PHOENIX — COVID-19 continues to cancel or postpone college basketball games, and an Arizona State basketball announcer has apparently had enough with social media posts from fans and media members of his team's in-state rival.
Former ASU basketball player Kyle Dodd, an analyst for the Sun Devils' radio broadcasts, called out Arizona Wildcats basketball fans and media members on Twitter for recent posts amid the pandemic.
According to Uofa fans/media every cancelled game is because Pac is scared to play them!! Somebody want to tell them that the teams affected by Covid would literally play anybody anywhere at this point. The coaches /players don’t want this…we know ur good again but get a clue
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 5, 2022
"According to Uofa fans/media every cancelled game is because Pac is scared to play them!!," he recently tweeted. "Somebody want to tell them that the teams affected by Covid [sic] would literally play anybody anywhere at this point. The coaches /players don’t want this…we know ur good again but get a clue"
He also tweeted a media member in response to UCLA scheduling a game against Long Beach State instead of Arizona: "Dude this isn’t about you!!!! UofA got good again the league is supposed to bow down…I’m praying Arizona continues to escape virus"
Dodd wasn't done.
He also slammed comments on a thread about Arizona State postponing its game against Arizona because of COVID-19 issues within its program.
"Good grief is right but The comments are a joke!!!," Dodd tweeted. "I promise nobody is scared LOL…. Life is wild right now …just remember these student athletes never signed up for this…the schools and league are doing best they can."
Frustration appears to be mounting around college basketball with the current situation amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, the ASU men's basketball program announced that its games against UCLA and Arizona slated for this week were postponed due to COVID-19 issues within its program.
The Sun Devils were scheduled to play UCLA Wednesday and Arizona on Saturday and have now had five games either canceled or postponed.
Arizona has now had three games postponed due to COVID-10 protocols with other Pac-12 teams and isn't scheduled to play again until Jan. 13 (Colorado).
ASU is scheduled to play Utah that same day.
