Thisweekend's winter stormshave shifted the schedules of multiple college basketball games and an NBA game as extreme weather is slated to affect as many as 230 million people across the Northeast, Midwest and as far south as Texas.
Forecasts are anticipating extremely cold temperatures, freezing rain, sleet and potential power outages.
The Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets game in Charlotte will tip off at noon ET on Saturday, moving up three hours from its scheduled 6 p.m. start.
Three ACC matchups in men's college basketball have been moved up as well. Wake Forest at Duke and North Carolina at Virginia will play at noon, while Virginia Tech at Louisville will be played at 2:15 p.m.
In the Big East, St. John's at Xavier has also been moved up by an hour to 1:30 p.m. ET. Middle Tennessee State and Jacksonville State played Friday evening instead of the originally scheduled Saturday matchup. Towson at North Carolina A&T (noon ET) and Texas State at James Madison (1 p.m. ET) will each play earlier.
Rice at Tulsa will play on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. instead of Sunday. Rice's women's basketball team will also take on Tulsa on Saturday.
In women's college basketball, No. 1 UConn's game at Seton Hall was moved from Sunday to Saturday at noon ET, while No. 14 Baylor's home contest against Houston will be played on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET instead of Sunday. George Mason's game against Richmond was moved up three hours to 11 a.m. ET, but no fans will be permitted to attend the game.
North Carolina Central postponed two men's and two women's basketball games on its schedule, which featured games from Thursday to Monday.
In MLB news, the Texas Rangers have canceled their Fan Fest on Saturday because of safety concerns.
The NFL has not made scheduling changes for this weekend's conference championship games as the storm will primarily affect regions east of the Rocky Mountains, away from both games. For the AFC championship in Denver, the high will be 23 degrees on Sunday with chances of snow flurries, according to AccuWeather. For the NFC championship in Seattle, the high will be 44 degrees on Sunday, with no rain or snow expected.
