Traffic passes piled-up snow in Lowville, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)
A Tesla Cyber truck is driven along North Scenic Drive through Muskegon State Park during a winter storm warning in Muskegon County, Mich. on Saturday, January 17, 2026. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)
A Nashville Department of Transportation truck applies salt brine to a roadway Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the state over the weekend. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A snowplow works among piles of snow in Lowville, N.Y., on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)
A sign visible from the eastbound lanes of Highway 121 warns of road preparations ahead of inclement weather expected in the region Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dozens of college basketball games across a wide swath of the country are being reshuffled because of an approaching major winter storm.
that meteorologists say could is expected to bring snow, ice and frigid temperatures from New Mexico to New England starting Friday. Forecasters warn the weather system could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather.
The ACC moved up the start times for three men’s basketball games on Saturday: Wake Forest at Duke, North Carolina at Virginia, and Virginia Tech at Louisville.
The No. 1 UConn women's basketball team's game at Seton Hall was moved up from Sunday to Saturday. Cincinnati shifted its women’s basketball game to a noon start Saturday against Arizona State.
The number of states where college games were being adjusted showed the large path of the . The forecast comes exactly a year after another storm forced .
The Sun Belt Conference preemptively shook up its , moving around the start times on several games from Thursday through Saturday. The American Athletic Conference also adjusted its weekend men’s and women’s basketball schedules, moving some games up to Friday.
North Carolina Central postponed two men’s and two women’s basketball games scheduled to be played from Thursday through Monday in Durham, North Carolina.
Appalachian State moved up its men’s basketball home game with Louisiana-Lafayette to Thursday morning and Marshall made its home game against Louisiana-Monroe a noon Thursday tipoff.
Middle Tennessee State men's basketball moved its Conference USA showdown with Jacksonville State from Saturday to Friday evening.
Tennessee’s swim meet at Georgia and the USC Upstate women’s basketball game at Longwood were pushed to Friday from Saturday because of the forecast.
Among other women’s basketball games moved up several hours Saturday included No. 20 Princeton at Brown and North Florida at Eastern Kentucky, along with men’s games involving Towson at North Carolina A&T and Texas State at James Madison.
Rice adjusted tipoff times for its men’s and women’s basketball home games this weekend. The Rice men's home game against Tulsa originally scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. has been changed to Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Also, the Rice women's game against Tulane originally scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. has been moved up an hour to 1 p.m.
Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers canceled their annual Fan Fest event scheduled for Saturday because of the weather forecast for frozen precipitation in North Texas and “in the interest of safety for players, fans, and employees.”
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