Nova and the Mess the BE has in Rescheduling

[D'Lo Brown]

I get the feeling that these new more highly infectious strains are going to ruin the 2nd half of the basketball season as well as school/university years.

The extremely wide distribution of the virus was set in motion months before that variant even entered the United States.

Holiday parties, overrun malls & stores, people spending more time indoors, low vitamin D levels, kids coming back home, people just generally more willing to hang out with others... Lax behavior... Was the cause of all this.

[Hards Alumni]

The extremely wide distribution of the virus was set in motion months before that variant even entered the United States.

Holiday parties, overrun malls & stores, people spending more time indoors, low vitamin D levels, kids coming back home, people just generally more willing to hang out with others... Lax behavior... Was the cause of all this.

But we adapted to the known as a country.  This variant is going to make for a very rough couple of months until we understand more about it's ability to spread more easily.

[brewcity77]

But we adapted to the known as a country.  This variant is going to make for a very rough couple of months until we understand more about it's ability to spread more easily.

I think a lot depends on the vaccination roll out. It needs to be better, but from what I've read, the vaccination is proving effective against the new strains. If we can ramp up the vaccination rates, that will contribute to slowing the spread as there shouldn't be as many infected individuals.

[Heisenberg]

I think a lot depends on the vaccination roll out. It needs to be better, but from what I've read, the vaccination is proving effective against the new strains. If we can ramp up the vaccination rates, that will contribute to slowing the spread as there shouldn't be as many infected individuals.

Later today the US should exceed 12 million vaccinated, 36 million worldwide.

This number of vaccinated people is now increasing at about 1 million/day

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

Sounds like this is good news for the upcoming baseball season.  Not fast enough for the CBB season.

[Galway Eagle]

Later today the US should exceed 12 million vaccinated, 36 million worldwide.

This number of vaccinated people is now increasing at about 1 million/day

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

Sounds like this is good news for the upcoming baseball season.  Not fast enough for the CBB season.

Is that first dose or second?

[Hards Alumni]

Later today the US should exceed 12 million vaccinated, 36 million worldwide.

This number of vaccinated people is now increasing at about 1 million/day

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

Sounds like this is good news for the upcoming baseball season.  Not fast enough for the CBB season.

Right, and this was what I was getting at.  The end of this mess is coming, but not soon enough to save CBB most likely.  Baseball should be somewhat normal, and I imagine that football will be back almost fully next season.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

We need to get up to 3M vaccinations per day.  Hopefully with JNJ and or AZ successfully finishing their trials will fix the supply end of that goal. 

[GooooMarquette]

We need to get up to 3M vaccinations per day.  Hopefully with JNJ and or AZ successfully finishing their trials will fix the supply end of that goal.

Doubt we'll ever get there in the US. By the time supply and distribution would reach that capacity (maybe by sometime this summer), we will probably have already vaccinated enough people that demand will be ramping down.

[Heisenberg]

Doubt we'll ever get there in the US. By the time supply and distribution would reach that capacity (maybe by sometime this summer), we will probably have already vaccinated enough people that demand will be ramping down.

The last three days we have averaged of 1.1 million vaccinations a day. A week ago it was 600k.

So Biden's goal of 100 million vaccinations in 100 days (1 million/day) is effectively done before he started.  We have already achieved the necessary daily rate and roughly 20 million should be vaccinated by January 20.

Not sure where the 3m/day number comes from ... did you just invent it because it sounds really large and ambitious?

[rocky_warrior]

The last three days we have averaged of 1.1 million vaccinations a day. A week ago it was 600k.

So Biden's goal of 100 million vaccinations in 100 days (1 million/day) is effectively done before he started. 

2 shots, so it's really 50M in 100 days right now.  But lets move the vaccine talk to the appropriate thread:
https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=60399.0

Thanks.

[GooooMarquette]

The last three days we have averaged of 1.1 million vaccinations a day. A week ago it was 600k.

So Biden's goal of 100 million vaccinations in 100 days (1 million/day) is effectively done before he started.  We have already achieved the necessary daily rate and roughly 20 million should be vaccinated by January 20.

Not sure where the 3m/day number comes from ... did you just invent it because it sounds really large and ambitious?

I wasn't the poster who raised the 3M per day number. As a matter of fact, I responded to the post with that number....

[Heisenberg]

Nova has been cleared for team practice again.  Their last full practice was Jan 3!

https://www.vuhoops.com/villanova-basketball/2021/1/15/22231483/cats-back-in-action-after-covid-related-pause-but-possibly-undermanned-for-seton-hall

Their next game is Tuesday against Seton Hall, then Friday against Providence.

They are way behind  ... they have played just three conference games and had six postponed. So, if the BE really intends on playing the postponed games, Nova has to add an extra game every week going forward (and, again, this assumes no more postponements).

Do you think they are going to make up these six games?

[Heisenberg]

This article was written Monday and said 18 conference games were postponed.  Since then five more games were postponed, for a total of 23.


The Big East schedule maker has a tough job in this season of COVID, rescheduling games for Villanova and other teams
by Joe Juliano, Posted: January 11, 2021

https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/villanova/villanova-wildcats-big-east-conference-postponed-games-covid-reschedule-ncaa-tournament-20210112.html

The official for the Big East Conference is Stu Jackson, the league's executive associate commissioner for men's basketball, and he has had plenty of work to do. At least 18 Big East games have been postponed to date, and Jackson is worried that he is running out of available dates to reschedule.

"I'm concerned because today we're at a tipping point in that if a team or more teams go on pause due to COVID concerns, the opportunities to reschedule lost games and do so in a reasonable manner are dwindling because there's just not enough time, schedule space, or the ability to match up games on a bye," Jackson said Monday.

"We have our latest draft of the schedule [Monday] and it still contemplates everyone playing 20 games," he said. "But again, being at that tipping point, if we get further pauses, I think that's going to be near-impossible to do for all 11 teams."

[tower912]

Sounds logical.   Going to be a hectic last month.   Hopefully.

[The Big East]

It is not the schedulers issue, it is the coaches who balk at playing games two days in a row. These are young kids in great shape . Also teams can go deeper into their roster .

[We R Final Four]

They don't want to risk a loss. The want their best players (not the bottom 6) playing in these games. If playing back to back etc. is perceived as a disadvantage to your team—coach doesn't want to play. I get it. These coaches play for Ws, not for the public's entertainment.

[The Sultan]

It is not the schedulers issue, it is the coaches who balk at playing games two days in a row. These are young kids in great shape . Also teams can go deeper into their roster .

They probably view the downside risk as larger than the potential upside gain.

[CountryRoads]

It's beyond ridiculous that the BE let nova cancel their game against St. John's before New Years because "they needed a break" and not because of COVID. They haven't played since...

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Is the intention that our games with Gtown and Nova will be made up, or just cancelled? 

[rocky_warrior]

It's beyond ridiculous that the BE let nova cancel their game against St. John's before New Years because "they needed a break" and not because of COVID. They haven't played since...

I'm really shocked the BE hasn't been more proactive in getting some extra games in.  Sure, it's impossible to get them all rescheduled, but they could have shuffled a few and opened up time (later/now) for make-up games.  Oh well.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

I'm really shocked the BE hasn't been more proactive in getting some extra games in.  Sure, it's impossible to get them all rescheduled, but they could have shuffled a few and opened up time (later/now) for make-up games.  Oh well.

Right - like we have another week off.  Should totally be playing a game mid week, and using that opening to reschedule one of our missed games. 

[dgies9156]

One of the related problems is the cancellation of the cupcakes.

Would that include us????

We're not quite the bottom 4 of the BEast, yet, but.......

[BM1090]

Right - like we have another week off.  Should totally be playing a game mid week, and using that opening to reschedule one of our missed games.

Yep. No reason Marquette shouldn't be at UConn Wednesday or Thursday.

[Silent Verbal]

Yep. No reason Marquette shouldn't be at UConn Wednesday or Thursday.

With Bouknight out, Wojo would be down for that.

[The Sultan]

Yep. No reason Marquette shouldn't be at UConn Wednesday or Thursday.

I'm sure there are reasons.  If this doesn't come to pass, it's not like the BE just overlooked the rescheduling of games.  My guess is with the 13 game minimum, that the BE may not see the need to fly people around the country.