Boston College Students & Men's Basketball Team Members Sick After Eating at Chipotle

Eighty Boston College students, including members of its men's basketball team, got sick after eating at a local Chipotle, according to CNN. This makes for a couple of rough months for the popular Mexican restaurant. Since October, E. coli has been linked to a number of Chipotles throughout the country, making people sick in at least nine states. However, Chipotle said that the incident in Boston wasn't necessarily due to the same reasons.

"We do not have any evidence to suggest that this incident is related to the previous E. coli incident. There are no confirmed cases of E. coli connected to Chipotles in Massachusetts," CBS reported Chipotle said in a statement.

The students who said they developed the symptoms after they ate at the restaurant have been tested, but the results will take a few days. At this time, it is not suspected to be E. coli.

"Health officials in Boston believe it is likely a norovirus, which seems consistent with the pattern in our estimation," Chipotle spokesman, Chris Arnold, told NBC News.

Unfortunately for the Boston College basketball team, the sicknesses hampered their recent performance against UMass-Lowell, leading to a close loss. They were without big man Dennis Clifford, and freshman Jerome Robinson was also sick.  However, he would play and ultimately finish, with a team-high of 16 points. Robinson's performance was all the more impressive, considering the amount of weight he has reportedly lost since becoming ill.

"He's lost close to 10 pounds. He looks bad," Jerome Robinson Sr. told the Boston Herald from his home in North Carolina, while discussing the sickness his son Jerome is still battling. Robinson Sr. went to visit his son over the weekend and upon his arrival, Jerome texted him that he had been "throwing up all night."

As of Monday evening, the team had reported a total of 8 players with gastrointestinal issues.