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Does anyone know how this will impact the Illini-Baylor game scheduled for 12/2?

Somebody please correct me if I am mistaken (and I really hope I am mistaken here), but my understanding is that the B10 is following the CDC guidelines that if exposed you should quarantine for 14 days and no amount of negative test results can shorten that 14 day quarantine. If that's true then any players who had close contact with the head coach from 48 hours before the coach tested positive (I would assume this is 100% of the players) should remain quarantined for 14 days. 12/2 would be just 10 days (from 11/20) so it seems like Illinois would not be likely to play this game on the scheduled date. While I really want to see Illinois test itself against top competition like Baylor, I also want to see Illinois play against Duke, Missouri, and Minnesota which are all within 14 days of their Baylor game and if they contracted COVID from the Baylor team it's very likely the impacts to our season could be quite a bit worse than just missing those next 3 games.
 
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sacraig

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Does anyone know how this will impact the Illini-Baylor game scheduled for 12/2?

Somebody please correct me if I am mistaken (and I really hope I am mistaken here), but my understanding is that the B10 is following the CDC guidelines that if exposed you should quarantine for 14 days and no amount of negative test results can shorten that 14 day quarantine. If that's true then any players who had close contact with the head coach from 48 hours before the coach tested positive (I would assume this is 100% of the players) should remain quarantined for 14 days. 12/2 would be just 10 days (from 11/20) so it seems like Illinois would not be likely to play this game on the scheduled date. While I really want to see Illinois test itself against top competition like Baylor, I also want to see Illinois play against Duke, Missouri, and Minnesota which are all within 14 days of their Baylor game and if they contracted COVID from the Baylor team it's very likely the impacts to our season could be quite a bit worse than just missing those next 3 games.

I believe that the most recent CDC guidelines were changed to 10 days, but I could be imagining that.
 
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So many games getting cancelled, we should be able to find someone to play instead of Baylor if they can't make it. Florida dropped out of an MTE that included UVA so maybe the Hoos can come around and bore us to death?

At this point there are so many teams having to postpone or cancel that they should just hold open MTEs for the teams that can still play. Everyone with a healthy squad just shows up, and they play knockout to choose which two teams play first.
 
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Does anyone know how this will impact the Illini-Baylor game scheduled for 12/2?

Somebody please correct me if I am mistaken (and I really hope I am mistaken here), but my understanding is that the B10 is following the CDC guidelines that if exposed you should quarantine for 14 days and no amount of negative test results can shorten that 14 day quarantine. If that's true then any players who had close contact with the head coach from 48 hours before the coach tested positive (I would assume this is 100% of the players) should remain quarantined for 14 days. 12/2 would be just 10 days (from 11/20) so it seems like Illinois would not be likely to play this game on the scheduled date. While I really want to see Illinois test itself against top competition like Baylor, I also want to see Illinois play against Duke, Missouri, and Minnesota which are all within 14 days of their Baylor game and if they contracted COVID from the Baylor team it's very likely the impacts to our season could be quite a bit worse than just missing those next 3 games.
That depends. For instance, Wright State has only 6 players who could have played vs. us while the rest are in quarantine. These six are still eligible because they had the virus previously and are now, thus, immune.
 
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I’d be shocked if the Baylor Bears are playing a basketball game on December 2nd.
My guess is that our game with Baylor is moved to Dec. 5 -- almost like a final 4 weekend playing Duke 3 days later.

This would also be great for us, having a few games under our belt while Baylor has not.
 
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My guess is that our game with Baylor is moved to Dec. 5 -- almost like a final 4 weekend playing Duke 3 days later.

This would also be great for us, having a few games under our belt while Baylor has not.
I also started down that road thinking 12/5 would make a lot of sense. But then I noticed Baylor already has a game against Gonzaga scheduled on 12/5 and now I don’t think this is very likely.

maybe a more likely scenario is that with Tennessee having COVID issues of their own, we end up playing Gonzaga instead of Baylor on 12/2?
 
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texillwek

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I also started down that road thinking 12/5 would make a lot of sense. But then I noticed Baylor already has a game against Gonzaga scheduled on 12/5 and now I don’t think this is very likely.

maybe a more likely scenario is that with Tennessee having COVID issues of their own, we end up playing Gonzaga instead of Baylor on 12/2?
"Oh we'll just replace this top-tier match up with another one. No biggie."

Looking back, amazing what can happen in just a few years, huh?
 
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illini80

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"Oh we'll just replace this top-tier match up with another one. No biggie."

Looking back, amazing what can happen in just a few years, huh?
I've heard speculation that we could play the zags if ours and their games with Baylor get cancelled. No idea if there is any chance it actually happens, but it would be a great game.
 
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Joel Goodson

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If we get the Zags, I hope Trent delivers the game winner. That would be poetic.

Bring 'em on. Iron sharpens iron. MSU had loaded schedules for years and it's served them well. Obviously, that won't work for a fragile team, but this team isn't that, in any way.
 
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skyIdub

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WVU replaces Tennessee in Jimmy V Classic.
 
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