NEW YORK – The BIG EAST Board of Directors has approved the conference's game cancellation policy for men’s and women’s basketball for the 2021-22 season.
 
The policy addresses COVID-19 issues, which forced multiple schedule changes and cancellations throughout college basketball last year, and was developed in concert with the conference's Health and Safety Working Group, head team physicians and athletics directors.
 
Under the new policy, if a conference game cannot be played on its originally scheduled date because one team is unable to begin or complete the game due to an insufficient number of players, including as a result of COVID-19, that team will have forfeited the game, with a loss assigned to that team in the conference standings.  A win will be assigned to its opponent.
 
Additionally, if a conference game cannot be played on its original date because both teams are unable to begin or complete a game due to an insufficient number of players, including as a result of COVID-19, both teams shall be assigned forfeits, which will be applied to the conference standings.