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One year after a winter storm forced postponements across U.S. sports, another major weather system is prompting a reshuffling of games this week and threatened to wreak havoc on the weekend schedule.

A storm that meteorologists say could rival the damage of a major hurricane is expected to bring snow, ice and frigid temperatures from New Mexico to New England starting Friday.

The Sun Belt Conference preemptively shook up its women´s basketball schedule, moving around the start times on several games from Thursday through Saturday.

Tennessee´s swim meet at Georgia and the USC Upstate women´s basketball game at Longwood were moved up to Friday from Saturday due to the forecast.

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