The Notre Dame men’s basketball team is now 0-3 in trying to play a home game this season.
The Irish were supposed to open the home portion of their schedule on Wednesday night by playing host to Western Michigan but that game was canceled due to the Broncos having too many players with COVID-19 on their roster.
Previously, Notre Dame was scheduled to host Tennessee this Friday night but that game was canceled last week for the same reason.
As a result Mike Brey took to Twitter in search of an opponent for this weekend and found Purdue Fort Wayne who agreed to come to Notre Dame to play at 11:00 a.m. ET. However, that game won’t be happening either.
Notre Dame offered the following release on Wednesday evening:
The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball game with Purdue Fort Wayne, scheduled for Saturday, December 5, 2020, has been cancelled. The Purdue Fort Wayne basketball program has paused all activities after positive COVID-19 tests.There is no make up date scheduled at this time.
That makes it 0-3 for the Fighting Irish at Purcell Pavillion this year despite not even taking the court for a game yet this season.
We all knew it would be an especially crazy college basketball season this year but I don’t think any of us thought it’d be quite as crazy as it’s gotten off to for Mike Brey and Notre Dame.
Here’s to hoping Notre Dame’s home game against Ohio State on December 8 is able to go off without a hitch.