UCLA postpones basketball games due to COVID protocols

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FILE - Basketballs stacked on the court as it was announced that the game between the UCLA Bruins and the Alabama State Hornets will not be played as scheduled due to COVID-19 protocols on Dec. 15, 2021 in Los Angeles. Photo credit Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The UCLA men's basketball games against Arizona and Arizona State scheduled for next week at Pauley Pavilion have been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Bruins' program, the university announced Friday.

UCLA was scheduled to face Arizona Thursday and Arizona State New Year's Day. Rescheduled dates for those two games will be announced when they are finalized with the Pac-12 Conference.

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All tickets purchased for those games will be valid for the rescheduled dates. Ticket purchasers with questions should contact UCLA's Central Ticket Office via email at cto@tickets.ucla.edu.

The Bruins' team-related activities remain paused.

Each of UCLA's last five scheduled games have been canceled or postponed. The Bruins have not played since Dec. 11 when they defeated Marquette, 67-56, improving to 8-1.

UCLA remained fourth in the first Associated Press Top 25 poll released after the Marquette game, then dropped one spot to fifth in the poll released Monday, one spot ahead of Arizona (11-1).

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