The Duquesne men’s basketball team’s game against Davidson, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed due to covid-19 issues, the Atlantic 10 Conference announced Tuesday.
The Dukes’ final nonconference game against Wofford was canceled last week, also for covid issues within the Duquesne program.
Duquesne (5-7) has won two straight games and was set to open Atlantic 10 play this week.
The Dukes’ next game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Jan. 2 against George Mason at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
The Atlantic 10 also announced Tuesday it has revised its covid forfeiture policy. Games that cannot be played due to positive covid-19 tests will be postponed and attempted to be rescheduled by the Atlantic 10 Conference office. If a suitable date cannot be found, the game will be declared a no contest.
Conference standings and championship seeding will be based on an approved formula balancing team win-loss records with total number of contests completed.
If a team opts to not play the rescheduled contest, the game can be declared a forfeit by the league office.
The revision also requires teams that have seven available scholarship student-athletes and one countable coach to compete in all conference contests.
Teams may also participate with less than seven available student-athletes. If a team elects not to play, despite having seven scholarship student-athletes and one coach available, that team will incur a forfeit.
In addition to Thursday’s Duquesne-Davidson game, the A-10 also announced four other men’s games Thursday were postponed — St. Bonaventure at George Washington, George Mason at VCU, Dayton at Rhode Island and Saint Louis at UMass.
