Kansas-Harvard men’s basketball game, set for Dec. 29, is still on ... for now
The Kansas-Harvard men’s basketball game set for Dec. 29 in Allen Fieldhouse remains a part of KU’s 2020-21 schedule, at least for now, the Jayhawks athletic department announced Wednesday.
KU on Wednesday night issued a statement in response to the Ivy League’s decision to rule out playing all sports this fall. No decision has been made yet by the Ivy League (of which Harvard is a member) about winter or spring sports.
However, CBSsports.com’s Jon Rothstein reported that “the conference will not entertain any sports being played until after Jan. 1.”
KU’s statement read: “We are aware of today’s decision by the Ivy League, however as of right now there have been no changes to our 2020-21 nonconference schedule.”
The Ivy League is the first NCAA Div. I conference to drop out of the 2020 college football season. According to CNN, “a number of other schools in lower divisions have already dropped out, such as the entire Division III Centennial Conference, which includes Johns Hopkins, McDaniel and other schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland.”
The Ivy League Council said Wednesday: “With the information available to us today regarding the continued spread of the virus, we simply do not believe we can create and maintain an environment for intercollegiate athletic competition that meets our requirements for safety and acceptable levels of risk, consistent with the policies that each of our schools is adopting as part of its reopening plans this fall.”
