Another Covid casualty in the ACC tourney

[Kathy]

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Weird seeing positives now with cases down so much around the country.

Down yes, but we are at a plateau equal to mid summer for deaths and cases. Still not even close to where we need to be.

 

[Kathy]

Teams should’ve been vaccinated already.

Ah - no

 

[auror]

The NCAA tournament starting five or six days after the major conference tournaments and you needing 7 days does make it kind of awkward. The conference powers that be definitely should have changed the normal schedule and had a little bit more time in between.

 

[UofCT]

Umm because conference tournaments matter.

To who?

 

[Tyler2Rings]

I'm getting a bad feeling about the tournament. Probably just flashbacks to how quickly things fell apart this time last year... but this sucks

 

[UofCT]

The NCAA tournament starting four or five days after the major conference tournaments and you needing 7 days does make it kind of awkward. The conference powers that be definitely should have changed the normal schedule and had a little bit more time in between.

Since every team is in the same location they could probably squeeze a round 1 game in on Sunday morning with the winner playing Monday night OR even pushing it out to Tuesday or Wednesday.

I hope the NCAA Tournament is able to accommodate these types of scheduling adjustments given all 68 + 4 teams are in the same state.

 

[Scoe]

Since every team is in the same location they could probably squeeze a round 1 game in on Sunday morning with the winner playing Monday night OR even pushing it out to Tuesday or Wednesday.

I hope the NCAA Tournament is able to accommodate these types of scheduling adjustments given all 68 + 4 teams are in the same state.

Yes the NCAA needs to have an adjustable schedule.

 

[ScuderiaDiU]

I didn't dig deep into the Duke press releases and press conferences but did they clearly drop out of the NCAA tournament or did they drop from the ACC tournament and state their season was "likely" over? If Virginia is considering the door still being open, it should be open for Duke too, no?

And does the entire program have to test negatively for 7 days or just the people entering the bubble? If someone tested negative today, could they just isolate from the rest of the team? If so, then the rest of the team could test negative for 7 days.

 

[Scoe]

Ah - no

Why not.

 

[Scoe]

I'm getting a bad feeling about the tournament. Probably just flashbacks to how quickly things fell apart this time last year... but this sucks

We gotta stay strong we have gotten this far not stopping now, not cancelling the NCAA tournament again. Stretch the tournament out if you have to.

 

[Kathy]

Why not.

You have to ask? They aren't a priority.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

We gotta stay strong we have gotten this far not stopping now, not cancelling the NCAA tournament again. Stretch the tournament out if you have to.

I agree there will be a tournament this year. Its just surprising to see this since it seemed things had been going pretty smoothly since the winter surge.

A close to foolproof plan would be to put an extra week between each weekend and have teams quarantine leading in. Hoping it doesn't come to that but if that's the worst case I'm on board.

 

[VAHuskyFan]

To who?

To the TV networks/parters.

I’m sure schools were contractually obligated to participate in their conference tournaments. Otherwise a lot of teams that were safely in at large would have skipped this year.

 

[Scoe]

I agree there will be a tournament this year. Its just surprising to see this since it seemed things had been going pretty smoothly since the winter surge.

A close to foolproof plan would be to put an extra week between each weekend and have teams quarantine leading in. Hoping it doesn't come to that but if that's the worst case I'm on board.

Yes, look I understand Covid sucks and it’s frustrating. I’m just trying to stay positive. I feel for the teams involved you have gotten this far you another couple weeks of sacrifice for the ultimate. Go UConn.

 

[zls44]

Umm because conference tournaments matter.

Not more than the NCAAs. If you can't play in the NCAAs because you played a Big XII or ACC semifinal, you're going to look really stupid.

 

[superjohn]

To who?

To the teams playing. Geezus, this board is stupid these days.

 

[zls44]

The NCAA tournament starting five or six days after the major conference tournaments and you needing 7 days does make it kind of awkward. The conference powers that be definitely should have changed the normal schedule and had a little bit more time in between.

I think CBS was probably the reason. They do not want anything going over the Masters.

 

[superjohn]

I'm getting a bad feeling about the tournament. Probably just flashbacks to how quickly things fell apart this time last year... but this sucks

We knew nothing about the virus back then, we now know the virus isn't much of a concern to young healthy people.
Every sport has completed their season, 0% chance tournament is canceled. We are a few weeks away from having full capacity mlb at some stadiums.

 

[Kembacity]

So theoretically, say 10 tourney locks have cases this weekend... Could they delay the tourney by a week to allow all of the teams to sequester, find out who actually is carrying it, and see if they can play without those guys?

 

[huskiesNhoos]

So theoretically, say 10 tourney locks have cases this weekend... Could they delay the tourney by a week to allow all of the teams to sequester, find out who actually is carrying it, and see if they can play without those guys?

Could they? yes
Should they? probably, yes
Will they? absolutely not

 

[auror]

I think CBS was probably the reason. They do not want anything going over the Masters.

Should've moved up the conference tournaments a few days. I know Friday night ratings aren't great, but Thurs/Fri should've been the Sat/Sun.

 

[EROCK CONN]

what's on second, hoos infected.......

 

[UCFan1513]

Weird seeing positives now with cases down so much around the country.

I still feel like being on a team of ~30 personnel often maskless, and playing games against other teams, who are also maskless and have exposure to all of their personnel, is in the top few percentiles of the riskiest things you could be doing during COVID. The NCAA protocols are basically nonexistent as well, to add insult to injury

 

[UCFan1513]

All the NCAA had to do to solve this problem, assuming conference tournaments were still to be played, was delay the start of the Tourney by a week and get teams there early for a modified bubble. Or, even if not a modified bubble, give teams two weeks to quarantine on their own campuses after the conference tournaments to phase out any exposure or positive tests. But that would require an ounce of critical thinking skill from the NCAA which is too much to ask

 

[Vuce]

How did college football, with 85 scholarships players per team and huge coaching staffs and personnel in a sport where you are tackling, breathing, sweating, etc for hours at a time make it through an entire season but college hoops might not be able to have a postseason? Are the protocols different between the sports?

 

[auror]

How did college football, with 85 scholarships players per team and huge coaching staffs and personnel in a sport where you are tackling, breathing, sweating, etc for hours at a time make it through an entire season but college hoops might not be able to have a postseason? Are the protocols different between the sports?

Mostly played/practiced outdoors. Only have to worry about locker room time. But they still had a lot of large outbreaks.
Large rosters so can afford to lose 10 guys and still play games no problem.

 

[superjohn]

How did college football, with 85 scholarships players per team and huge coaching staffs and personnel in a sport where you are tackling, breathing, sweating, etc for hours at a time make it through an entire season but college hoops might not be able to have a postseason? Are the protocols different between the sports?

They didn't shut everything down when somebody tested positive on the team.

 

[Vuce]

So the protocols were different between football and hoops then. Weird

 

[UconnFanDC]

This is not good. Not just for UVA but how these positive tests could screw up the big tourney yet again.

I said this over a month ago. Lol. Skip conference turney and pick regular season xhamp and next best and move to the bubble with everyone quarantine before start of Turney.

 

[auror]

Seems like Virginia is going to try and make it work if they have 5+ guys clean.