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Message: [QUOTE="UConnCat, post: 3737902, member: 15"] What you posted here is not correct. First, the game was going to be played at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, not MSG. Second, Louisville did not cancel the game. Jeff Walz simply was the first to state publicly that the game -- a 9-11 Tribute -- would not be played in the upcoming season. Carl Adamec explained what happened: [I]And it was Walz on Wednesday who said that the game, which was expected to be part of an event scheduled for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, will not happen in part due to the coronavirus pandemic. In between, UConn and Louisville never signed a contract to play though there were talks between the schools over the past few months. “Because of what’s going on right now it was probably going to be difficult to be able to get much of a crowd in there right now,” Walz said on a conference call that was replayed on the Louisville athletic website. “So instead of just doing a wait-and-see, [B]I think we’ve agreed to push it back a year. [/B]So we’ll hopefully get it worked out for next year and be able to get that up and going again.”[/I] Fortunately for UConn, Louisville agreed replace ND on UConn's schedule. Louisville should be a much tougher matchup. Also, the Dec 4 game against Louisville will replace the ND game as this season's Jimmy V Classic. This matchup will benefit both teams as well as WCBB fans generally. [/QUOTE]