VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova announced a pause in men's basketball activities Monday due to COVID-19 issues within the program.
 
In conjunction with this news, the BIG EAST announced that the Wildcats next three games: at DePaul Tuesday; vs. Marquette Friday; and at Xavier on Jan. 13 have been postponed. No makeup dates have been announced.
 
The Wildcats had returned to team practice on Sunday after pausing on Dec. 27 due to COVID-19 issues within the program.

Head Coach Jay Wright:

"We are obviously going through a tough time right now in our program. We had quarantined for 10 days with nine consecutive days of negative tests for all players. On the 11lth day of our quarantine we practiced together, for the first time (Sunday). We test every day before practice. So, today we were getting ready to practice and head to DePaul this afternoon, and we learned we had two positive tests from players. That immediately shuts us down and puts us into a 10-day quarantine at least. That's what we know exactly at this time. We're in that mode of trying to figure that out."

"I feel great. I am ready to come out of quarantine tomorrow. I tested positive on Dec. 26. It had nothing to do with the players - it was me. Because I tested positive on the 26th, we ent back to the 23rd, which was the last time we were all together at Marquette. We weren't together on the 24th or 25th, even when the players met with their families. The players went into quaratine while I was in isolation. We had them in a hotel in individual rooms from the 26th to Jan. 2. They were isolated. No players did anything wrong. A couple of staff members tested positive on the 26th and 27th but they weren't with the players. The virus can show itself within 14 days so that' is something we are looking at."