AAC Tournament Cancelled

[Northbound]

I lost my second brother today and now I'm losing the only thing that could've been even a momentary partial distraction. Obviously, this issue is bigger than me, my family, or basketball and they made the right move. Still sucks as far as timing.

Thoughts are with you. So sorry for your loss - there is never enough time.

 

[navery12]

I know nothing about him, but what a completely narcissistic decision he is making

Jim Dolan is not the commissioner of the Big East so no he's not making this decision

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

So what you're saying is quarantine unpaid college players from their family and friends and don't allow them to eat in restaurants or stay in hotels with other people, got it!

Sure... whatever they want to do. But at the end of the day these kids have been working towards this all season, and then its taken away from them. And the seniors will never get another chance. Yes I agree take precautions... but this is on another level....

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

How would you contract the virus from teammates and coaches and staff that you know were not infected? probability of getting infected goes much higher when you throw in 1000s of random people in the building. Again, keeping the fans out should have been enough. I'm done ranting about this.

How do u know they are/arent infected? Rudy Gobert infected his teammate Donovan Mitchell, if not others as well. You're contagious before you even show symptoms of it and test kits arent readily available.

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

How do u know they are/arent infected? Rudy Gobert infected his teammate Donovan Mitchell, if not others as well. You're contagious before you even show symptoms of it and test kits arent readily available.

Fair point. But teammates are not around one another only during games. How is not playing the game going to prevent infection? Its going to happen regardless. Plus this virus will be around for a long time. Its not like its going to burn out next month. What are they going to do, cancel life until further notice?

 

[superjohn]

How would you contract the virus from teammates and coaches and staff that you know were not infected?

How could you possibly know this?

Again, we are severely lacking testing kits. There are people walking around who have it and don't know they have it, there are people who are convinced they have it and are being denied the test at hospitals because they have so few of the resources for testing.

 

[ElmCity40th]

Honestly in all fairness the NCAA needs to figure out a way for all seniors to have the option to return and honor all scholarship spots that would have been lost in order for the incoming freshmen or whatever transfers to play. If it leads to 20 man rosters so be it. It’s “amateur” sports right? Let the coaches and players work it out. I’m biased and want my sniper to get his chance to dance. And I’m seriously disappointed because I could be having a Bouk club session right now!!!

 

[J187Money]

This site has all of the counting statistics you need and want to know about this:

Coronavirus Update (Live): 133,636,349 Cases and 2,897,210 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...

www.worldometers.info

And based on this data - the infection rate in China is something like 0.006%. Clearly there is under-reporting from people that weren't seriously ill from it, but I keep hearing that we are going to get a 70% infection rate in the US - and I just don't see it.

 

[BlueMAB]

I am still waiting for you argument that it is better to have young people unsupervised in a time of medical crisis rather than supervised with medical care readily available.

I'm still waiting for a reason to accept the premise of your post.

There isn't one, because it's bull____

 

[XLCenterFan]

This is absolute garbage. The MEAC still hasn't canceled their games yet. They obviously have it right.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I'm still drinking at 3pm. I'll watch all of @tcf15 's stuff.

Chat room?

I lost my second brother today and now I'm losing the only thing that could've been even a momentary partial distraction. Obviously, this issue is bigger than me, my family, or basketball and they made the right move. Still sucks as far as timing.

So sorry to read of your loss. We're set up here to double our joys and halve our sorrows together. That's not changing.

Sucks for St. John's they were sticking it to Creighton. Probably the best they played all year.

St John's recently announced that they'd play "fewer games" in Madison Square Garden in the future. This is an example of what's meant when somebody mistakenly restates it as playing "less games."

Ouch. Under other notable cancellations on FS1 it doesn’t have the AAC listed.

Not our "ouch" anymore.

 

[JB75]

There are hundreds of logistical issues with doing that.

Not really if u just limit it to players. And find 10 venues that will leave their dates open

 

[navery12]

I am still waiting for you argument that it is better to have young people unsupervised in a time of medical crisis rather than supervised with medical care readily available.

Because medical care is not readily available, so the goal is to slow down the spread

 

[J187Money]

My son's school just killed athletics. I get it. And clearly playing without fans would have been a good call. But people all have to be somewhere. I'm not sure that the athletes are at more or less risk playing the game or hanging out in their dorms.

And I worry about the schools that are closing their dorms (like Harvard) and sending their kids home - potentially to vulnerable parents, etc. My son's school is online only now - but the dorms are open - i told him to stay there. He is safer around a bunch of young people (the way the virus seems to not affect them much) than he is around the family. Or maybe WE are safer if he stays up there. It isn't just about the students or athletes - it is about everyone who is vulnerable. I honestly have 0% worry about my teenage sons. I worry about my mom and MIL.

 

[phillionaire]

So I would assume when the next yearly flu pandemic hits we’ll shut everything down again, you know like we did for the swine flu.

Do you understand that the regular influenza that hits has a vaccine, and anti virals that can treat it? And that this virus (it’s in fact called novel because it’s never been seen in man before) doesn’t have a vaccine and anti-virals used for the flu don’t work on it?

 

[JB75]

Damn this sucks. 50 people can’t be in an arena to play a basketball game meanwhile keep the kids in school packed into a tight building of 800 students 5 days a week for six hours - that’s logical. Unbelievable this is what I look forward to every March to get us out of the dead ass winter. I mean it was bound to happen but goberts dumb ass got the ball rolling much faster - we might’ve got through the weekend at least and been able to enjoy a few more UConn games - feel so bad for the kids. Was so looking forward to these next few days. I guess I’ll just stare at my walls right now LOL

 

[McLovin]

And based on this data - the infection rate in China is something like 0.006%. Clearly there is under-reporting from people that weren't seriously ill from it, but I keep hearing that we are going to get a 70% infection rate in the US - and I just don't see it.

I believe that 70% number is people who will eventually get it over a 2 year period. I'd be curious if there is any data out there what % of the population who does not get the flu shot gets the flu, that could be a potential baseline for figuring out the potential spread for this, and could have been how they came up with that figure. Obviously you'd also have to take into account a good portion of the population gets the flu shot each year, which could reduce the number of carriers / people who can get infected.

I am in no way saying this I the flu, only that it is a viral infection (like the flu is) and the flu could be potential reference point for determining how pervasive this becomes over an extended period of time.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Turn off Fox News old man.

Agree.
Ebola and Swine flu were contained. Ebola is awful, but it dies out with proper containment.
This sickness is easily transmittal and the incubation period is 10 days with a death rate 10 times that of the flu.

Stop blaming the media people. This is real.

 

[tuvent08]

Good luck to you, Amazon Web Services.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Damn this sucks. 50 people can’t be in an arena to play a basketball game meanwhile keep the kids in school packed into a tight building of 800 students 5 days a week for six hours - that’s logical. Unbelievable this is what I look forward to every March to get us out of the dead ass winter. I mean it was bound to happen but goberts dumb ass got the ball rolling much faster - we might’ve got through the weekend at least and been able to enjoy a few more UConn games - feel so bad for the kids. Was so looking forward to these next few days. I guess I’ll just stare at my walls right now LOL

I don’t get this. Schools are gonna close.

 

[yungdowork]

The average age of the deceased to date is over 80....and, there have been 38 deaths in the USA so far due to Covid-19. The CDC estimates at least 8,000 U.S. deaths from the flu so far this season. They would not have cancelled the tourneys due to the number of deaths due to the flu, but cancelled it due to 38 deaths due to the Corona Virus? Please keep this in perspective......

The mortality rate for Coronavirus in the U.S is still around 5% right now and it’s considered more contagious than the flu. The mortality rate has remained over 2% in every country with reported outbreaks. Quoting flu statistics is misleading and unproductive. Please keep that in perspective

 

[BlueMAB]

I believe that 70% number is people who will eventually get it over a 2 year period.

I think you nailed the answers, but I'm not positive (and I also don't readily trust the 70% number)

 

[BlueMAB]

I don’t get this. Schools are gonna close.

Virtually every school out there is making plans..."just in case".

It's not if, but when. And my money says by St. Patrick's day.

 

[CL82]

I lost my second brother today and now I'm losing the only thing that could've been even a momentary partial distraction. Obviously, this issue is bigger than me, my family, or basketball and they made the right move. Still sucks as far as timing.

Sorry to hear it Joober. You have my condolences.

 

[CL82]

So... here is why we really really need to end mass gatherings:

"Airborne transmission is 'plausible,' according to a study (that has not been peer reviewed) posted online this week from scientists at Princeton University, the University of California, Los Angeles and the National Institutes of Health. The researchers concluded that the virus could remain airborne for “up to 3 hours post aerosolization.”

Apparently, we still don't know very much about transmission.

"Our results indicate that the virus can remain viable in aerosols"

That's it. I'm switching to a deodorant stick.

 

[Shine33]

Jim Dolan is not the commissioner of the Big East so no he's not making this decision

Got it, thank you. Okay based on google search I see it is Val Ackerman. I do not agree with her decision to continue playing. Or whoever is making the decision. That is my point. This virus is not a joke, and there is a reason everyone is shutting these events down. We have to be smart

 

[auror]

And based on this data - the infection rate in China is something like 0.006%. Clearly there is under-reporting from people that weren't seriously ill from it, but I keep hearing that we are going to get a 70% infection rate in the US - and I just don't see it.

China issued a martial law full quarantine of 16 cities within 2 weeks of discovering the nature of the novel virus. The first patient was diagnosed with symptoms 12 days before the virus was named. So it was about 27 days from patient 0 to full quarantine, when they had about 1000 confirmed tested cases.

A few weeks later they didn't let people leave their home in the quarantined areas. They had robots with loudspeakers issuing orders on the streets. No joke. In some places you needed permits to leave your house and only certain numbers of people could leave at certain times.

The first case in Washington state was January 20th. 52 days ago. We have tested and confirmed 1200 cases, and we've done a worse job of testing than the Chinese. We have community spread transmission across the country at this point.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Wish I was better at creating memes.

Your'e all working from home this March
->College Basketball Fans

We're cancelling all the tournament games
->College Basketball Fans

 

[auror]

Wish I was better at creating memes.

Your'e all working from home this March
->College Basketball Fans

We're cancelling all the tournament games
->College Basketball Fans

 

[Shine33]

China issued a martial law full quarantine of 16 cities within 2 weeks of discovering the nature of the novel virus. The first patient was diagnosed with symptoms 12 days before the virus was named. So it was about 27 days from patient 0 to full quarantine, when they had about 1000 confirmed tested cases.

They had robots with loudspeakers issuing orders on the streets. No joke.

In some places you needed permits to leave your house and only certain numbers of people could leave at certain times.

The first case in Washington state was January 20th. 52 days ago. We have tested and confirmed 1200 cases, and we've done a worse job of testing than the Chinese. We have community spread transmission across the country at this point.

Italy won't let people leave their house w/o permits now. Young people in their 30's are dying or on intubation. My GF is a nurse and is italian. She has family there. Also I am from Seattle but in Bay Area. Everything is shutting down in both cities here on the West Coast. I planned on flying to Seattle on the 23rd to see my family. Prob not happening now