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UCLA-UNC men's basketball game canceled due to COVID-19; Tar Heels to play Kentucky instead

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 12/17/21

The eruption of Division I college basketball teams to have postponements and/or pauses in their season has continued Friday morning with officials scrambling to reschedule and reshuffle their contests.

As of 10:10 a.m. ET, 15 Division I men’s basketball programs have had to go on COVID pause this season. Here are those schools. pic.twitter.com/YgK85nJHcR
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) December 17, 2021

One of the latest game cancellations involves two of the most storied programs in men's college basketball history in UCLA and UNC. Fortunately for one of the clubs, they have found a replacement opponent.

Kentucky vs. UNC tomorrow in Vegas, source told @stadium. https://t.co/xmopvwlkCd
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) December 17, 2021

Confirmed.

Kentucky vs. UNC.

5:30 pm ET.

Vegas. https://t.co/Buut8fZaVb
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) December 17, 2021

Among the litany of other postponements or cancellations over the last 24 hours have been Syracuse-Lehigh and Syracuse-Cornell, Penn State-VCU and Ohio State-Kentucky.

The Bruins are coming off of last season's run to the Final Four and are 9-1 this season. The Tar Heels are 7-2 under first-year head coach Hubert Davis.

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