Texas Tech Confirms Positive COVID-19 Tests Within Men’s Basketball Program |

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Texas Tech confirmed Monday there have been recent positive COVID-19 tests within the men’s basketball team, but the athletic department could not specify how many positive tests or who tested positive:

“It’s up to individual athletic [departments] to choose whether or not to self-report cases,” Jeff Rosen of the Kansas City Star noted. “Of course, no one should expect student-athletes names to be released—there are laws against that—but it would seem to be in the public interest to know whether there’s spread at a school.”

The Big 12 announced June 1 that voluntary on-campus activity would be permitted for basketball programs beginning July 6. However, head coach Chris Beard and other Red Raiders participated in a local protest last week: