the roster tested positive. However, the spread of COVID-19 on the roster is more pervasive.
Bridget Condon of ABC 11 (WTVD) reports that seven Duke players tested positive for COVID-19; the result took a for the show. That’s essentially half of the team’s roster.
Duke basketball has had 7 players test positive and it's taken up to a week for it to show. Hard to imagine the same won't happen with Virginia.
Regardless, this is going to be a strange #MarchMadness
— Bridget Condon (@BridgetCondon_) March 17, 2021
There’s more, though. Condon notes that three other team personnel members have also tested positive, including a coach, a trainer and an administrator.
A trainer, an admin and a coach have also tested positive.
That's 10 total positive tests and I'm hearing from a source more could pop up tomorrow.The team has been quarantining separately since last Thursday. @ABC11_WTVD https://t.co/p7xINHVB5e
— Bridget Condon (@BridgetCondon_) March 17, 2021
While there were other challenges, Duke managed to go for the vast majority of the 2020-21 season without a positive COVID-19 result on the team. In recent weeks, though, COVID-19 cases have surged on Duke’s campus; fraternities have largely been blamed for this outbreak.
Of course, Duke isn’t the only ACC team to have COVID-19 concerns within the last week. Virginia was also forced to withdraw from the ACC Tournament following a positive COVID-19 result; the Cavaliers face a series of obstacles now as they prepare for Ohio in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
ACC Player of the Year Moses Wright will also miss Georgia Tech’s first round NCAA Tournament matchup with Loyola-Chicago.
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