NBA games and dozens of college basketball games across the country are being shuffled due to a major winter storm.
Meteorologists say the storm could rival the damage of a major hurricane, which is expected to bring snow, ice and frigid temperatures from New Mexico to New England through Friday. Forecasters have warned that the weather system could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitter cold.
In the NBA, the start time of washington wizards on the game charlotte hornets Has been moved to Saturday afternoon.
acc Start times of three men’s basketball games moved up On Saturday: Wake Forest at Duke, North Carolina at Virginia, and Virginia Tech at Louisville.
Xavier moved up the start time of Saturday’s game against St. John’s by an hour.
There were also schedule changes for a pair of women’s basketball games involving ranked teams. No. 1 UConn’s game at Seton Hall was moved from Sunday to Saturday, and No. 14 Baylor’s home game against Houston was moved from Sunday to Tuesday. Additionally, Cincinnati moved its women’s basketball game Saturday against Arizona State to a noon start time.
The number of states where college sports were being accommodated gave a big indication of the coming storm. The forecast comes just a year after another hurricane forced the postponement of the entire U.S. Games.
The Sun Belt Conference already changed the women’s basketball schedule, changing the start times of many games from Thursday to Saturday. The American Conference also adjusted its weekend men’s and women’s basketball schedules, moving some games to Friday.
North Carolina Central postponed two men’s and two women’s basketball games scheduled to be played Thursday through Monday in Durham, North Carolina.
Appalachian State moved up its men’s basketball home game with Louisiana–Lafayette to Thursday morning, and Marshall moved up its home game against Louisiana–Monroe to Thursday afternoon tipoff.
Middle Tennessee State men’s basketball moved up its Conference USA contest with Jacksonville State from Saturday to Friday evening.
Tennessee’s swimming meet at Georgia and the USC Upstate women’s basketball game at Longwood were moved from Saturday to Friday due to the forecast.
Other women’s basketball games moved up several hours to Saturday included No. 20 Princeton at Brown and North Florida at Eastern Kentucky, as well as North Carolina A&T at Towson and Texas State at James Madison in the men’s game.
Rice adjusted tipoff times for its men’s and women’s basketball home games this weekend. The Rice men’s home game against Tulsa, originally scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m., has been changed to Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Additionally, the Rice women’s game against Tulane, originally scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m., has been moved up an hour to 1 p.m.
George Mason’s women’s basketball game against Richmond was moved up three hours to 11 a.m. Sunday, with no fans allowed to attend the game.
Major League Baseball Texas Rangers canceled its annual fan fest event It has been scheduled for Saturday due to freezing rain forecast in North Texas and “in the interest of the safety of players, fans and staff.”
