Look: 2 Big Ten Basketball Games Have Been Rescheduled

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Some Big Ten schedule changes are on the way in wake of Northwestern's recent postponements. A COVID-19 breakout in the Wildcats program kept the …

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The matchup was postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Northwestern program. It will be made up on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.

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Iowa (12-6, 4-3 in the Big Ten) is one of the hottest teams in the conference right now, having won four in a row after an 0-3 start in league play. 

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The Hawkeyes will play at Ohio State Saturday afternoon, while the Wildcats will host Wisconsin. In addition to their makeup date on Jan. 31, Iowa and Northwestern will play again in Evanston on Feb. 19.

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This season's Big Ten schedule doesn't have much flexibility for rescheduling games without putting teams in a situation where they have to play three games in five or six days.

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Northwestern had to back out of two games this week because of the absence of six players, at least partially attributed to COVID-19 protocols. The UW game, originally planned for 11 a.m. Saturday but called off on Thursday, was the second.

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There were no ways to insert a UW-Northwestern game in the schedule without extending the regular season past its March 5 conclusion, forcing one of the teams to play on consecutive days or shifting at least one other game around.

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