2020 NCAA Tournament

[lmitzel]

Both NCC and Elmhurst will limit attendance at their games this weekend.

[jamtod]

Almost all of the D1 conference tournaments have now been cancelled.
I suspect it won't be long until the NCAA tournament is called off and I'm beginning to doubt that any further D3 games will be played.

[Wooster Booster]

Almost all of the D1 conference tournaments have now been cancelled.
I suspect it won't be long until the NCAA tournament is called off and I'm beginning to doubt that any further D3 games will be played.

There are eight eight-team DII Women's Regionals starting tomorrow.  I  follow undefeated Ashland who plays at Drury (Missouri), also undefeated.  No fans of course, but so far no word about not playing, and I suspect that the teams are already there.

[jamtod]

Almost all of the D1 conference tournaments have now been cancelled.
I suspect it won't be long until the NCAA tournament is called off and I'm beginning to doubt that any further D3 games will be played.

There are eight eight-team DII Women's Regionals starting tomorrow.  I  follow undefeated Ashland who plays at Drury (Missouri), also undefeated.  No fans of course, but so far no word about not playing, and I suspect that the teams are already there.

Teams and fans were on the court getting close to tip-off for many of these conference tournaments today when the decisions were made also.

[Wooster Booster]

Wooster has just announced the suspension of in-person classes until at least 4/3.

[Mr. Ypsi]

It has spread now beyond 4-year schools.  Washtenaw CC (where my son is teaching his first semester currently) has just announced nothing but on-line classes starting Monday.

[CNU85]

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.

Actually Influenza A is the most severe of the flu variations..

"Type A influenza can be dangerous and is known to cause outbreaks and increase your risk of disease. Unlike a type B infection, type A viruses are categorized by subtypes and strains. Influenza A mutates faster than influenza B"

"Doctors usually say that you can go back to work five days after the onset of symptoms and 24 hours after your fever has cleared"

A little more than a common cold

[CNU85]

Almost all of the D1 conference tournaments have now been cancelled.
I suspect it won't be long until the NCAA tournament is called off and I'm beginning to doubt that any further D3 games will be played.

Agreed. Same feeling here.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Sounds like Hopkins was ahead of the curve...

Not when they conducted their other sports that weekend like nothing was happening.

[NEPAFAN]

Sounds like Hopkins was ahead of the curve...

Not when they conducted their other sports that weekend like nothing was happening.

Freezing Cold  Take...

[WUPHF]

Sounds like Hopkins was ahead of the curve...

Not when they conducted their other sports that weekend like nothing was happening.

It is highly unlikely that in what was a chancellor or president-level decision, they said hey, let's close the basketball games because you know, Yeshiva, and then decided there was no need to consider the other outdoor sports.  Those and every other event being held on-campus was certainly part of a conversation.

It is time to move on from the basketball decisions should be made by people involved in basketball mentality.  It is time to move on from the I wash my hands, so let me do whatever I want mentality.

[kiko]

Sounds like Hopkins was ahead of the curve...

Not when they conducted their other sports that weekend like nothing was happening.

You keep insisting this was the case, as though there weren't conversations and considerations that led to the choices that were made.  JHU likely made nuanced decisions based on different risk calculations.  Their administration doesn't owe an explanation on how they arrived at the choices they made to you, to me, or to anyone.

At the time you pointed to what others were (and weren't) doing with allowing public access to their tournament games, and huffed and puffed that JHU was overreacting.  But look at what is happening now.

Hopkins was absolutely ahead of the curve.  To suggest otherwise is, to be blunt, embarrassing.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Sounds like Hopkins was ahead of the curve...

Not when they conducted their other sports that weekend like nothing was happening.

You keep insisting this was the case, as though there weren't conversations and considerations that led to the choices that were made.  JHU likely made nuanced decisions based on different risk calculations.  Their administration doesn't owe an explanation on how they arrived at the choices they made to you, to me, or to anyone.

At the time you pointed to what others were (and weren't) doing with allowing public access to their tournament games, and huffed and puffed that JHU was overreacting.  But look at what is happening now.

Hopkins was absolutely ahead of the curve.  To suggest otherwise is, to be blunt, embarrassing.

I'm not going to argue against what's happening now, but we do need to remember, just because everyone is doing it and most people are on board with it, we won't know for a few months (and maybe never) if it is an overreaction.  You can't prove a negative.

The issue with JHU was not the decisions that were made, but the rationale they gave.  They were spooked by having Yeshiva players and fans on campus - which is less and less unjustifiable as the days go on - but they never said as much.  The NCAA and WPI seemed willing to say it; JHU never did.  I think that's what rubbed a few of us the wrong way.  Not the closing so much as seeming to dance around the real reasons.

[jknezek]

Duke shutting down athletics, including basketball, makes it a "when", not an "if" NCAA gives up. Legitimacy of the tournament is now clearly at risk. I expect we will not get through this weekend without the NCAA pulling the plug.

[GoPerry]

Duke shutting down athletics, including basketball, makes it a "when", not an "if" NCAA gives up. Legitimacy of the tournament is now clearly at risk. I expect we will not get through this weekend without the NCAA pulling the plug.

Agree.  Kansas (merely the #1 team in the country) has also suspended all home/away contests and all athletics related travel.