2020 NCAA Tournament

[WUPHF]

Correction: Utah has a player with the Coronavirus. It will be interesting to see if the games continue, will entire teams need to forfeit...

I never watch NBA basketball...

[magicman]

This was just released a short while ago.

"After taking the initial step to play games in empty arenas, the NBA issued a statement on Wednesday night that all games will be suspended until further notice after a Utah Jazz player, reportedly Rudy Gobert, tested positive for the coronavirus.

Games that are in action Wednesday night will finish."

[Mr. Ypsi]

Virtually all (they are coming in frequently; maybe even all by now) public 4-year schools in Michigan have gone to on-line classes only.  My younger son, teaching his first semester at Washtenaw CC says he is being trained in videotaping his lectures, and suspects this means CCs will soon follow.

[Greek Tragedy]

Grinnell cancelled all Spring sports.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Grinnell cancelled all Spring sports.

Many have.

[smedindy]

Fred Hoiberg coached his Nebraska squad against Indiana today even though he felt sick. With about five or so minutes to go he couldn't go on, and left the bench, and then the hospital. His team is being quarantined.

I don't know what the repercussions will be, but it could be that a 14th seed in the Big Ten Tourney may have ended the season for everyone.

[Pat Coleman]

Grinnell cancelled all Spring sports.

A touch of what is going on in the D-III world.

https://www.d3sports.com/notables/2020/03/amherst-closes-campus-for-spring

[Wooster Booster]

Surprisingly, I see no announcements regarding classes or athletics from The College of Wooster.  Not surprisingly, the local social media reactions to all things coronavirus are that it's either a hoax or no more dangerous than the regular flu.  To these yokels, any of the government's actions, even those of their Republican elected governor, (Mike DeWine has actually been a far more moderate presence in Columbus than I'd expected.) are akin to those of a police state.  This kind of thing scares me more than the virus itself.   

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Surprisingly, I see no announcements regarding classes or athletics from The College of Wooster.  Not surprisingly, the local social media reactions to all things coronavirus are that it's either a hoax or no more dangerous than the regular flu.  To these yokels, any of the government's actions, even those of their Republican elected governor, (Mike DeWine has actually been a far more moderate presence in Columbus than I'd expected.) are akin to those of a police state.  This kind of thing scares me more than the virus itself.   

Did they have spring break already?  A lot of the concern from schools is students returning from break.  If they're already back, it makes more sense to keep everyone on campus, presuming there aren't positive cases there already.

[Greek Tragedy]

Fred Hoiberg coached his Nebraska squad against Indiana today even though he felt sick. With about five or so minutes to go he couldn't go on, and left the bench, and then the hospital. His team is being quarantined.

I don't know what the repercussions will be, but it could be that a 14th seed in the Big Ten Tourney may have ended the season for everyone.

He was diagnosed with influenza A, the common cold, and was not quarantined.

[Wooster Booster]

Surprisingly, I see no announcements regarding classes or athletics from The College of Wooster.  Not surprisingly, the local social media reactions to all things coronavirus are that it's either a hoax or no more dangerous than the regular flu.  To these yokels, any of the government's actions, even those of their Republican elected governor, (Mike DeWine has actually been a far more moderate presence in Columbus than I'd expected.) are akin to those of a police state.  This kind of thing scares me more than the virus itself.   

Did they have spring break already?  A lot of the concern from schools is students returning from break.  If they're already back, it makes more sense to keep everyone on campus, presuming there aren't positive cases there already.

They began Spring Break on 3/6.  Classes resume on 3/23.  Things will likely have changed much, on all fronts, by then.

[VT-Alum-NOVA]

List of Universities closed, closing, on hiatus growing rapidly by the hour
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2020/03/10/list-of-colleges-closed-online-because-coronavirus/5013436002/
as news has reported, they are doing it in droves

[NEPAFAN]

Sounds like Hopkins was ahead of the curve...

[augie77]

Not surprising considering their university is heavily geared to medical research.

[Gregory Sager]

List of Universities closed, closing, on hiatus growing rapidly by the hour
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2020/03/10/list-of-colleges-closed-online-because-coronavirus/5013436002/
as news has reported, they are doing it in droves

It's not on this list, but Wheaton (IL) declared yesterday that it, too, is going into online mode only for the rest of the semester.