COVID-19 forces George Mason to postpone basketball games

The George Mason University men’s basketball season is now on hold because of a positive COVID-19 test within the program.

In a statement the school said it is pausing all men’s basketball activities after a positive test result was detected during routine COVID-19 surveillance testing.

The testing is conducted three times a week in accordance with NCAA guidelines.

Mason’s game against the University of Maryland scheduled for Friday has been canceled.

The Patriots last game was a win over Howard University last Saturday in the Paradise Jam tournament that was played at the D.C. Convention Center.

The university is also delaying the reopening of the Hylton Center for indoor, in-person performances until spring 2021. Read more about that here.

Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson is Senior Sports Director and morning sports anchor. He first arrived at WTOP in 1989, left in 1992 and returned in 1995. He is a three-time winner of the A.I.R. award as best radio sportscaster in D.C. In 2008 he won the Edward R. Murrow award for best writing for sports commentaries.

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